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Japanese box office · January 2011

Japanese Box Office, January 2011: Top-Grossing Releases

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie released in January 2011, with $60.6M worldwide, ahead of 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011) at $14.4M and Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen (2011) at $4M. 5 Japanese-language films released in January 2011 report a worldwide gross, $80.4M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 18% on December 2010, whose releases took $97.9M. By genre, Drama leads with $76.3M across 3 Japanese releases.

January 2011 releases with a gross
5
combined worldwide
$80.4M
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011), the #1
$60.6M
vs December 2010
−18%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Japanese Hits of January 2011?

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) leads with $60.6M, 75% of the total. The top 5 together took $80.4M, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) movie poster Number 1
    $60.6M Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011)
    $174.9K US & Canada · <1% $60.5M elsewhere · 100%
  2. 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011) movie poster Number 2
    $14.4M 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen (2011) movie poster Number 3
    $4M Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen (2011)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Happy Together –All About My Dog– (2011) movie poster Number 4
    $1.2M Happy Together –All About My Dog– (2011)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things (2011) movie poster Number 5
    $14.9K AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things (2011)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Japanese Release of January 2011, 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 2011.

  1. 1 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) movie poster
    Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) Jan 21, 2011 · Action, Sci-Fi $60.6M worldwide
    Jan 21, 2011 US and Canada: $174.9K Rest of the world: $60.5M Worldwide: $60.6M
  2. 2 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011) movie poster
    1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011) Jan 16, 2011 · Drama $14.4M worldwide
    Jan 16, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4M
  3. 3 Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen (2011) movie poster
    Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen (2011) Jan 22, 2011 · Action, Adventure $4M worldwide
    Jan 22, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4M
  4. 4 Happy Together –All About My Dog– (2011) movie poster
    Happy Together –All About My Dog– (2011) Jan 22, 2011 · Drama, Comedy $1.2M worldwide
    Jan 22, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M
  5. 5 AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things (2011) movie poster
    AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things (2011) Jan 30, 2011 · Sci-Fi, Fantasy $14.9K worldwide
    Jan 30, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.9K
By release week

Which Week of January 2011 Had the Biggest Releases?

Films released in week 4 (Jan 16–22) took $80.4M, led by Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.

  1. Week 1 Wk 1 Jan 1 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  2. Week 2 Wk 2 Jan 2–8 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  3. Week 3 Wk 3 Jan 9–15 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  4. Week 4 Wk 4 Jan 16–22 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) $80.4M Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011)
  5. Week 5 Wk 5 Jan 23–29 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  6. Week 6 Wk 6 Jan 30–Feb 5 AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things (2011) $14.9K AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things (2011)
Earlier years

How Does January 2011 Compare With January in Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, January 2011 earned the most: $80.4M from 5 films, led by Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011).

Month Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
January 2002 No films 0 – – –
January 2003 No films 0 – – –
January 2004 3 films 3 $15.3M – Half a Confession (2004) $14.6M
January 2005 5 films · +297% 5 $60.7M +297% Tokyo Tower (2005) $29.2M
January 2006 4 films · −7% 4 $56.7M −7% Suite Dreams (2006) $48.1M
January 2007 4 films · −28% 4 $40.9M −28% Dororo (2007) $27.3M
January 2008 5 films · −10% 5 $36.8M −10% Kabei: Our Mother (2008) $18.4M
January 2009 2 films · −11% 2 $32.9M −11% 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) $29.5M
January 2010 6 films · +39% 6 $45.9M +39% About Her Brother (2010) $20M
January 2011 5 films · +75% 5 $80.4M +75% Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) $60.6M
Archive

Japanese Box Office in 2011, Month by Month

The months of 2011 with their totals: December leads with $122.5M, led by Inazuma Eleven GO The Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon (2011).

FAQ

Japanese Box Office January 2011: 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 5 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie in January 2011?

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) leads with $60.6M worldwide, $174.9K of it in the US & Canada. Next come 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011) at $14.4M and Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen (2011) at $4M.

How much did Japanese-language movies released in January 2011 earn?

5 Japanese-language films released in January 2011 report a worldwide gross, $80.4M in all, or $16.1M per film on average. December 2010 releases took $97.9M.

How many Japanese-language movies released in January 2011 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011), earned $60.6M.

How much of the January 2011 Japanese box office came from the US and Canada?

$174.9K of the $80.4M total, or <1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 4 films of the 5 report no domestic figure.

How is the January 2011 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 January 2011. 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 January 2011 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.