List of highest-grossing films in Japan
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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 sales, video rentals, television broadcasts, or merchandise sales). Two tables are listed in terms of nominal gross revenue, while the two other tables are listed in terms of box office admissions.
Highest-grossing films
= Box office revenue =
Among the films that have grossed over ¥10 billion in Japan, twenty are Japanese films.
= Box office admissions =
The following table lists high-grossing films by the number of box office admissions, which refers to the number of cinema tickets sold at the Japanese box office. Only films that have sold at least {{nowrap|10 million}} tickets are listed. The list is not ranked, as the list is incomplete.
A separate column lists the gross revenue adjusted for ticket price inflation in 2021, based on data from the {{Interlanguage link|Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|ja|日本映画製作者連盟}} (MPPAJ). The adjusted gross revenue is calculated by multiplying the total number of admissions by the average 2021 ticket price ({{¥|1,410}}).{{Cite web |title=Statistics of Film Industry in Japan |url=http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ)}} Admissions better reflect the popularity of older films, since they are less susceptible to the effects of inflation. This mainly affects films released prior the 1990s, as there has been very little Japanese ticket price inflation since the 1990s. Where the number of admissions is unknown, they are estimated by dividing the nominal gross revenue by the average ticket price in the year of release (or the distributor rentals by the average rental earnings per ticket) to provide an estimate.{{cite web | url = https://help.imdb.com/article/imdbpro/industry-research/box-office-mojo-by-imdbpro-faq/GCWTV4MQKGWRAUAP?ref_=mojo_cso_md#inflation | title = How are grosses adjusted for ticket price inflation? | website = IMDb | access-date = January 16, 2020}}
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| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
| style="text-align:center" | 1942 | style="text-align:right" | 100.00 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite book|title=The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|last=High|first=Peter B.|isbn=9780299181345|page=382|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XiA9DOuvjAC|via=Google Books|year=2003}}{{cite book|title=Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War|year=2014|page=123|isbn=9781317650461|publisher=Taylor & Francis}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:100.00*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train
| style="text-align:center" | 2020 | style="text-align:right" | 29.15 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Top Ten Japan 2020 |url=http://www.insidekino.com/BO/JP2020.htm |website=Inside Kino |language=de |access-date=2 March 2022}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:29.15*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Spirited Away
| style="text-align:center" | 2001 | style="text-align:right" | 24.28 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:24.28*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Tokyo Olympiad
| style="text-align:center" | 1965 | style="text-align:right" | 23.50 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite book |title=ギネスブック'84 |date=1984 |series=Guinness |publisher=Kodansha |page=452 |chapter=特集・日本の記録}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:23.50*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Frozen
| style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:right" | 20.03 | style="text-align:center" | [http://koshien.mainichi.jp/senbatsu/news/20150115k0000e050277000c.html センバツ：行進曲に「Let It Go ありのままで」] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180129/http://koshien.mainichi.jp/senbatsu/news/20150115k0000e050277000c.html |date=2 April 2015 }}, 毎日新聞, 15 January 2015（updated 2015-01-16） | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:20.03*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} {{Interlanguage link|Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War|ja|明治天皇と日露大戦争}}
| style="text-align:center" | 1957 | style="text-align:right" | 20.00 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=About |url=https://okurapictures.com/about/ |website=Okura Pictures |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=25 January 2019}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:20.00*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Your Name
| style="text-align:center" | 2016 | style="text-align:right" | 19.30 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:19.30*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Titanic
| style="text-align:center" | 1997 | style="text-align:right" | 17.43 | style="text-align:right" | 26.2 |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
| style="text-align:center" | 2001 | style="text-align:right" | 16.25 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:16.25*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Howl's Moving Castle
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | style="text-align:right" | 15.50 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title="Ходячий замок" (Hauru no ugoku shiro, 2004) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/49684/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=24 September 2019 |language=ru}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:15.50*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Princess Mononoke
| style="text-align:center" | 1997 | style="text-align:right" | 14.97 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:14.97*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} One Piece Film: Red
| style="text-align:center" | 2022 | style="text-align:right" | 14.74 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:14.27*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| style="text-align:center" | 2002 | style="text-align:right" | 14.20 | style="text-align:center" | [http://eiganavi.csgyao.com/news/2009/07/post-0020.html 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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731063641/http://eiganavi.csgyao.com/news/2009/07/post-0020.html |date=31 July 2009日 }}, 映画最新ニュース, 9 July 2009 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:14.20*1410/1000 round 1}}.0 |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Bayside Shakedown 2
| style="text-align:center" | 2003 | style="text-align:right" | 13.00 | style="text-align:center" | {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7G0AAAAIAAJ |title=Japan Spotlight: Economy, Culture & History |publisher=Japan Economic Foundation |year=2007 |volume=26 |location= |pages=45 |quote=And while none of these titles is likely to be a blockbuster on the scale of Fuji's "Bayside Shakedown 2" – which was seen by 13 million people}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:13.00*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Ponyo
| style="text-align:center" | 2008 | style="text-align:right" | 12.90 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Gake no ue no Ponyo |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/261127/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=24 September 2019}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:12.90*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} King Kong vs. Godzilla
| style="text-align:center" | 1962 | style="text-align:right" | 12.60 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |last1=Goozner |first1=Merrill |title=Fire-Breathing Godzilla Blowing Out 40 Candles |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-08-28-9408280160-story.html |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=28 August 1994}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:12.60*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} The Last Samurai
| style="text-align:center" | 2003 | style="text-align:right" | 12.10 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Die Zeit Nach Titanic |trans-title=The Time After TITANIC |url=http://www.insidekino.com/BO/Titanic.htm |website=Inside Kino |lang=de |access-date=2 March 2022}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:12.10*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Antarctica
| style="text-align:center" | 1983 | style="text-align:right" | 12.00 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite book |author=Masaru Kakutani |author-link=:ja:角谷優 |title=映画の神さまありがとう テレビ局映画開拓史|date=30 November 2012|publisher=Fusosha Publishing|isbn=978-4-594-06685-7|pages=135–137}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:12.00*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Jaws
| style="text-align:center" | 1975 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:9000/751 round 2}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:11.98*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} The Loyal 47 Ronin
| style="text-align:center" | 1958 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:410.33/(39406000/1127452) round 2}} | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Die größten japanischen Kassenerfolge der 1950er Jahre |trans-title=Biggest Japanese Box Office Hits of the 1950s |url=https://www.nippon-kino.net/die-groumlszligten-japanischen-kassenerfolge-der-1950er-jahre.html |access-date=19 March 2022 |website=Nippon-Kino |language=de}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:11.74*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Sanjuro
| style="text-align:center" | 1962 | style="text-align:right" | 11.20 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Die größten japanischen Kassenerfolge der 1960er Jahre |trans-title=Biggest Japanese Box Office Hits of the 1960s |url=https://www.nippon-kino.net/die-groumlszligten-japanischen-kassenerfolge-der-1960er-jahre.html |access-date=19 March 2022 |website=Nippon-Kino |language=de}}{{cite book |last=Ryfle |first=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl/page/310/mode/1up |title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G |publisher=ECW Press |year=1998 |isbn=9781550223484 |page=310}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:11.20*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | style="text-align:right" | 11.00 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:11.00*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" |{{flagicon|Japan}} Suzume
| style="text-align:center" | 2022 | style="text-align:right" | 10.90 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Box Office Japan 2023 |url=http://www.insidekino.com/BO/JP2023.htm |website=Inside Kino |language=de |access-date=23 April 2023}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:10.90*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Weathering with You
| style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:right" | 10.51 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Box Office Japan 2019 |url=http://www.insidekino.com/BO/JP2019.htm |website=Inside Kino |language=de |access-date=11 June 2020}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:10.51*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Frozen II
| style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:right" | 10.44 | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:10.44*1410/1000 round 1}} |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Avatar
| style="text-align:center" | 2011 | style="text-align:right" | 10.10 | style="text-align:right" | 15.6 |
| scope="row" | {{flagicon}} E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
| style="text-align:center" | 1982 | style="text-align:right" | 10.00 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Japanese Love E.T. |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/blytheville-courier-news-mar-17-1983-p-9/ |access-date=12 April 2022 |work=Blytheville Courier News |via=NewspaperArchive |date=17 March 1983 |page=9 |url-access=subscription |quote=More than {{nowrap|10 million}} people in Japan have seen the film "E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial," a record}} | style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:10.00*1410/1000 round 1}} |
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| colspan="5" | {{flagicon|Japan}} indicates the film is a Japanese production. {{box office table legend|#b6fcb6|Japanese theaters|icon={{†|alt=film currently playing}}}} |
Film franchises and film series
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| style="text-align:right" | 30.50
| style="text-align:center" | 2008
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) box office admissions ({{estimation}})
- 2008 – {{nowrap|{{#expr:1440/1214 round 2}} million}}
- Iron Man 2 (2010) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:1200000000/1266 round -4}}|}}
- 2011 – {{formatnum:{{#expr:810000000/1252 round -4}}|}}
- Marvel's The Avengers (2012) – {{nowrap|2.34 million}}{{cite web |title="Мстители" (The Avengers, 2012) – Премьеры |trans-title=The Avengers – Premieres |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/263531/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |language=ru |accessdate=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403202102/https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/263531/dates/ |archive-date=3 April 2017 |url-status=live}}
- Iron Man 3 (2013) – {{nowrap|1.71 million}}{{cite web |title=Железный человек 3 — дата выхода в России и других странах |trans-title=Iron Man 3 - Release dates in Russia and other countries |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/462762/dates/ |website=Kinopoisk |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=ru}}
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:1070000000/1285 round -4}}|}}
- 2015 – {{nowrap|{{#expr:4420/1303 round 2}} million}}
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) – {{nowrap|1.71 million}}
- Doctor Strange and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – {{nowrap|3.15 million}}
- Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – {{nowrap|3.53 million}}
- 2019 – {{nowrap|7.65 million}}
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) – 630,000
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2022) – {{nowrap|2.77 million}}
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! scope="row" | {{flagicon}} Frozen
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:20.03+10.44}}
| style="text-align:center" | 2014
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! scope="row" |{{flagicon|}} Spider-Man
| style="text-align:right" | 26.33
| style="text-align:center" | 1978
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Spider-Man box office admissions:
- Spider-Man (2002) – {{nowrap|5.14 million}}{{cite web |title=Человек-паук — дата выхода в России и других странах |trans-title=Spider-Man — Release dates in Russia and other countries |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/838/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |accessdate=28 August 2019 |lang=ru}}
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) – {{nowrap|4.75 million}}{{cite web |title=Человек-паук 2 — дата выхода в России и других странах |trans-title=Spider-Man 2 — Release dates in Russia and other countries |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/2898/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |accessdate=1 September 2019 |lang=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512233114/www.kinopoisk.ru/film/2898/dates/ |archive-date=12 May 2016 |url-status=live}}
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) – {{nowrap|5.17 million}}{{cite web |title=Человек-паук 3: Враг в отражении — дата выхода в России и других странах |trans-title=Spider-Man 3: Enemy in Reflection — Release dates in Russia and other countries |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/82441/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |accessdate=1 March 2022 |lang=ru}}
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) – {{nowrap|2.03 million}}{{cite web |title=Новый Человек-паук — дата выхода в России и других странах |trans-title=The Amazing Spider-Man — Release dates in Russia and other countries |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/278217/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |accessdate=1 March 2022 |lang=ru}}
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) – {{nowrap|{{#expr:3140/1285 round 2}} million}} ({{estimation}})
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – {{nowrap|1.93 million}}
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) – {{nowrap|2.1 million}}
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) – {{nowrap|2.77 million}}
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See also
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