How much of the December 1989 Japanese box office came from the US and Canada?

$553.2K of the $3M total, or 18%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 1 report no domestic figure.

Japanese box office · December 1989

Japanese Box Office, December 1989: Top-Grossing Releases

Akira (1989) is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie released in December 1989, with $3M worldwide. 1 Japanese-language film released in December 1989 reports a worldwide gross, $3M in all, 18% of it from the US & Canada.

December 1989 releases with a gross: 1
combined worldwide: $3M
Akira (1989), the #1: $3M
earned in the US & Canada: 18%

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#1 Japanese-language movie of December 1989

Akira (1989)

1989 · Action, Sci-Fi

$3M worldwide

$553.2K US & Canada · 18% $2.4M elsewhere · 82%

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The Only Japanese Release of December 1989 With a Reported Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in December 1989.

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Akira (1989) Dec 25, 1989 · Action, Sci-Fi $3M worldwide

Dec 25, 1989 US and Canada: $553.2K Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $3M

Japanese Box Office in 1989, Month by Month

The months of 1989 with their totals: July leads with $13.3M, led by Kiki's Delivery Service (1989).

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Japanese Box Office December 1989: 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 1 film as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie in December 1989?

Akira (1989) leads with $3M worldwide, $553.2K of it in the US & Canada.

How much did Japanese-language movies released in December 1989 earn?

1 Japanese-language film released in December 1989 reports a worldwide gross, $3M in all, or $3M per film on average.

How many Japanese-language movies released in December 1989 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Akira (1989), earned $3M.

How is the December 1989 Japanese 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 December 1989. 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.

How often is the December 1989 Japanese 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.