Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back

International Title:

Japanese Title:

Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back

US Title:

Pokémon: The First Movie

Alternate Title:

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back

Production: TV Tokyo / Shopro / JR Kikaku

Distributor: Toho

Japan Release Date

Japan Running Time

1998

75 Minutes

US Distributor: Warner Bros

US Release Date

US Running Time

1999

75 Minutes

Staff
Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama Writing credits Takeshi Shudo Produced by Tomoyuki Igarashi, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Alfred Kahn, Takashi Kawaguchi, Tetsu Kayama, Takaaki Kii, Masakazu Kubo, Takashi Miura, Takemoto Mori, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Noriyuki Yoshida, Choji Yoshikawa Music by Shinji Miyazaki, Rica Matsumoto, Sachiko Kobayashi Film Editing by Toshio Henmi, Yutaka Ita Production Design by Katsuyoshi Kanemura Assistant Directors Masamitsu Hidaka, Kiyotaka Isako
Cast
Satoshi Rica Matsumoto Mewtwo Masachika Ichimura Kasumi Mayumi Iizuka Kenji Tomokazu Seki Musashi, Team Rocket Megumi Hayashibara Kojiro, Team Rocket Shinichiro Miki Meowth Inuko Inuyama Takeshi Yuji Ueda Scientists Katsuyuki Konishi, Chiyako Shibahara Narrator Unsho Ishizuka
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
Mew, Mewtwo	N/A
Stock Footage	Other Points of Interest
None	Box Office, Soundtrack

Box Office

Release Date: July 18th, 1998 (Japan)
Distribution Earning: ¥4,150,000,000 / $29,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)
Total: ¥7,600,000,000 / $53,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

Release Date: November 10th, 1999 (US)
Opening Weekend: $31,036,678 (US, 3,043 Screens)
Total: $85,744,662 (US)

DVDs and Blu-rays

	Region 1 Pokémon: The First Movie Warner Bros (2000)
	Region 1 Pokémon: The First Movie - Mini DVD Warner Bros (2004)
	Region 1 Pokémon: The First Three Movies Warner Bros (2009)
	Region 1 Pokémon the First Movie / I Choose You! Viz Media (2021)
	Region 2 Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back Media Factory (2000)
	Blu-Ray Pokémon the First Movie / I Choose You! Viz Media (2021)

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