How much of the Week 42, 2006 Japanese box office came from the US and Canada?

$6K of the $48M total, or <1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 2 report no domestic figure.

Japanese box office · Week 42 · Oct 15–21, 2006

Japanese Box Office, Week 42 of 2006: Japanese Releases of Oct 15–21

Q: What is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21)?

Death Note: The Last Name (2006) leads with $47.9M worldwide. Next come Tekkonkinkreet (2006) at $42.8K.

Q: How much did Japanese-language movies released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21) earn?

2 Japanese-language films released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21) report a worldwide gross, $48M in all, or $24M per film on average.

Q: How many Japanese-language movies released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Death Note: The Last Name (2006), earned $47.9M.

Q: How is the week 42, 2006 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 week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21). 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.

Q: How often is the week 42, 2006 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.

Death Note: The Last Name (2006) is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21), with $47.9M worldwide, ahead of Tekkonkinkreet (2006) at $42.8K. 2 Japanese-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $48M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada.

week 42 releases with a gross: 2
combined worldwide: $48M
Death Note: The Last Name (2006), the #1: $47.9M
earned in the US & Canada: <1%

Death Note: The Last Name (2006) movie poster

#1 of 2

#1 Japanese-language movie of Week 42, 2006

Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

2006 · Thriller, Mystery

$47.9M worldwide · 100% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported

The chart

Every Japanese Release of Week 42 of 2006, 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 week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21).

1
Death Note: The Last Name (2006) Oct 16, 2006 · Thriller, Mystery $47.9M worldwide

Oct 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.9M
2
Tekkonkinkreet (2006) Oct 21, 2006 · Action, Adventure $42.8K worldwide

Oct 21, 2006 US and Canada: $6K Rest of the world: $36.8K Worldwide: $42.8K

Japanese Box Office in 2006, Week by Week

39 weeks of 2006 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 30 (Jul 23–29) with $68.7M, led by Tales from Earthsea (2006).

FAQ

Japanese Box Office Week 42 of 2006: 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 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21)?

Death Note: The Last Name (2006) leads with $47.9M worldwide. Next come Tekkonkinkreet (2006) at $42.8K.

How much did Japanese-language movies released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21) earn?

2 Japanese-language films released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21) report a worldwide gross, $48M in all, or $24M per film on average.

How many Japanese-language movies released in week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Death Note: The Last Name (2006), earned $47.9M.

How is the week 42, 2006 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 week 42 of 2006 (Oct 15–21). 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 week 42, 2006 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.