List of highest-grossing films in Japan

The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Japan. This list only accounts for the films' box office earnings at cinemas and not their ancillary revenues (i.e. home video rental and sales and television broadcast). The first table is listed in terms of nominal gross revenue, while the other two are listed in terms of box office admissions.

Highest-grossing films by box-office revenue

Among the top 30 highest-grossing films, nine are Japanese films.

Films with earnings over ¥10 billion[1]
RankTitleGross
(¥ billion)		YearRef
1 Japan Spirited Away 30.80 2001 [1]
2 Titanic 26.20 1997 [2]
3 Frozen 25.48 2014 [3]
4 Japan Your Name 25.03 2016 [1]
5 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 20.30 2001 [4]
6 Japan Howl's Moving Castle 19.60 2004 [5]
7 Japan Princess Mononoke 19.30 1997 [5]
8 Japan Bayside Shakedown 2 17.35 2003 [6]
9 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 17.30 2002 [6]
10 Avatar 15.60 2009 [7]
11 Japan Ponyo 15.50 2008 [8]
12 The Last Samurai 13.70 2003 [9]
13 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 13.50 1982 [10]
Armageddon 13.50 1998 [10]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 13.50 2004 [9]
16 Jurassic Park 12.85 1993 [10]
17 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 12.70 1999 [10]
18 Beauty and the Beast 12.40 2017 [1]
19 Japan The Wind Rises 12.02 2013 [11]
20 Alice in Wonderland 11.80 2010 [7]
21 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 11.63 2015 [12]
22 Japan Antarctica 11.00 1983 [1]
The Matrix Reloaded 11.00 2003 [6]
Finding Nemo 11.00 2003 [9]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 11.00 2005 [13]
26 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 10.90 2007 [14]
27 Toy Story 3 10.80 2010 [7]
28 Independence Day 10.65 1996 [1]
29 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 10.32 2004 [15]
30 Japan Bayside Shakedown: The Movie 10.10 1998 [16]
31 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 10.02 2006 [17]
Japan indicates the film is a Japanese production.
  film currently playing Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 12 October 2018 in Japanese theaters.

High-grossing films by box-office admissions

TitleAdmissions
(millions)		YearRef
Japan Spirited Away 23.5 2001 [18][19]
Frozen 20.03 2014 [20]
Japan Tokyo Olympiad 19.5 1965 [21]
Japan Your Name 19 2016 [22]
Titanic 16.83 1997 [23]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 16.2 2001 [24]
Japan Howl's Moving Castle 15 2004 [25]
Japan Princess Mononoke 14.2 1997 [18]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 14.2 2002 [24]
Japan Ponyo 12.87 2008 [26]

High-grossing film franchises by box-office admissions

FranchiseAdmissions
(millions)		Debut yearRef
Japan Doraemon 114.9 1980 [lower-alpha 1]
Japan Godzilla 105.69 1954 [lower-alpha 2]
Japan Pokémon 72.04 1998 [lower-alpha 3]
Harry Potter 60.7 2001 [24]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Doraemon box office admissions in Japan:
  2. ↑ Godzilla box office admissions in Japan:
  3. ↑ Pokémon box office admissions in Japan:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "歴代興収ベスト100" [Successive box-office top 100] (in Japanese). Kogyo Tsushinsha. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Sudo, Yoko (4 June 2014). "'Frozen' Ranks as Third-Biggest Hit in Japan". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Schoeff, Ileigh; Hoshino, Miho (March 2016). Honda, Tamami, ed. "A Study of Japan's Film Industry" (PDF). United States Commercial Service. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Negishi, Mayumi (20 May 2006). "Opus Dei revels in chance to explain itself". The Japan Times. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 Osaki, Tomohiro (6 September 2013). "Miyazaki vows he won't be idle in retirement". Japan Today. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Schwarzacher, Lukas (1 February 2004). "Japan's B.O. tops record". Variety. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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  10. 1 2 3 4 国内歴代興行収入ベスト10 [Domestic Successive Box Office Top 10] (in Japanese). Toho. 19 July 2003. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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  12. ↑ "Box Office Leaders – 2016". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Box Office Leaders – 2006". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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  15. ↑ "Box Office Leaders – 2004". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Ryall, Julian (27 November 2007). "'Shakedown' team on 'Guardian' case". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "'Pirates' tops 10 billion yen mark". Variety. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  18. 1 2 ""Howl" Tops "Mononoke" at the Box Office". Nausicaa.net. March 3, 2005.
  19. ↑ "한국일보 : [달시 파켓] '1000만 영화', 얼마나 대단한 건가". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 2015-10-16.
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  22. ↑ 『君の名は。』初動売上63.8万枚、東宝・古澤佳寛Pが語る「売れると確信していた」“映画からパッケージ”への戦略、Toho、2017年8月3日
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  24. 1 2 3 クライマックスは、ここから始まる！『ハリー・ポッターと謎のプリンス』ロンドンプレミア Archived 2009-07-31 at the Wayback Machine.、映画最新ニュース、2009年7月9日。
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  26. ↑ DVD発売で全国の水族館にポニョが登場、文化通信.com、2009年5月19日。
  27. ↑ "Japan Box Office: 'Doraemon' Anime Still All-Conquering". The Hollywood Reporter. April 6, 2015.
  28. ↑ "New Doraemon adventure tops Japan box office". The Borneo Post. March 14, 2014.
  29. ↑ 秦基博が「ひまわりの約束」に込めた思い、Nikkan Sports、2014年12月11日7:09。
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  31. ↑ Schilling, Mark (April 4, 2016). "Japan Box Office: 'Assassination Classroom' Sequel Wins Second Weekend". Variety.
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  33. ↑ Schilling, Mark (March 13, 2018). "Japan Box Office: 'Doraemon Treasure Island' Tops Weekend Chart". Variety.
  34. ↑ "Toho's 29 Godzilla Films Have Sold Over 100 Million Tickets in Japan". Anime News Network. August 3, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Godzilla Resurgence". Toho Kingdom. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  36. ↑ "Pokemon Movie Franchise Reaches Cumulative 70 million+ Admissions in Japan". GoNintendo. July 21, 2015.
  37. ↑ "Japan Box Office: My Hero Academia Film Drops to 7th Place in Its 2nd Weekend". Crunchyroll. August 14, 2018.
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