The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Japan. This list only accounts for the films'
box office
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earnings at cinemas and not their ancillary revenues (i.e.
home video sales,
video rentals
A video rental shop/store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms a ...
, television broadcasts, or merchandise sales). Two tables are listed in terms of
nominal gross revenue, while the 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, fourteen are
Japanese films
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.
Box office admissions
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
A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is fre ...
. Only films that have sold at least tickets are listed. The list is not ranked, as the list is incomplete.
A separate column lists the gross revenue adjusted for ticket price inflation in 2021, based on data from the (MPPAJ). The adjusted gross revenue is calculated by multiplying the total number of admissions by the average 2021 ticket price ().
Admissions better reflect the popularity of older films, since they are less susceptible to the effects of inflation. This mainly affects films released prior the 1990s, as there has been very little Japanese ticket price inflation since the 1990s. Where the number of admissions is unknown, they are estimated by dividing the nominal gross revenue by the average ticket price in the year of release (or the
distributor rentals
A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is freq ...
by the average rental earnings per ticket) to provide an estimate.
Film franchises and film series
Box office revenue
Box office admissions
See also
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List of highest-grossing Japanese films
Films made in Japan produce revenue through various sources; the lists below only consider box office earnings at cinemas, not other sources of income such as merchandising or home video. The lists include both anime and live-action films produc ...
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Lists of highest-grossing films
The following are lists of high-grossing films.
Worldwide grosses
* List of highest-grossing films
** List of highest-grossing non-English films
** List of highest-grossing puppet films
** List of highest-grossing R-rated films
** List of highe ...
Notes
References
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Japan
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Japanese film-related lists