Boruto: Naruto the Movie

Boruto: Naruto the Movie is the eleventh film in the franchise and a formal part of the Naruto Project. Masashi Kishimoto wrote it with help from Ukyō Kodachi, who would later script the Boruto manga. Teased at the close of The Last: Naruto the Movie, it opened in Japanese theatres in August 2015, with a subtitled United States run that October. Its events were afterward adapted into the Versus Momoshiki Arc.

In the ruins of Kaguya's palace, Sasuke recovers a hidden scroll and duels a strange shinobi, drawing the eye of a second onlooker intrigued by his Rinnegan. Back in Konoha, Boruto resents that his father, now the Seventh Hokage, buries himself in duties and even sends a shadow clone to Himawari's birthday. Craving recognition, Boruto asks the visiting Sasuke to train him; Sasuke agrees only if the boy learns the Rasengan, so Konohamaru begins teaching him.

Impatient with his tiny Rasengan, Boruto accepts a Kote from the scientist Katasuke and uses the device to cheat his way through the Chūnin Exams, hiding it from Naruto and Sasuke. His deception carries him past round after round, but during his bout with Shikadai, Naruto senses the trick, disqualifies his son, and confiscates his headband. Enraged, Boruto blames his father for everything.

The confrontation is cut short when Momoshiki and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki assault the arena. They reveal their aim to gather Kaguya's scattered chakra into a life-extending elixir and to extract Kurama from Naruto. Momoshiki absorbs every jutsu thrown at him, and after Naruto blocks a devastating attack to shield the crowd, he is captured and pulled into another dimension. Guilt-ridden, Boruto dons his father's old jacket, and Sasuke, still able to sense Naruto's chakra, recruits the boy and the four other Kage for a rescue.

In the far dimension the Kage battle the Ōtsutsuki while Sasuke and Boruto free Naruto and reconcile. Momoshiki consumes Kinshiki to swell his power, but Naruto and Sasuke combine Tailed Beast Mode and Susanoo to overwhelm him. When Momoshiki rebounds by absorbing Katasuke's stray attacks and pins the group, Sasuke has Boruto throw a vanishing Rasengan that frees them. Naruto lends his chakra to a giant Rasengan, and Boruto delivers the killing strike, scorching his own arm in the process.

Afterward father and son mend their bond. Boruto becomes a celebrated hero yet tells Sarada he would rather walk Sasuke's path than aim for Hokage, promising to protect her instead. A final mission ends with Mitsuki revealing that his parent is Orochimaru, who watches the young ninja from above.

The film became the highest-grossing entry in the Naruto series, taking in ¥2.02 billion within nineteen days and ranking among the top-grossing Japanese and anime releases of 2015. It also drew money abroad, including in the United States, China, and Australia. Kishimoto, more directly involved than on earlier films, paid tribute to movies such as The Rock and Spider-Man and modelled Boruto and Naruto's bond on his relationship with his own sons. The rock band Kana-Boon performed the ending theme, Diver, which Kishimoto praised as deeply moving.