The Cat Returns

2018 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Anime

Synopsis

After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.

Scores

Overall Score
56.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
49.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
49.3%
Review Aggregate
85.2

Critic Consensus

87.0% Fresh • 23 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 87% of 23 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, lighthearted, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

family-friendlylightheartedvisually strikingrealisticstylizedemotionalsurrealfunnysatirical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Chizuru Ikewaki2018$1,304,000$1,629,000(est)
Yoshihiko Hakamada2018$803,000$1,003,000(est)
Tetsu Watanabe2018$604,000$755,000(est)
Yosuke Saito2018$494,000$617,000(est)
Aki Maeda2018$423,000$528,000(est)
Tetsurō Tamba2018$372,000$465,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count24
Rotten Tomatoes audience score82.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb ratingN/A
IMDb votesN/A

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2018$563,718$704,255
International2018N/AN/A
Worldwide2018$563,718$704,255

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2018$281,859$352,127
Digital Rentals ?2018$2,187,000$2,732,226
Digital Purchases ?2018$2,636,000$3,293,163
Physical Rentals ?2018$1,347,000$1,682,811
Physical Purchases ?2018$3,821,000$4,773,587
TV & Streaming Revenue2018$236,762$295,787
Total Revenues2018$10,509,621$13,129,701
Expenses
Budget ?2018$20,000,000$24,986,060
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2018$451,000 (est)$563,436 (est)
Participations2018$210,000$262,354
Residuals ?2018$528,000$659,632
Interest & Overhead2018$4,000,000$4,997,212
Total Expenses2018$25,189,000$31,468,694
Movie Net Profit or Loss2018$-14,679,379$-18,338,993

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