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The lists include both anime and live-action films produced by Japanese studios, but do not include English-language international co-productions between Japanese and Hollywood studios. For example, many Hollywood films based on Japanese source material, were co‑produced with Japanese production companies.
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 10 million tickets are listed. The list is not ranked, as the list is incomplete.
Toei Animation [13] Continental [13] N/A N/A 1970: A Thousand and One Nights: Eiichi Yamamoto: Mushi Productions: Nippon Herald Movies X [14] — March 1, 1971 [15] The World of Hans Christian Andersen [2] Al Kilgore [16] Chuck McCann Koro Yabuki [17] Toei Animation Sean Productions Inc. Hal Roach Studios [18] United Artists G N/A April 24 ...
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) It's time to talk about Satoshi Kon. It would be tempting to compare Kon to live action directors in the West given his striking cinematic language that feels, at times ...
Although the Japan Academy Film Prize has been awarded annually since 1978 to Japanese films, animation films were disregarded in the early years of the Prize. Animation films have included top grossing Japanese films of the year, such as Doraemon (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984), [ 1 ] Studio Ghibli 's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), [ 2 ] Only ...
The anime films Suzume and The First Slam Dunk set several box office records upon their international debut in 2023. In South Korea, The First Slam Dunk became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by Suzume. [7] In China, Suzume became the highest-grossing anime film. [7]
Anime films represent a large part of the highest-grossing Japanese films yearly in Japan, with 6 out of the top 10 in 2014, 2015 and also in 2016. Anime has to be licensed by companies in other countries in order to be legally released.
The following is a list of the top ten highest-grossing Japanese films from 2022 at the worldwide box office. † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 21 February 2025 in theaters around the world .