List of highest-grossing Japanese films

Due to a lack of available data, some films have incomplete grosses that do not reflect their entire theatrical runs in all markets, and other films are missing altogether. The rankings are consequently only approximate. There is especially a lack of available worldwide box office data for Japanese films released prior to 1997. See Highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan below for more complete data within the domestic Japanese market and Japanese films by number of box office admissions for more data on both domestic and overseas performance, especially for films released prior to 1997. The highest-grossing Japanese film in terms of box office ticket sales is the 1976 film Manhunt, which was the first foreign film released in China following the Cultural Revolution, Its inflation-adjusted Chinese gross revenue is estimated to be at least () in 2017. However, the amount of nominal box office gross revenue (not adjusted for inflation) it generated in China at the time is not known to have been reported, so it is not included on this list. The list also does not include ancillary revenue from other sources such as home entertainment or merchandise sales, where a number of Japanese films earn significantly more revenue. The anime film My Neighbor Totoro (1988), for example, grossed about from home video and licensed merchandise sales. == Highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan ==

The following is a list of highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan. (Over ¥10 billion) == Highest-grossing Japanese films by year ==

Up until 1999, the Japanese box office was most commonly reported in terms of , which was equivalent to approximately half of the total gross receipts at the Japanese box office. Since 2000, the Japanese box office has been reported in terms of total box office gross receipts. The worldwide gross figures for anime films were also not reported prior to 1997. As such, there are two tables. The first table shows the distributor rentals, gross receipts (if known) and box office admissions in Japan up until 1996, while the second table shows the worldwide gross revenue since 1997. } Worldwide box office data prior to 1997 is sparse, thus the table for worldwide gross figures begins in that year. Movies that have been re-released are listed by their total gross, with their original gross noted in parentheses. == Japanese films by number of box office admissions ==

The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing Japanese films that have sold more than 10million tickets worldwide. Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing Japanese films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given. } • Soviet Union – 33,700,000 }} • China – • Europe – 3,526,074 • United States and Canada – 2,400,000 • South Korea (Seoul City) – 937,459 • Brazil and Argentina – 477,697 • Taiwan – 70,000 }} • China – 23,856,400 • South Korea – 5,139,145 • Taiwan – 900,000 • France and Spain – • Germany – 174,816 }} name="variety"> • China – 20,728,000 • South Korea – 3,712,891 • United States and Canada – 580,000 • Russia and Argentina – 169,600 • Spain – 60,508 }} • United States and Canada – 16,858,300 • Europe – 12,679,046 • Brazil – 468,000 • South Korea (Seoul City) – 182,360 • South Korea – 4,597,007 • Taiwan – 1,760,000 }} • France – 440,638 • Soviet Union – 25,000,000+ }} • China – 6,048,959 • 2022 – 5,601,960 • 2023 – 446,999 • Europe – 1,883,102 • France and Italy – 1,108,614 • Germany – 302,424 • Other European countries – 472,064 • United States – 1,400,000 • Taiwan – 660,000 • Brazil – 346,968 • South Korea – 203,044 • France – 844,077 • Netherlands – 1,120 }} • China – 15,296,400 • Europe – 754,321 • South Korea – 504,153 }} • South Korea – 3.02million • United States and Canada – 831,000 • Brazil – 86,306 }} • Soviet Union and Sweden – 20,432,400 • France – 994,988 • Other EU territories (since 1996) – 48,265 }} • United States and Canada – 8,184,000 • Europe (excluding France) – 5,034,378 • France – 730,002 • South Korea (Seoul City) – 20,280 • South Korea – 1,521,842 • Europe (excl. France, Germany, Russia) – 514,690 • Russia and Brazil – 52,397 }} • Europe (excluding Russia) – 1,370,868 • United States and Canada – 628,800 }} • Latin America – 8,420,410+ • Mexico – 4,100,000 • Peru – 1,122,971 • Argentina – 808,055 • Colombia (4 days) – 539,874 • Chile (4 days) – 362,776 • Brazil – 1,301,048 • Bolivia (1 week) – 91,968 • Paraguay – 77,713 • Uruguay (4 days) – 11,059 • United States and Canada – 3,408,700 • Other European countries – 879,609 • China – 1,034,444 • South Korea – 35,869 • France and Germany – 631,330 • South Korea – 572,267 • South Korea – 1,083,746 • Other European territories – 416,011 }} • United States – 3,200,000 }} • China – 7,030,800 • South Korea – 183,220 • United States and Canada – 652,200 }} • China – 8,268,300 • South Korea – 82,311 • United Kingdom (2005–2017) – 3,643 }} • China – 6,678,800 • South Korea – 22,392 • Europe (excluding France) – 1,861,273 • Brazil – 538,075 • France – 160,401 }} ==See also==