Box Office

Top Grossing Japanese Movies in 2005

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Howl's Moving Castle	Adventure Fantasy Romance	$9,173,958	$241,022,602
2	Yamato	War History	-	$39,287,114
3	Always - Sunset on Third Street	Comedy Drama	-	$38,675,638
4	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	Adventure Animation Action	-	$37,616,466
5	Nana	Drama Music Romance	-	$34,673,880
6	The Suspect: Muroi Shinji	Crime Comedy	-	$32,104,229
7	Tokyo Tower	Romance Drama	-	$29,249,326
8	Year One in the North	Drama History	-	$21,360,942
9	Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths	Animation Mystery	-	$20,768,817
10	Stormy Night	Romance Animation Drama	-	$18,418,889
11	Aegis	Thriller Action Drama	-	$16,869,261
12	Samurai Commando Mission 1549	Action	-	$14,648,713
13	Shinobi: Heart Under Blade	Action	-	$11,987,868
14	Steamboy	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$468,867	$10,870,198
15	One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island	Comedy Action Animation	-	$10,522,843
16	Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel	Fantasy Animation Adventure	-	$10,198,805
17	Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa	Animation Drama Adventure	-	$10,197,984
18	The Samurai I Loved	Drama History Romance	-	$9,910,280
19	Rockman.EXE: The Program of Light and Darkness	Animation Action	-	$7,606,778
20	Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie	Comedy Family Adventure	-	$7,417,791
21	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars	Animation War	-	$7,313,197
22	A Heartful of Love	Romance	-	$6,351,644
23	Fly, Daddy, Fly	Drama	-	$5,823,730
24	Kamikaze Girls	Comedy	$34,424	$5,290,748
25	Reincarnation	Mystery Horror	$321,875	$4,664,641
26	Summer of Ubume	Thriller Horror	-	$4,066,218
27	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers	Animation Action	-	$3,959,662
28	Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims	Comedy Action Fantasy	-	$3,225,727
29	Azumi 2: Death or Love	Action	-	$2,888,549
30	Until the Lights Come Back	Drama	-	$2,101,308
31	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man	Crime Animation	-	$2,055,431
32	Appleseed	Action Sci-Fi Animation	$129,135	$1,650,432
33	Takeshis’	Fantasy Drama Comedy	-	$1,270,717
34	A Hardest Night!!	Comedy Drama	-	$966,242
35	The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game	Animation	-	$806,591
36	Tony Takitani	Drama	$129,783	$556,268
37	All About My Dog	Drama Family	-	$454,005
38	Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment	Horror	-	$154,707
39	About Love	Romance	-	$141,844
40	Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)	Drama Mystery Fantasy	$13,983	$107,259
41	Shining Boy and Little Randy	Drama Family Romance	-	$48,218
42	Call Me Malcolm	Documentary	-	$31,094
43	Loft	Horror Mystery	-	$23,703
44	Hazard	Crime Drama	-	$13,407
45	What the Snow Brings		$4,816	$12,113
46	Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black	Drama Animation	-	$11,338
47	Pray	Thriller Horror	-	$8,910
48	Princess Raccoon	Fantasy Romance Comedy	-	$8,844
49	Bashing	Drama	-	$3,730
50	Synesthesia	Horror Thriller Crime	-	$3,661