Japanese box office

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, earned 435 million yen (2.9 million USD) on 358,000 admissions in its fourth weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The gross was up 121 percent from the previous third weekend (likely relating to Japanese schools entering spring break last week) and enough to keep the film in first place for four consecutive weekends.Between 1998 and last year, five Doraemon movies that stayed at the top spot for more than four weekends — Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010 / 5 weekends), Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012 / 5 weekends), Nobita's Space Heroes (2015 / 4 weekends), Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019 / 6 weekends), and Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023 / 5 weekends).

In its third weekend, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, earned 347 million yen (2.3 million USD) on 282,000 admissions, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. While it was a 41 percent drop from the previous weekend, the film has kept first-place in Japan's box office ranking for three consecutive weekends since debuting on March 7.The film's three-week gross of 2.1 billion yen (13.93 million USD) earned from 1.77 million tickets sales is 123.5 percent of that of the franchise's previous 43rd film, Nobita's Earth Symphony, in March 2024, and 91.3 percent of the franchise's top-grossing non-3DCG anime film, Nobita's Treasure Island, in March 2018.

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, earned 576 million yen (3.86 million USD) on 467,000 admissions in its second weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. While it was a 18 percent week-on-week drop, the numbers were still enough to keep the film at number one in the Japanese box office following its first-place debut last weekend.The film's two-week gross of 1.4 billion yen (9.38 million USD) earned from the 1.14 million ticket sales was 116 percent of the previous 43rd film, Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony, which earned 4.31 billion yen (29 million USD) during its total domestic run in 2024.The live-action film adaptation of Hatsuharu's romantic comedy manga series A Girl & Her Guard Dog opened in 305 theaters across Japan on March 14 and made a third-place debut with 182 million yen (1.22 million USD) on 133,000 admissions.

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, opened in 383 theaters in Japan on March 7 and made a first-place debut in its first weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The film beat the award-winning American musical fantasy film Wicked, which ranked second in its opening weekend in Japan with 519 million yen (3.54 million USD). The Doraemon franchise's 45th-anniversary film earned 703 million yen (4.78 million USD) on 571,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday, which was 107 percent of that of the previous 43rd film, Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony, released in March 2024.

As previously reported, the cumulative total domestic gross of the live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! reached the six billion yen (40.15 million USD) mark by February 13. To commemorate the great box office success, the manga author posted a newly-drawn celebratory illustration featuring Red Blood Cell, White Blood Cell, and Platelet on the film's official X (formerly Twitter).

After making a first-place debut last weekend, the TRILLION GAME live-action feature film earned an additional 292 million yen (1.96 million USD) on 204,000 admissions in its second weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. While it was a 52.6 percent week-to-week drop, the sequel film to the 2023 TV drama based on Riichiro Inagaki and Ryoichi Ikegami's manga remained in first place on the weekend box office charts. Its total domestic gross is now 1.2 billion yen (8.01 million USD) earned from 860,000 ticket sales as of February 24.

The TRILLION GAME live-action feature film opened in 345 theaters in Japan on February 14, 2025, earning 616 million yen (4.06 million USD) on 438,000 admissions in its first three-day weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The latest film is a sequel to the 2023 TV drama based on the manga series created by Riichiro Inagaki (story) and Ryoichi Ikegami (art).TRILLION GAME made a first-place debut at the weekend box office and beat the latest entry from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Brave New World, in second place, which earned 463 million yen (3.01 million USD) in its opening weekend in Japan.

The official X (formerly Twitter) for the live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! announced on February 13 that the film's cumulative total domestic gross had reached the six billion yen (39.31 million USD) mark. According to Animate Times, the film had earned 6,003,011,870 yen from 4,480,147 ticket sales as of February 12, in 61 days since its release in Japan.

In its fourth weekend of release, the advance theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, a re-edited version of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV series, earned 191 million yen (1.26 million USD) on 112,000 admissions, dropping two spots from last weekend to fourth in the weekend box office ranking, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.The anime's official X (formerly Twitter) reported that the screenings have built up a cumulative of 2.25 billion yen (14.83 million USD) earned from 1.382 million tickets sales after a 24-day run. The release has now surpassed the 2021 film Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway's total domestic gross of 2.23 billion yen (14.7 million USD). It also now ranks third in the theatrical release of the Gundam anime series, behind Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM (2024/5.38 billion yen) and Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982/2.3 billion yen).

After holding the top spot for two consecutive weekends, the advance theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, a re-edited version of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV series, moved down to second in its third weekend. The release collected 271 million yen (1.75 million USD) on 180,000 admissions, decreasing by half from last weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. While exceeding the gross box office, it fell just short of the live-action film 366 nichi ("366 days"), which drew 181,000 viewers in its fourth week of release.

The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPA) — an industry organization comprised of the four major motion picture production and distribution companies including Shochiku, Toho, Toei and Kadokawa Pictures — held a New Year's press conference in Tokyo on January 29 to announce the Japanese box office data for fiscal year 2024.According to the data published on MPPA's official website, 1,190 films (685 Japanese and 505 foreign films) were released in Japan in 2024. The number of admissions was 144.44 million, down 11.09 million from the previous year. Japanese films earned a record 155.8 billion yen (1.04 billion USD), while foreign films fell to 51.1 billion yen (329 million USD), down 69.8 percent from the previous year.

In its second weekend, advance theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, a re-edited episode version of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV series, earned 528 million yen (3.41 million USD) on 306,000 admissions — only a 12 percent week-on-week drop — retaining first place in the box office ranking according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The anime's official website also confirmed that the film's performance in the two-day weekend between Saturday and Sunday was 107.6 percent in gross and 106.8 percent in attendance compared to the previous weekend.The screenings now have a total of 1,432,794,300 yen (9.24 million USD) earned from 856,371 ticket sales in ten days since debuting in 426 Japanese theaters on January 17. The two-weekend gross was 75.2 percent of that of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM in February 2024 (1.9 billion yen).

Advance theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, a re-edited episode version of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV series, began in 426 theaters (including 52 IMAX ones) across Japan on January 17, 2025. The anime's official website announced that it earned 598,832,300 yen (3.85 million USD) on 352,522 admissions in its first three days between Friday and Sunday, making a first place debut in the weekend box office ranking.The first three-day weekend gross was 114.3 percent of that of Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway in 2021 (524 million yen) and 56.2 percent of that of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM in 2024 (1.066 billion yen).

The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! has announced that the film's cumulative total domestic gross surpassed a milestone of five billion yen on January 16.According to Animate Times, the film has earned 5,002,624,050 yen (32 million USD) from 3,731,753 ticket sales in 35 days since its release in Japan. After debuting Japanese theaters on December 13, 2024, the film stayed on No.1 in the box office ranking for four consecutive weekends.

After keeping the number one spot for four consecutive weekends since its release on December 13, the Cells at Work! live-action film finally lost its top spot. In its fifth weekend, the live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series earned 337 million yen (2.13 million USD) on 243,000 admissions, a 46% week-to-week drop, ranking second for the first time behind Takuya Kimura-starring Grand Maison Paris, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.

In the first weekend of 2025, the live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! earned 641 million yen (4.05 million USD) from 466,000 ticket sales, holding the number one spot for four consecutive weekends, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The box office performance of the film for the past two weekends continued to rise, partly because Japan's New Year's holiday season.

The live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! earned 581 million yen (3.71 million USD) from 427,000 ticket sales in its third weekend of December 27-29, keeping the first-place position for three consecutive weekends, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The film's third-weekend gross was 9.2 percent up from the second weekend's 532 million yen.

The live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! kept its first-place position in the Japan Top 10 box-office for two consecutive weekends now, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.

The live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series Cells at Work! opened across Japan on December 13.

Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, a compilation film of the two-part Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS anime episodes, ranked sixth in its fifth weekend, two positions down from last weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.The film's official website reported on December 5 that the film's cumulative total domestic gross had already surpassed one billion yen (6.61 million USD) on 700,000 admissions since debuting in Japanese theaters on November 8. It has become the 12th Japanese anime film that has reached the one billion yen mark in 2024. The film was originally scheduled to run for a limited time of three weeks until November 28.

Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, a compilation film of the two-part Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS anime episodes, ranked fourth in its fourth weekend — down two positions from last weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.The film opened in Japan on November 8 and was originally scheduled to end its three-week limited theatrical run on November 28. However, its screening period was extended due to popular demand, and 16 more theaters have been added from November 29 according to the anime's official X (formerly Twitter). Furthermore, there will also be special screenings on December 4 and December 11 at nine theaters in Japan where audiences are allowed and encouraged to weep and cry loudly during the screenings.

Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, a compilation film of the two-part Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS anime episodes, earned 194 million yen (1.26 million USD) on 138,000 admissions in its third weekend in the Japanese box office, holding onto its second-place spot it held last weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. Its third-weekend numbers exceed those of last weekend (179 million yen on 125,000 admissions) in its second weekend of release. The film now has an accumulative total of 800 million yen (5.19 million USD) earned from 570,000 ticket sales since debuting in Japanese theaters on November 8.The film was originally scheduled to end its three-week limited theatrical run in Japan on November 28.

After debuting in first place last weekend, Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, a compilation film of the two-part Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS anime episodes, earned 179 million yen (1.16 million USD) on 125,000 admissions, ranking second in its second weekend at the Japanese box office, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.The film's cumulative total gross has reached 500 million yen (3.24 million USD) earned from 380,000 ticket sales. It has already surpassed the total gross of the anime franchise's first compilation film, Attack on Titan Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow, which made 400 million yen (2.6 million USD) in 2014 (according to the Kinema Junpo magazine's yearly box office report).

Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, a compilation film of the two-part Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS anime episodes, opened in 148 theaters across Japan on November 8. The movie, directed by series director Yuichiro Hayashi, earned 249 million yen (1.63 million USD) on 175,000 admissions in its first three-day weekend, making its first-place debut in the weekend box office, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The film is scheduled to run in Japanese theaters for a limited time of three weeks from November 8-29.Fuuto Tantei: Kamen Rider Skull no Shozo ("FUUTO PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull"), a new feature film in the FUUTO PI anime series, released in 93 theaters on November 8 and ranked fifth in its opening weekend.