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To date, there have been 23 theatrical Pokémon movies and three movie-length special episodes. There has also been one live-action movie, ''{{mov|Detective Pikachu}}''. Additionally, the miniseries ''[[Pokémon Origins]]'' is a similar length to a movie when all of the episodes are combined. | To date, there have been 23 theatrical Pokémon movies and three movie-length special episodes. There has also been one live-action movie, ''{{mov|Detective Pikachu}}''. Additionally, the miniseries ''[[Pokémon Origins]]'' is a similar length to a movie when all of the episodes are combined. | ||
== | ==List of Movies== | ||
===[[Original series]]=== | ===[[Original series]]=== | ||
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==Release== | |||
When they open in Japan, they usually gross a large amount of money, typically ranking first for their premiere weekend. In 2008, ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'' drew in a significant crowd despite the fact that it was released in the same weekend as the {{wp|Studio Ghibli}} film ''{{wp|Ponyo}}''. In the United States, only the first five movies, those associated with the [[original series]], received {{wp|Wide release|wide theatrical releases}}, however, the movies continue to be dubbed, being released directly to home video and, since ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', airing on {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Cartoon Network}} within a year of the Japanese premiere. | |||
The [[M13|thirteenth movie]] saw a {{wp|Limited release|limited theatrical release}} in the United States as part of the "Pokémon Black Version and White Version Mall Tour". On December 3 and 4, 2011, ''[[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom]]'' received a limited commercial release in US theaters, making it the first movie since ''Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias'' to receive a commercial theatrical release. All of the {{series2|Best Wishes}} and {{series|XY}} movies have aired in theaters in Australia and New Zealand, with the ''XY'' series movies premiering there before the United States. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' also received a limited theatrical run internationally on November 5 and 6, 2017. ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'' was given a limited theatrical release starting on November 24, 2018. | |||
==Titles== | |||
The full titles of Pokémon movies typically begin with some variant of the phrase "Pokémon the Movie". | |||
In English, from [[M14|the 14th movie]] onward, all full movie titles begin with "Pokémon the Movie". The first three movies—''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', ''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One]]'', and ''[[M03|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''—also include some variant of the phrase in their titles. | |||
In Japanese, all movies except those in the {{series|XY}} begin with the phrase 「劇場版ポケットモンスター」 (''Pocket Monsters: Movie Version''). The ''XY'' series movies instead begin with the phrase 「ポケモン・ザ・ムービー」 (''Pokémon the Movie''). | |||
==Long specials== | ==Long specials== | ||