With a box office revenue of more than 40.4 billion Japanese yen, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" was the most successful Japanese movie in Japan as of December 2022. It was followed by "Spirited Away" and "Your name." All of the 10 top-ranking domestic movies in Japan were released after the turn of the millennium.
Japanese movies with the all-time highest box office revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Toho. (April 13, 2023). Japanese movies with the all-time highest box office revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262696/japan-most-successful-japanese-movies-all-time-box-office-revenue/
Toho. "Japanese movies with the all-time highest box office revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. April 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262696/japan-most-successful-japanese-movies-all-time-box-office-revenue/
Toho. (2023). Japanese movies with the all-time highest box office revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262696/japan-most-successful-japanese-movies-all-time-box-office-revenue/
Toho. "Japanese Movies with The All-time Highest Box Office Revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262696/japan-most-successful-japanese-movies-all-time-box-office-revenue/
Toho, Japanese movies with the all-time highest box office revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262696/japan-most-successful-japanese-movies-all-time-box-office-revenue/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Japanese movies with the all-time highest box office revenue in Japan as of December 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Toho, April 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262696/japan-most-successful-japanese-movies-all-time-box-office-revenue/