The table below lists a yearly breakdown of information about movies produced by production companies based in Japan. The Share is a percentage based on total worldwide box office of the movies produced by production companies in this country relative to the combined worldwide box office of all movies in the listed year. Please note that movies that are co-produced by different countries count for the share of each country, and the production country information in our database is incomplete. These factors will typically cause the share percentages in a specific year not to add up to 100%. Click on the year number for a list of all the films released that year. Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
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| Release Year | Total Produced Movies | Average Production Budget | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | 6 | ||||
| 2024 | 130 | $196,069,545 | 1.054% | Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram | |
| 2023 | 327 | $58,333,333 | $2,094,376,098 | 7.392% | The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
| 2022 | 169 | $90,000,000 | $1,384,848,167 | 6.033% | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
| 2021 | 89 | $865,524,316 | 4.450% | Gekijouban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | |
| 2020 | 141 | $52,875,000 | $1,362,003,193 | 15.488% | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) |
| 2019 | 144 | $84,500,000 | $2,255,618,718 | 5.831% | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World |
| 2018 | 143 | $8,500,000 | $1,048,965,304 | 2.735% | Dragon Ball Super: Broly |
| 2017 | 146 | $1,078,934,261 | 2.834% | Yao Mao Zhuan | |
| 2016 | 133 | $7,375,000 | $1,373,527,650 | 3.716% | Kimi no na wa |
| 2015 | 120 | $5,500,000 | $770,232,944 | 2.133% | Meitantei Conan: Goka no himawari |
| 2014 | 27 | $185,968,410 | 0.618% | Stand By Me Doraemon | |
| 2013 | 39 | $20,666,667 | $566,145,003 | 1.893% | The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ) |
| 2012 | 36 | $23,000,000 | $870,305,848 | 2.743% | Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ) |
| 2011 | 46 | $6,000,000 | $475,033,932 | 1.732% | Gekijouban Pokketo monsutâ Besuto wisshu: Pikutini to kuroku eiyuu Zekuromu |
| 2010 | 4 | $85,000,000 | $87,334,536 | 0.344% | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
| 2009 | 30 | $34,000,000 | $496,199,676 | 1.908% | Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) |
| 2008 | 47 | $27,500,000 | $726,081,495 | 2.988% | Rookies |
| 2007 | 46 | $452,057,045 | 1.946% | Hero | |
| 2006 | 28 | $40,750,000 | $592,155,826 | 2.929% | Babel |
| 2005 | 9 | $24,000,000 | $313,030,625 | 1.707% | Hauru no ugoku shiro |
| 2004 | 18 | $13,500,000 | $107,872,384 | 0.569% | Zatoichi |
| 2003 | 21 | $55,000,000 | $179,878,365 | 1.007% | Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
| 2002 | 12 | $42,500,000 | $63,700,869 | 0.375% | Pokemon 4Ever |
| 2001 | 9 | $7,202,000 | $455,021,650 | 2.939% | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) |
| 2000 | 7 | $15,500,000 | $145,603,878 | 1.091% | Pokemon 2000 |
| 1999 | 10 | $25,000,000 | $314,999,096 | 2.316% | Pokemon: The First Movie |
| 1998 | 6 | $12,407,021 | 0.107% | Love Letter | |
| 1997 | 7 | $11,900,000 | $21,332,912 | 0.167% | Shall We Dance? |
| 1995 | 10 | $16,393,192 | 0.161% | Smoke | |
| 1994 | 5 | $40,000,000 | $227,001,101 | 2.564% | Frankenstein |
| 1993 | 4 | $39,169 | 0.000% | Ohikkoshi (お引越し) | |
| 1992 | 4 | $4,000,000 | $67,613,061 | 0.972% | The Crying Game |
| 1991 | 9 | $8,000,000 | $6,035,434 | 0.097% | Akira |
| 1990 | 7 | $41,736,604 | 0.628% | Memphis Belle | |
| 1989 | 8 | $15,430,618 | 0.262% | Koneko monogatari | |
| 1988 | 6 | $28,198,651 | 0.591% | Tonari no Totoro | |
| 1987 | 5 | $2,300,000 | |||
| 1986 | 5 | $20,179,878 | 0.558% | Castle in the Sky | |
| 1985 | 8 | $19,858,960 | 0.527% | Kaze no Tani no Naushika | |
| 1984 | 1 | ||||
| 1983 | 1 | $2,306,560 | 0.072% | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | |
| 1982 | 3 | ||||
| 1981 | 2 | ||||
| 1980 | 1 | $4,001,058 | 0.144% | Kagemusha | |
| 1979 | 5 | $3,601,534 | 0.146% | The Glacier Fox | |
| 1977 | 3 | $210,400 | 0.008% | Hausu | |
| 1976 | 2 | ||||
| 1975 | 5 | $29,868 | 0.002% | Dersu Uzala | |
| 1974 | 5 | ||||
| 1973 | 2 | ||||
| 1972 | 2 | ||||
| 1971 | 2 | ||||
| 1970 | 1 | $25,000,000 | $29,548,291 | 3.957% | Tora! Tora! Tora! |
| 1969 | 5 | ||||
| 1968 | 6 | $1,409 | 0.000% | Akahige | |
| 1967 | 5 | ||||
| 1966 | 4 | ||||
| 1965 | 4 | $2,604 | 0.000% | Onna Bakari No Yoru | |
| 1964 | 6 | ||||
| 1963 | 3 | $4,838 | 0.001% | High and Low (天国と地獄) | |
| 1962 | 4 | $28,959 | 0.010% | Sanma no aji | |
| 1961 | 2 | $5,746 | 0.001% | Yojimbo | |
| 1960 | 5 | $23,810 | 0.009% | Late Autumn (秋日和) | |
| 1959 | 1 | ||||
| 1958 | 3 | $18,080 | 0.013% | Equinox Flower (彼岸花) | |
| 1957 | 2 | $23,087 | 0.017% | Tôkyô Boshoku (東京暮色) | |
| 1956 | 3 | $500,000 | $984,881 | 0.359% | Shichinin no samurai |
| 1955 | 5 | $2,197 | 0.001% | Ginza no onna (銀座の女) | |
| 1954 | 4 | $504,440 | 0.214% | Gojira | |
| 1953 | 2 | $115,584 | 0.050% | Tôkyô monogatari | |
| 1952 | 1 | $63,522 | 0.079% | Ikiru | |
| 1951 | 1 | $133,830 | 0.119% | Rashomon | |
| 1950 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | 3 | $32,644 | 0.039% | Banshun | |
| 1947 | 1 | $2,851 | 0.002% | Record of a Tenement Gentleman (長屋紳士録) | |
| 1939 | 1 | $6,115 | 0.001% | Zangiku monogatari |