Media trade paper Bunka Tsūshin revealed the top 10 grossing domestic films in Japan in 2015 on Monday. The films, from highest to lowest, include:
- Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! (7.8 billion yen, about US$65 million)
- The Boy and The Beast (Bakemono no Ko) (5.85 billion yen, about US$48.6 million)
- HERO (4.67 billion yen, about US$38.7 million)
- Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (4.48 billion yen, about US$37.2 million)
- Doraemon: Nobita no Space Heroes (3.93 billion yen, about US$32.7 million)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (3.74 billion yen, about US$31.1 million)
- Live-action Attack on Titan (3.25 billion yen, about US$27 million)
- Billy Gal (Flying Colors) (2.84 billion yen, about US$23.6 million)
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2.8 billion yen, about US$23 million)
- Live-action Assassination Classroom (2.77 billion yen, about US$23.0 million)
The live-action film of the Strobe Edge manga eventually earned 2.32 billion yen (about US$19.2 million) this year.
The Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! film opened on December 20, 2014 on 408 screens. It ranked #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend by selling 1,484,916 tickets for 1,628,893,000 yen (about US$13.53 million). The film holds the highest opening weekend gross among all TOHO films. The film retained its #1 ranking for two weeks after opening, and stayed in the top 10 for 11 weeks.
The Boy and The Beast opened on July 11 on 457 screens. It ranked #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend, earning 667,035,100 yen (about US$5.54 million) and selling 494,170 tickets .
Six of the films are anime films, while two are based on an existing manga franchise with anime (live-action Attack on Titan, Assassination Classroom). The top grossing domestic film of 2014 was The Eternal Zero (Eien no Zero) at 8.76 billion yen (about US$72.79 million), followed by Stand By Me Doraemon at 8.38 billion yen (about US$69.63 million).
Source: Yahoo! News Japan via 0takomu