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Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Feb 28, 1998
82 min
AnimationThriller
8.3/ 10
2,957 votes

Overview

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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TMDB
8.3/10
2,957 votes
IMDB
8.0/10
112,007 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
67/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$3,000,000Production cost
Box Office$683,666Worldwide gross
Profit-$2,316,334Loss
ROI
-77.2%Return on investment
US Box Office$558,598Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

3 wins & 3 nominations total

Details

Production information

""excuse me... who are you?""

Status

Released

Original Language

ja

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$683,666

Production Companies

MadhouseRex EntertainmentKotobuki Seihan PrintingAsahi Broadcasting CorporationFangsONIRO

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