Japanese box office

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.

Following the first version that ran for two weeks from September 20 to October 3, the second version of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM movie's special edition started its two-week theatrical screening in Japan on November 1, and ranked sixth in the weekend box office charts, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. It has been 41 weeks since the release of the film's original edition.As the feature film sequel in the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM opened in Japan on January 26, 2024, making 4.82 billion yen (31.75 million USD) on 2.88 million admissions from its original theatrical run by May 24.

ACMA:GAME: Saigo no Kagi, a feature film sequel to the live-action TV drama adaptation of Meeb (story) and Kouji Megumi's (art) ACMA:GAME manga series, opened in 325 theaters across Japan on October 25. The 119-minute film earned 63 million yen (41,877 USD) on 45,700 admissions, making a fourth-place debut in the weekend box office ranking, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The TV drama aired in Japan for ten episodes from April to June 2024.

The R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan), subtitled Shinsei-ban ("Genuine edition"), ranked in eighth place on its third weekend of October 18-20, down three positions from last weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The film's original PG12 version, which opened in Japan in November 2023, stayed in the box office Top 10 for 11 consecutive weekends from November 17-19, 2023 to January 26-28, 2024.Voltes V: Legacy, a Filipino live-action film remake of the 1970s Japanese robot anime Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V (Cho Denji Machine Voltes V in Japan), opened in 179 theaters on October 18 and made a ninth-place debut. According to GMA News, the 107-minute film is a compilation of the initial 15 episodes of the TV series, which consisted of 90 episodes in total.

The R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan), subtitled Shinsei-ban ("Genuine edition"), earned 71,939,840 yen (482,100 USD) on 41,889 admissions in its second weekend of October 11-13, according to Animate Times. The movie ranked in fifth place in the latest weekend box office ranking, down two positions from its opening weekend.To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original GeGeGe no Kitaro manga author Shigeru Mizuki's birth, the original version of The Birth of Kitaro was released in Japan on November 17, 2023, under the rating of PG12. The R15 version (noted as those under 15 years of age not allowed to see), which had 327 cuts retaken and the sound re-dubbed to express “the horror story as originally envisioned by the production team," followed on October 4, 2024.As reported on Monday, the film's cumulative total box office gross — which combined the gross of the original and R15 version — surpassed the three billion yen mark by October 12.

The R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan), subtitled Shinsei-ban ("genuine edition"), opened in 331 theaters across Japan on October 4, and earned 156 million yen (1.05 million USD) on 97,7

In its second weekend, OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom, an-all new film from the OVERLORD anime franchise, earned 183 million yen (1.28 million USD) on 116,000 admissions, a 42.5% week-on-week drop, staying in the same second place position it was last weekend ac

Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Dokidoki ♡Game no Sekai de Daibouken! (translated to "Heart-Pounding — A great adventure in the world of games!") opened in 350 theaters across Japan on September 13, making its second-place debut in the Japan box office Top 10, a

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Final Chapter, the first of the three-part film series for Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, opened in 152 theaters across Japan on September 9 and its eighth-place debut in the weekend box office ranking,

BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re: Re:, the second of the two-part recap films based on the BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime series, has reached accumulative of 500 million yen (3.45 million USD) earned from 330,000 ticket sales in the Japanese box office, according to Mantan Web.

The Colors Within (known as Kimi no Iro in Japan), an original theatrical anime film directed by Naoko Yamada (Liz and the Blue Bird), ranked #7 in its opening weekend of August 30-Spetember 1 according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. After the world premiere at the Anne

Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General) ranked fifth in its seventh weekend in the Japan box office of August 23-25, one position down from last weekend. Its total accumulative gross is now 7.1 billion yen (49.15 million USD) from 4.85 milli

BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re:Re:, the second of the two-part recap films based on the BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime series, ranked sixth in its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, according to Kogyo Tsushin.Two months after the first film released in June, BOCCHI T

Following last week’s placement in second place, the fourth live-action Kingdom movie went down to fourth place in its fourth weekend.Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General) has now earned 5.4 billion yen (37.1 million USD) on 3.65 million a

After holding the first place for two consecutive weekends since its debut, Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General), the fourth installment in the live-action Kingdom film series, slipped to second place in its third weekend of release.In th