Japanese Movie Index
The table below lists a yearly breakdown of information about movies using the Japanese language. The Share is a percentage based on total worldwide box office of the movies using the specified language relative to the combined worldwide box office of all movies in the listed year. Please note that movies that use multiple languages count for the share of each language, and the language 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.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Release Year | Total Produced Movies | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | 4 | |||
| 2024 | 64 | $41,446,745 | 0.770% | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—To the Hashira Training (鬼滅の刃 柱稽古編) |
| 2023 | 302 | $706,238,988 | 2.507% | The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) |
| 2022 | 153 | $954,588,882 | 4.155% | Suzume (すずめの戸締まり) |
| 2021 | 87 | $1,466,682,728 | 7.542% | Tang Ren Jie Tan An 3 |
| 2020 | 129 | $1,011,112,904 | 11.492% | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) |
| 2019 | 140 | $1,243,666,396 | 3.210% | Weathering with You (天気の子) |
| 2018 | 128 | $1,071,678,793 | 2.795% | Dragon Ball Super: Broly |
| 2017 | 101 | $834,844,890 | 2.197% | Yao Mao Zhuan |
| 2016 | 102 | $1,316,317,723 | 3.570% | Kimi no na wa |
| 2015 | 74 | $518,821,387 | 1.436% | Doragon bôru Z: Fukkatsu no 'F' |
| 2014 | 26 | $344,125,491 | 1.144% | Unbroken |
| 2013 | 37 | $1,150,102,705 | 3.845% | Pacific Rim |
| 2012 | 45 | $1,043,461,529 | 3.288% | Jin líng shí san chai |
| 2011 | 43 | $488,975,851 | 1.783% | Gekijouban Pokketo monsutâ Besuto wisshu: Pikutini to kuroku eiyuu Zekuromu |
| 2010 | 8 | $881,474,339 | 3.474% | Inception |
| 2009 | 27 | $545,161,175 | 2.100% | Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) |
| 2008 | 34 | $580,269,904 | 2.389% | Rookies |
| 2007 | 29 | $619,404,144 | 2.665% | Rush Hour 3 |
| 2006 | 16 | $471,233,020 | 2.332% | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift |
| 2005 | 7 | $321,413,637 | 1.753% | Hauru no ugoku shiro |
| 2004 | 14 | $103,953,028 | 0.549% | Yu-Gi-Oh |
| 2003 | 16 | $179,071,206 | 1.002% | Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | $46,802,331 | 0.276% | Rollerball |
| 2001 | 8 | $838,293,153 | 5.416% | Pearl Harbor |
| 2000 | 6 | $10,513,757 | 0.079% | Godzilla 2000 |
| 1999 | 10 | $315,069,849 | 2.317% | Pokemon: The First Movie |
| 1998 | 2 | $1,169,590 | 0.010% | Pâfekuto burû |
| 1997 | 1 | $1,588,016 | 0.012% | The End of Evangelion |
| 1995 | 10 | $7,522,924 | 0.074% | The Hunted |
| 1994 | 3 | $99,423,000 | 1.124% | Street Fighter |
| 1993 | 3 | |||
| 1992 | 2 | $3,606,930 | 0.052% | Kurenai no buta |
| 1991 | 7 | $20,229,030 | 0.327% | Defending Your Life |
| 1990 | 4 | $921,712 | 0.014% | Come See The Paradise |
| 1989 | 9 | $4,155,784 | 0.070% | Erik the Viking |
| 1988 | 6 | $27,850,892 | 0.584% | Tonari no Totoro |
| 1987 | 6 | $165,954 | 0.004% | Der Himmel über Berlin |
| 1986 | 4 | $55,434,709 | 1.534% | Gung Ho |
| 1985 | 7 | $11,494,775 | 0.306% | Kaze no Tani no Naushika |
| 1984 | 2 | $40,874,452 | 1.053% | Revenge of the Nerds |
| 1983 | 1 | $87 | 0.000% | Gorugo 13 |
| 1982 | 3 | $39,581,774 | 1.090% | Blade Runner |
| 1980 | 1 | $4,001,058 | 0.144% | Kagemusha |
| 1979 | 4 | $94,962,969 | 3.854% | 1941 |
| 1977 | 3 | $210,400 | 0.008% | Hausu |
| 1976 | 2 | |||
| 1975 | 4 | |||
| 1974 | 5 | |||
| 1973 | 2 | |||
| 1972 | 1 | |||
| 1971 | 2 | |||
| 1970 | 1 | $29,548,291 | 3.957% | Tora! Tora! Tora! |
| 1969 | 5 | |||
| 1968 | 7 | $899 | 0.000% | Akahige |
| 1967 | 5 | $41,744,718 | 4.484% | Casino Royale |
| 1966 | 3 | |||
| 1965 | 5 | $31,113,715 | 3.793% | Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying... |
| 1964 | 6 | $12,500,000 | 2.245% | Father Goose |
| 1963 | 1 | |||
| 1962 | 4 | $28,568 | 0.010% | Sanma no aji |
| 1961 | 2 | $3,611 | 0.001% | Yojimbo |
| 1960 | 5 | $23,810 | 0.009% | Late Autumn (秋日和) |
| 1959 | 1 | |||
| 1958 | 5 | $9,018,080 | 6.312% | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness |
| 1957 | 3 | $26,323,609 | 19.027% | Sayonara |
| 1956 | 4 | $308,607 | 0.113% | Shichinin no samurai |
| 1955 | 4 | $1,494 | 0.001% | Ginza no onna (銀座の女) |
| 1954 | 4 | $504,440 | 0.214% | Gojira |
| 1953 | 2 | $99,141 | 0.043% | Tôkyô monogatari |
| 1952 | 1 | $61,484 | 0.077% | Ikiru |
| 1951 | 1 | $131,056 | 0.116% | Rashomon |
| 1950 | 1 | |||
| 1949 | 3 | $32,644 | 0.039% | Banshun |
| 1947 | 2 | $9,813 | 0.007% | Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu |
| 1945 | 1 | |||
| 1939 | 1 | $6,115 | 0.001% | Zangiku monogatari |
The table below shows the highest-grossing movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet in which the Japanese language is used, including movies in which other languages are used as well. 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 | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | $95,716,737 | 3.100% | 1941 |
| 2 | 7 | $42,630,775 | 1.526% | 22 nenme no Kokuhaku: Watashi ga Satsujinhan desu |
| 3 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 4 | $152,363,889 | 20.440% | 47 Ronin |
| 5 | 1 | $11,352,181 | 2.540% | 50 Kaime no Fasuto Kisu |
| 6 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 2 | $2,561 | 0.001% | 74-sai no Perikan wa pan o uru. |
| 8 | 1 | $417,517 | 0.075% | 8 ½ Women |
| A | 82 | $325,095,454 | 0.647% | A Ga ssi |
| B | 93 | $887,752,908 | 1.663% | The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) |
| C | 58 | $463,146,811 | 1.118% | Code Blue the Movie |
| D | 79 | $1,575,758,195 | 3.737% | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) |
| E | 61 | $990,316,150 | 5.829% | Eiga Slam Dunk |
| F | 45 | $312,158,846 | 0.825% | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift |
| G | 151 | $1,272,998,708 | 4.082% | Gekijouban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 |
| H | 102 | $651,735,712 | 1.461% | Hauru no ugoku shiro |
| I | 49 | $1,015,659,354 | 3.661% | Inception |
| J | 29 | $202,563,100 | 0.817% | Jin líng shí san chai |
| K | 197 | $1,278,219,819 | 9.463% | Kimi no na wa |
| L | 40 | $149,347,821 | 0.477% | Letters from Iwo Jima |
| M | 118 | $1,151,399,561 | 2.084% | Mononoke-hime |
| N | 54 | $318,097,791 | 1.727% | Namiya Zakkaten no Kiseki |
| O | 67 | $527,722,311 | 4.159% | One Piece Film: Red |
| P | 60 | $1,570,552,718 | 4.364% | Pearl Harbor |
| Q | 5 | $1,329,285 | 0.043% | The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (映画 五等分の花嫁) |
| R | 66 | $598,403,795 | 2.240% | Rush Hour 3 |
| S | 176 | $1,759,031,695 | 2.082% | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) |
| T | 93 | $1,068,760,678 | 2.220% | Tang Ren Jie Tan An 3 |
| U | 35 | $299,963,049 | 4.540% | Unbroken |
| V | 8 | $11,777,965 | 0.174% | Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou |
| W | 27 | $424,989,076 | 1.539% | Weathering with You (天気の子) |
| X | 1 | $85,170,584 | 1.034% | Xie Bu Ya Zheng |
| Y | 54 | $365,834,518 | 7.067% | Yao Mao Zhuan |
| Z | 18 | $59,109,142 | 1.112% | Za majikku awâ |