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 sales, video rentals, television broadcasts, or merchandise sales). The first table is listed in terms of nominal gross revenue, while the other two are listed in terms of box office admissions.




Contents






  • 1 Highest-grossing films by box office revenue


  • 2 High-grossing films by box office admissions


  • 3 High-grossing film franchises and film series


    • 3.1 Box office revenue


    • 3.2 Box office admissions




  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References





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]
Rank Title Gross
(¥ billion)
Year
Ref

01

Japan Spirited Away
30.80
2001
[1]

02

Titanic
26.20
1997
[2]

03

Frozen
25.48
2014
[3]

04

Japan Your Name
25.03
2016
[1]

05

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
20.30
2001
[4]

06

Japan Howl's Moving Castle
19.60
2004
[5]

07

Japan Princess Mononoke
19.30
1997
[5]

08

Japan Bayside Shakedown 2
17.35
2003
[6]

09

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

Bohemian Rhapsody film currently playing
11.67
2018
[12]
22

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
11.63
2015
[13]
23

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
[14]
27

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
10.90
2007
[15]
28

Toy Story 3
10.80
2010
[7]
29

Independence Day
10.65
1996
[1]
30

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
10.32
2004
[16]
31

Japan Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
10.10
1998
[17]
32

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
10.02
2006
[18]

Japan indicates the film is a Japanese production.

  film currently playingBackground shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 01 March 2019 in Japanese theaters.



High-grossing films by box office admissions

































































































Title Admissions (millions) Year
Ref

Japan Spirited Away
23.50
2001

[19][20]

Frozen
20.03
2014
[21]

Japan Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
20.00
1957
[22]

Japan Tokyo Olympiad
19.50
1965
[23]

Japan Your Name
19.00
2016
[24]

Titanic
16.83
1997
[25]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
16.20
2001
[26]

Japan Howl's Moving Castle
15.00
2004
[27]

Japan Princess Mononoke
14.20
1997
[19]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
14.20
2002
[26]

Japan Ponyo
12.87
2008
[28]

Japan Bayside Shakedown 2
12.60
2003

[29][30]

Japan King Kong vs. Godzilla
12.55
1962

[31][32]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
11.00
2004
[26]


High-grossing film franchises and film series



Box office revenue

































































































Film franchise/series Gross revenue (¥ billion) Debut year
Ref

Japan Doraemon
123.94
1980
[a]

Harry Potter
96.03
2001
[1]

Japan Pokémon
86.07
1998
[b]

Japan Detective Conan / Case Closed
82.43
1997
[c]

Japan Godzilla / Gojira
53.79
1954
[d]

Japan Dragon Ball
52.17
1986
[e]

Star Wars
50.35
1977
[1]

Pirates of the Caribbean
43.30
2003
[1]

Japan Bayside Shakedown
40.73
1998
[51]

Jurassic Park
39.94
1993
[1]

Japan Anpanman
35.90
1989
[52]

Japan Crayon Shin-chan
33.91
1993
[53]

Japan One Piece
32.50
2000
[54]

Resident Evil
20.01
2002
[55]


Box office admissions











































Film franchise/series Admissions (millions) Debut year
Ref

Japan Doraemon
126.91
1980
[f]

Japan Godzilla / Gojira
110.90
1954
[g]

Japan Pokémon
79.40
1998
[h]

Harry Potter
60.70
2001
[26]

Japan Dragon Ball
57.72
1986
[i]


See also


  • List of highest-grossing anime films


Notes





  1. ^ Doraemon box office gross revenue:
    • Traditional animated film series – ¥93.04 billion+


      • Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) to Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) – ¥54.32 billion[33]


      • Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000) to Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) – ¥10.9 billion[34]


      • Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) to Nobita's Treasure Island (2018) – ¥58.72 billion[35]





  2. ^ Pokémon box office gross revenue:


    • Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) and The Movie 2000 (1999) – ¥14 billion[1]


    • Pokémon 3 (2000) to Jirachi—Wish Maker (2003) – ¥15.92 billion[34]


    • Destiny Deoxys (2004) to The Power of Us (2018) – ¥56.15 billion[35]




  3. ^ Detective Conan box office gross revenue:


    • Detective Conan film series – ¥78.17 billion

      • Up until 2017 – ¥68.99 billion[36]


      • Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018) – ¥9.18 billion[1]




    • Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie¥4.26 billion[37]




  4. ^ Godzilla box office gross revenue:


    • Toho productions – 45,494,208,845+


      • Distribution income up until Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) – ¥4.49 billion[38]


      • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1980 re-release) to Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) – ¥22.11 billion[33]


      • Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) – ¥7.47 billion[34]


      • Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) to Shin Godzilla (2016) – ¥10.81 billion[35]


      • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) – ¥342,349,800[39]


      • Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) opening – ¥100,000,000[40]


      • Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) – ¥171,859,045[41]



    • Hollywood productions – ¥8.3 billion


      • Godzilla (1998) – ¥5.1 billion[42]


      • Godzilla (2014) – ¥3.2 billion[43]






  5. ^ Dragon Ball box office gross revenue:


    • Anime film series – ¥51,318,206,931

      • First sixteen films up until Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) – ¥40 billion[44][45]


      • Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) – ¥600 million[46]


      • Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) – ¥3,042,017,581[47]


      • Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2016) – ¥3,780,620,150[48]


      • Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – ¥3,895,569,200[49]




    • Dragonball Evolution¥848,205,249[50]




  6. ^ Doraemon box office admissions:

    • Traditional animated film series – 120,656,559

      • Up until Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012) – 98.49 million[56]


      • Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013) to Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 (2016) – 14.05 million[57]


      • Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017) – 3,656,559[58]


      • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island (2017) – 4.46 million[59]




    • Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) – 6.25 million[60]




  7. ^ Godzilla box office admissions:


    • Toho series – 105,124,200

      • Up until Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) – 99.29 million[61][62]


      • Shin Godzilla (2016) – 5.69 million[63]


      • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) opening – 71,200[64]


      • Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle and The Planet Eater (2018) openings – 73,000 each[40]



    • Hollywood productions – 5.78 million


      • Godzilla (1998) – 3.6 million[42]


      • Godzilla (2014) – 2.18 million[65]






  8. ^ Pokémon box office admissions:


    • Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) to I Choose You! (2017) – 77.36 million[66]


    • The Power of Us (2018) – 2.04 million[67]




  9. ^ Dragon Ball box office admissions:

    • First sixteen films up until Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) – 50 million[44]


    • Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) – 2,346,726[68]


    • Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) – 2.36 million[69]


    • Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – 3,009,730[49]






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