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 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, eleven are Japanese films.

Films with earnings over ¥10 billion[1]

Rank	Title	Gross (¥ billion)	Year	Ref
01	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train	37.18	2020	[1]
02	Spirited Away	31.68	2001	[2]
03	Titanic	26.20	1997	[3]
04	Frozen	25.48	2014	[4]
05	Your Name	25.03	2016	[1]
06	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	20.30	2001	[5]
07	Princess Mononoke	20.18	1997	[2]
08	Howl's Moving Castle	19.60	2004	[6]
09	Bayside Shakedown 2	17.35	2003	[7]
10	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	17.30	2002	[7]
11	Avatar	15.60	2009	[8]
12	Ponyo	15.50	2008	[9]
13	Weathering with You	14.19	2019	[1]
14	The Last Samurai	13.70	2003	[10]
15	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	13.50	1982	[11]
	Armageddon	13.50	1998	[11]
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	13.50	2004	[10]
18	Frozen II	13.35	2019	[1]
19	Bohemian Rhapsody	13.10	2018	[1]
20	Jurassic Park	12.85	1993	[11]
21	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	12.70	1999	[11]
22	Beauty and the Beast	12.40	2017	[1]
23	Aladdin	12.14	2019	[1]
24	The Wind Rises	12.02	2013	[12]
25	Alice in Wonderland	11.80	2010	[8]
26	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	11.63	2015	[13]
27	Antarctica	11.00	1983	[1]
	The Matrix Reloaded	11.00	2003	[7]
	Finding Nemo	11.00	2003	[10]
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	11.00	2005	[14]
31	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	10.90	2007	[15]
32	Toy Story 3	10.80	2010	[8]
33	Independence Day	10.65	1996	[1]
34	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	10.32	2004	[16]
35	Bayside Shakedown: The Movie	10.10	1998	[17]
36	Toy Story 4	10.07	2019	[1]
37	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	10.02	2006	[18]
indicates the film is a Japanese production.[1]    Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 5 February 2021 in Japanese theaters.

Box office admissions

Title	Admissions (millions)	Year	Ref
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train	27.07	2020	[19]
Spirited Away	23.50	2001	[20][21]
Tokyo Olympiad	23.50	1965	[22]
Frozen	20.03	2014	[23]
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War	20.00	1957	[24]
Your Name	19.30	2016	[25]
Titanic	17.13	1997	[25]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	16.20	2001	[26]
Howl's Moving Castle	15.50	2004	[27]
Princess Mononoke	14.20	1997	[20]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	14.20	2002	[26]
Ponyo	12.90	2008	[28]
King Kong vs. Godzilla	12.60	1962	[29]
Bayside Shakedown 2	12.60	2003	[30][31]
Antarctica	12.00	1983	[32]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	11.00	2004	[26]
Weathering with You	10.51	2019	[33]
Frozen II	10.44	2019	[33]
Avatar	10.10	2011	[34]

Film franchises and film series

Box office revenue

Film franchise/series	Gross revenue (¥ billion)	Debut year	Ref
Doraemon	137.29	1980	[lower-alpha 1]
Harry Potter	96.03	2001	[1]
Detective Conan (Case Closed)	91.53	1997	[lower-alpha 2]
Pokémon	89.08	1998	[lower-alpha 3]
Godzilla (Gojira)	58.17	1954	[lower-alpha 4]
Dragon Ball	52.17	1986	[lower-alpha 5]
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Tora-san)	51.51	1969	[35]
Star Wars	50.35	1977	[1]
Pirates of the Caribbean	43.30	2003	[1]
Bayside Shakedown	40.73	1998	[55]
Jurassic Park	39.94	1993	[1]
Anpanman	35.90	1989	[56]
Crayon Shin-chan	33.91	1993	[57]
One Piece	32.50	2000	[58]
Kamen Rider (Masked Rider)	31.16	1971	[lower-alpha 6]
Umizaru	24.42	2004	[63]
Resident Evil	20.01	2002	[64]

Box office admissions

Film franchise/series	Admissions (millions)	Debut year	Ref
Doraemon	126.91	1980	[lower-alpha 7]
Godzilla (Gojira)	110.90	1954	[lower-alpha 8]
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Tora-san)	79.57	1969	[75]
Pokémon	79.40	1998	[lower-alpha 9]
Harry Potter	60.70	2001	[26]
Dragon Ball	57.72	1986	[lower-alpha 10]

See also

• List of highest-grossing anime films
• List of highest-grossing Japanese live-action films
• Lists of highest-grossing films

Notes

1. Doraemon box office gross revenue:
   • Traditional animated film series – ¥128.91 billion
     • Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) to Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) – ¥54.32 billion[35]
     • Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000) to Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) – ¥10.9 billion[36]
     • Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) to Nobita's Treasure Island (2018) – ¥58.72 billion[37]
     • Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019) – ¥4.97 billion[38]
   • Stand by Me Doraemon – ¥8.38 billion[1]
2. Detective Conan box office gross revenue:
   • Detective Conan film series – ¥87.27 billion
     • Up until 2017 – ¥68.99 billion[39]
     • Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018) – ¥9.18 billion[1]
     • The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019) – ¥9.1 billion[1]
   • Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie – ¥4.26 billion[40]
3. 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[36]
   • Destiny Deoxys (2004) to The Power of Us (2018) – ¥56.15 billion[37]
   • Detective Pikachu (2019) – ¥3.01 billion[37]
4. Godzilla box office gross revenue:
   • Toho productions – ¥47,034,208,845+
     • Distribution earnings (rentals) up until Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) – ¥4.49 billion[41]
     • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1980 re-release) to Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) gross revenue – ¥7.3 billion[35]
     • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) – ¥3.19 billion[42][43]
     • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) to Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) – ¥13.16 billion[35]
     • Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) – ¥7.47 billion[36]
     • Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) to Shin Godzilla (2016) – ¥10.81 billion[37]
     • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) – ¥342,349,800[44]
     • Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) opening – ¥100,000,000[45]
     • Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) – ¥171,859,045[46]
   • Hollywood productions – ¥11.14 billion
     • Godzilla (1998) – ¥5.1 billion[47]
     • Godzilla (2014) – ¥3.2 billion[40]
     • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) – ¥2.84 billion[37]
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[48][49]
     • Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) – ¥600 million[50]
     • Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) – ¥3,042,017,581[51]
     • Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2016) – ¥3,780,620,150[52]
     • Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – ¥3,895,569,200[53]
   • Dragonball Evolution – ¥848,205,249[54]
6. Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー / Masked Rider) films:
   • 2001–2003 – ¥4.18 billion[59]
   • 2005–2012 – ¥17.51 billion[60]
   • 2013 – ¥2.42 billion[61]
   • 2014 – ¥2.02 billion[40]
   • 2018–2019 – ¥5.03 billion[62]
7. 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[65]
     • Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013) to Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 (2016) – 14.05 million[66]
     • Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017) – 3,656,559[67]
     • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island (2017) – 4.46 million[68]
   • Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) – 6.25 million[69]
8. Godzilla box office admissions:
   • Toho series – 105,124,200
     • Up until Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) – 99.29 million[70][71]
     • Shin Godzilla (2016) – 5.69 million[72]
     • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) opening – 71,200[73]
     • Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle and The Planet Eater (2018) openings – 73,000 each[45]
   • Hollywood productions – 5.78 million
     • Godzilla (1998) – 3.6 million[47]
     • Godzilla (2014) – 2.18 million[74]
9. Pokémon box office admissions:
   • Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) to I Choose You! (2017) – 77.36 million[76]
   • The Power of Us (2018) – 2.04 million[77]
10. Dragon Ball box office admissions:
    • First sixteen films up until Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) – 50 million[48]
    • Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) – 2,346,726[78]
    • Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) – 2.36 million[79]
    • Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – 3,009,730[53]

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