The Numbers - Top Japan Movies of Each Year
The table below lists a yearly breakdown of information about movies produced by production companies based in Japan. The Share is a percentage based on total worldwide box office of the movies produced by production companies in this country relative to the combined worldwide box office of all movies in the listed year. Please note that movies that are co-produced by different countries count for the share of each country, and the production country information in our database is incomplete. These factors will typically cause the share percentages in a specific year not to add up to 100%. Click on the year number for a list of all the films released that year. Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
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| Release Year | Total Produced Movies | Average Production Budget | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | 42 | ||||
| 2024 | 138 | $76,000,000 | $903,937,059 | 3.650% | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 |
| 2023 | 328 | $58,333,333 | $2,340,381,536 | 8.161% | The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
| 2022 | 170 | $90,000,000 | $1,439,767,696 | 6.225% | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
| 2021 | 89 | $840,349,327 | 4.302% | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | |
| 2020 | 141 | $52,875,000 | $1,361,919,146 | 15.453% | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) |
| 2019 | 144 | $84,500,000 | $2,261,788,675 | 5.843% | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World |
| 2018 | 143 | $8,500,000 | $1,049,265,563 | 2.728% | Dragon Ball Super: Broly |
| 2017 | 146 | $1,078,934,261 | 2.829% | Yao Mao Zhuan | |
| 2016 | 132 | $7,375,000 | $1,371,128,180 | 3.701% | Your Name |
| 2015 | 121 | $5,500,000 | $770,104,236 | 2.121% | Meitantei Conan: Goka no himawari |
| 2014 | 27 | $185,968,410 | 0.616% | Stand By Me Doraemon | |
| 2013 | 39 | $20,666,667 | $568,389,533 | 1.892% | The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ) |
| 2012 | 36 | $23,000,000 | $874,531,725 | 2.755% | Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ) |
| 2011 | 46 | $6,000,000 | $475,033,932 | 1.730% | Gekijouban Pokketo monsutâ Besuto wisshu: Pikutini to kuroku eiyuu Zekuromu |
| 2010 | 4 | $85,000,000 | $87,468,241 | 0.344% | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
| 2009 | 29 | $290,984,295 | 1.128% | Desu Noto 2 | |
| 2008 | 49 | $29,666,667 | $931,244,161 | 3.800% | Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) |
| 2007 | 46 | $452,057,045 | 1.946% | Hero | |
| 2006 | 28 | $40,750,000 | $592,155,826 | 2.929% | Babel |
| 2005 | 11 | $74,574,366 | 0.412% | Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Myū to Hadō no Yūsha Rukario | |
| 2004 | 20 | $16,125,000 | $348,169,096 | 1.814% | Howl’s Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城) |
| 2003 | 23 | $55,000,000 | $357,864,254 | 1.983% | Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
| 2002 | 12 | $42,500,000 | $63,700,869 | 0.375% | Pokemon 4Ever |
| 2001 | 9 | $7,202,000 | $455,118,978 | 2.940% | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) |
| 2000 | 7 | $15,500,000 | $145,603,878 | 1.091% | Pokemon 2000 |
| 1999 | 10 | $25,000,000 | $362,310,713 | 2.658% | Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫) |
| 1998 | 8 | $12,407,021 | 0.106% | Love Letter | |
| 1997 | 7 | $11,900,000 | $21,308,325 | 0.167% | Shall We Dance? |
| 1995 | 11 | $16,506,162 | 0.162% | Smoke | |
| 1994 | 5 | $40,000,000 | $227,001,101 | 2.564% | Frankenstein |
| 1993 | 4 | $39,169 | 0.000% | Ohikkoshi (お引越し) | |
| 1992 | 4 | $4,000,000 | $67,613,061 | 0.972% | The Crying Game |
| 1991 | 8 | $8,000,000 | $4,609,269 | 0.074% | Akira |
| 1990 | 8 | $43,318,222 | 0.652% | Memphis Belle | |
| 1989 | 8 | $15,430,618 | 0.261% | Koneko monogatari | |
| 1988 | 6 | $28,198,651 | 0.588% | Tonari no Totoro | |
| 1987 | 5 | $2,300,000 | |||
| 1986 | 5 | $20,179,878 | 0.558% | Castle in the Sky | |
| 1985 | 8 | $19,858,960 | 0.526% | Kaze no Tani no Naushika | |
| 1984 | 1 | ||||
| 1983 | 1 | $2,376,454 | 0.074% | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | |
| 1982 | 3 | ||||
| 1981 | 2 | ||||
| 1980 | 1 | $4,001,058 | 0.144% | Kagemusha | |
| 1979 | 5 | $3,601,534 | 0.152% | The Glacier Fox | |
| 1977 | 3 | $210,400 | 0.008% | Hausu | |
| 1976 | 2 | ||||
| 1975 | 5 | $29,868 | 0.002% | Dersu Uzala | |
| 1974 | 5 | ||||
| 1973 | 2 | ||||
| 1972 | 2 | ||||
| 1971 | 2 | ||||
| 1970 | 1 | $25,000,000 | $29,548,291 | 3.350% | Tora! Tora! Tora! |
| 1969 | 5 | ||||
| 1968 | 6 | $1,409 | 0.000% | Akahige | |
| 1967 | 5 | ||||
| 1966 | 5 | $730 | 0.000% | Hone-made shaburu (骨までしゃぶる) | |
| 1965 | 4 | $2,604 | 0.000% | Onna Bakari No Yoru | |
| 1964 | 6 | ||||
| 1963 | 3 | $6,401 | 0.001% | High and Low (天国と地獄) | |
| 1962 | 4 | $30,015 | 0.010% | Sanma no aji | |
| 1961 | 2 | $7,073 | 0.002% | Yojimbo | |
| 1960 | 5 | $23,810 | 0.009% | Late Autumn (秋日和) | |
| 1959 | 2 | $2,885 | 0.001% | Image of a Mother (母のおもかげ) | |
| 1958 | 4 | $18,080 | 0.013% | Equinox Flower (彼岸花) | |
| 1957 | 2 | $23,362 | 0.017% | Tôkyô Boshoku (東京暮色) | |
| 1956 | 3 | $500,000 | $996,295 | 0.363% | Shichinin no samurai |
| 1955 | 5 | $2,197 | 0.001% | Ginza no onna (銀座の女) | |
| 1954 | 4 | $504,440 | 0.212% | Gojira | |
| 1953 | 2 | $115,584 | 0.050% | Tôkyô monogatari | |
| 1952 | 1 | $64,925 | 0.081% | Ikiru | |
| 1951 | 1 | $134,342 | 0.119% | Rashomon | |
| 1950 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | 3 | $32,644 | 0.039% | Banshun | |
| 1947 | 1 | $2,851 | 0.002% | Record of a Tenement Gentleman (長屋紳士録) | |
| 1939 | 1 | $6,115 | 0.001% | Zangiku monogatari |
The table below shows the highest-grossing movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet produced by Japan production companies, including co-productions involving other countries. Click on the name of the film to go to its page, or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the movies beginning with that letter.
| Index | Total Produced Movies | Average Production Budget | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | $8,864,937 | 0.286% | 10 Manbun no 1 | |
| 2 | 7 | $25,354,823 | 0.884% | 2014 Oscar Shorts | |
| 3 | 5 | $3,918,399 | 0.257% | 3-gatsu no raion zenpen | |
| 4 | 3 | $647,074 | 0.086% | 461ko no Obento | |
| 5 | 2 | $11,365,630 | 2.543% | 50 Kaime no Fasuto Kisu | |
| 6 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | $2,561 | 0.002% | 74-sai no Perikan wa pan o uru. | |
| 8 | 2 | $24,326,715 | 4.394% | ||
| A | 92 | $27,000,000 | $444,839,956 | 0.872% | |
| B | 116 | $14,825,000 | $1,263,731,785 | 2.283% | Bayside Shakedown The Final: The New Hope |
| C | 67 | $2,005,000 | $454,446,759 | 1.073% | |
| D | 95 | $12,125,000 | $1,747,548,085 | 3.750% | |
| E | 62 | $2,000,000 | $778,406,896 | 4.607% | Evangerion shin gekijôban: Ha |
| F | 52 | $49,000,000 | $599,893,022 | 1.534% | Friends Mononoke-jima no Naki |
| G | 180 | $15,333,333 | $955,321,826 | 2.987% | Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea) |
| H | 122 | $54,000,000 | $1,383,345,023 | 2.986% | Hankyu Dentetsu |
| I | 53 | $230,915,150 | 0.766% | Inu to watashi no 10 no yakusoku | |
| J | 31 | $6,000,000 | $262,384,706 | 1.046% | Jûsan-nin no shikaku |
| K | 242 | $39,583,333 | $1,076,490,168 | 7.727% | Kyatapira |
| L | 54 | $30,000,000 | $151,427,180 | 0.471% | |
| M | 157 | $22,300,000 | $1,244,377,134 | 2.198% | |
| N | 60 | $332,630,772 | 1.860% | Nora Inu | |
| O | 85 | $500,000 | $645,689,669 | 4.985% | Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said |
| P | 85 | $44,500,000 | $1,672,978,923 | 4.517% | Purinsesu Toyotomi |
| Q | 3 | $1,529,962 | 0.046% | Qian li zou dan qi | |
| R | 83 | $37,750,000 | $309,689,221 | 1.134% | Rookies |
| S | 232 | $57,590,909 | $4,621,102,034 | 5.366% | Sengoku Basra: The Last Party |
| T | 121 | $18,666,667 | $585,857,274 | 1.222% | Tofu Kozo Sugoroku-dochu Furidashi |
| U | 46 | $194,911,172 | 2.890% | Unfair: The Movie | |
| V | 15 | $16,964,257 | 0.226% | Vexille | |
| W | 35 | $20,000,000 | $392,835,524 | 1.333% | Wandafuru raifu |
| Y | 58 | $20,000,000 | $687,551,737 | 12.339% | Yokame no semi |
| Z | 18 | $71,616,431 | 1.584% | Zatoichi |