number of theater admissions due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of admissions improved again in the years that followed and almost reached pre-pandemic levels in 2023.
Movie theaters in Japan recorded a total box office gross of almost 221.5 billion Japanese yen in 2023, which was an increase of more than eight billion yen compared to the previous year. The year 2020 saw a significant decrease in the Total box office gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. (January 30, 2024). Total box office gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/653030/japan-box-office-revenue/
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. "Total box office gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. January 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/653030/japan-box-office-revenue/
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. (2024). Total box office gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/653030/japan-box-office-revenue/
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. "Total Box Office Gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/653030/japan-box-office-revenue/
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Total box office gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/653030/japan-box-office-revenue/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Total box office gross in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, January 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/653030/japan-box-office-revenue/