“This spring the Unown spells adventure.”
When the sadness of her father's disappearance gets to Molly Hale, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who she believes to be her father. When Entei kidnaps Ash's mother, Ash — alongside Misty and Brock — invade the mansion looking for his mom and trying to stop the mysteries of Molly's Dream World and Entei!
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Part of Pokémon Collection
5 films
Cast
19 people
Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Known for
Pokémon
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Known for
Naruto Shippūden
One Piece
Yuji Ueda
Takeshi / Yorunozuku / Sonans (voice)
Known for
Pokémon
One-Punch Man
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice)
Known for
Pokémon
The Vision of Escaflowne
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice)
Known for
Pokémon
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Shin'ichirou Miki
Kojiro / Hitodeman/ Lizardon/ Nyorozo / Zubat (voice)
Known for
Dragon Ball Super
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice)
Known for
Pokémon
Shaman King
Naoto Takenaka
Sully Snowdon / Entei (voice)
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Akiko Yajima
Me Snowdon (voice)
Known for
InuYasha
Fairy Tail
Ai Kato
Rin (voice)
Known for
Another
Hirohide Yakumaru
John (voice)
Also in
Come On Girls!
Headphone Lullaby
Masami Toyoshima
Hanako (voice)
Known for
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
Kunihiko Yuyama Director · Takeshi Shudo Screenplay Satoshi Tajiri Story
Worldwide gross $68M · Budget $16M · United States release April 6, 2001
Box office
Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$68,452,128
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Nintendo
Production
OLM
Production
TV Tokyo
Production
Pikachu Project 2000
Production
Shogakukan
Production
Media Factory
Production
Tomy
Production
Creatures
Production
GAME FREAK
Production
jeki
Production
Shogakukan Production
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
4 Kids Entertainment
Production
Jay Film Co., Ltd.
Production
Kids' WB
Production
Pikachu Project
Production
Pikachu Project 2001
Production
Shoakuken
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Belgium · July 8, 2000
Limited theatrical
Japan · July 8, 2000
Theatrical
United States · April 6, 2001
Theatrical
United States · August 21, 2001
Physical
United States
March 29, 2001 · Premiere
Australia
June 21, 2001 · Theatrical · Queensland
China
June 14, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Finland
May 4, 2001 · Theatrical
France
June 13, 2001 · Theatrical
December 13, 2001 · Physical · DVD
December 9, 2015 · Digital · VOD
July 6, 2022 · Digital · 6play
Germany
June 21, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 28, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 9, 2002 · TV · Effective with the age rating system for 2002 year.
Ireland
July 13, 2001 · Theatrical
Israel
July 5, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
May 25, 2001 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 31, 2005 · TV · RTL 4
Poland
February 15, 2002 · Physical · VHS/DVD
Spain
July 20, 2001 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 4, 2001 · Theatrical
Taiwan
February 9, 2002 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 13, 2001 · Theatrical
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