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Animation box office · January 2023

Animation Box Office, January 2023: Top-Grossing Releases

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) is the highest-grossing animation movie released in January 2023, with $14.7M worldwide, ahead of Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023) at $6M and Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023) at $5.3M. 6 animation films released in January 2023 report a worldwide gross, $26.4M in all, 10% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 91% on December 2022, whose releases took $307.7M. By language, Japanese leads with $20M across 2 animation releases.

January 2023 releases with a gross
6
combined worldwide
$26.4M
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023), the #1
$14.7M
vs December 2022
−91%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Animation Hits of January 2023?

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) leads with $14.7M, 55% of the total. The top 5 together took $26.4M, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) movie poster Number 1
    $14.7M That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023)
    $2.6M US & Canada · 17% $12.1M elsewhere · 83%
  2. Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023) movie poster Number 2
    $6M Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023) movie poster Number 3
    $5.3M Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Cricket & Antoinette (2023) movie poster Number 4
    $316.3K Cricket & Antoinette (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. New Gods: Yang Jian (2023) movie poster Number 5
    $83.6K New Gods: Yang Jian (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Animation Release of January 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in January 2023.

  1. 1 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) movie poster
    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) Jan 20, 2023 · Japanese · Animation $14.7M worldwide
    Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $12.1M Worldwide: $14.7M
  2. 2 Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023) movie poster
    Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023) Jan 5, 2023 · Turkish · Adventure, Animation, Family $6M worldwide
    Jan 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6M
  3. 3 Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023) movie poster
    Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023) Jan 6, 2023 · Japanese · Animation $5.3M worldwide
    Jan 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M
  4. 4 Cricket & Antoinette (2023) movie poster
    Cricket & Antoinette (2023) Jan 3, 2023 · Croatian · Animation, Family, Adventure $316.3K worldwide
    Jan 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $316.3K
  5. 5 New Gods: Yang Jian (2023) movie poster
    New Gods: Yang Jian (2023) Jan 20, 2023 · Chinese · Action, Fantasy, Animation $83.6K worldwide
    Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.6K
  6. 6 Blaze (2023) movie poster
    Blaze (2023) Jan 20, 2023 · English · Drama, Fantasy, Crime $56.9K worldwide
    Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.9K
By release week

Which Week of January 2023 Had the Biggest Releases?

Films released in week 3 (Jan 15–21) took $14.8M, led by That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.

  1. Week 1 Wk 1 Jan 1–7 Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023) $11.7M Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023)
  2. Week 2 Wk 2 Jan 8–14 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  3. Week 3 Wk 3 Jan 15–21 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) $14.8M That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023)
  4. Week 4 Wk 4 Jan 22–28 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  5. Week 5 Wk 5 Jan 29–Feb 4 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
Earlier years

How Does January 2023 Compare With January in Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, January 2016 earned the most: $607.9M from 9 films, led by Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016). January 2023 took $26.4M.

Month Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
January 2014 6 films 6 $179.5M – The Nut Job (2014) $120.9M
January 2015 8 films · −41% 8 $105.6M −41% Boonie Bears: A Mystical Winter (2015) $47.6M
January 2016 9 films · +476% 9 $607.9M +476% Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) $521.2M
January 2017 12 films · −73% 12 $162.5M −73% Fantastica: A Boonie Bears Adventure (2017) $77.2M
January 2018 9 films · +114% 9 $347.4M +114% Paddington 2 (2018) $290.1M
January 2019 12 films · −51% 12 $171.9M −51% Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2019) $115.8M
January 2020 11 films · +17% 11 $200.4M +17% Weathering with You (2020) $192.4M
January 2021 3 films · −86% 3 $27.1M −86% Gintama: The Very Final (2021) $17.2M
January 2022 6 films · +171% 6 $73.4M +171% Belle (2022) $64.7M
January 2023 6 films · −64% 6 $26.4M −64% That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) $14.7M
Archive

Animation Box Office in 2023, Month by Month

The months of 2023 with their totals: November leads with $917.5M, led by The Boy and the Heron (2023).

FAQ

Animation Box Office January 2023: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 6 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing animation movie in January 2023?

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023) leads with $14.7M worldwide, $2.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Rafadan Tayfa: Galaktik Tayfa (2023) at $6M and Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023) at $5.3M.

How much did animation movies released in January 2023 earn?

6 animation films released in January 2023 report a worldwide gross, $26.4M in all, or $4.4M per film on average. December 2022 releases took $307.7M.

How many animation movies released in January 2023 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2023), earned $14.7M.

How much of the January 2023 Animation box office came from the US and Canada?

$2.6M of the $26.4M total, or 10%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 5 films of the 6 report no domestic figure.

How is the January 2023 animation box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in January 2023. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the January 2023 animation box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.