Box Office

Top Grossing Japanese Movies in 2012

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	The Secret World of Arrietty	Adventure Fantasy Animation	$58,236,838	$188,133,322
2	Brave Hearts: Umizaru	Drama Action	-	$91,884,352
3	Thermae Romae	Comedy Drama	-	$74,285,251
4	Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope	Crime Action	-	$72,867,395
5	We Were There: True Love	Drama Romance	-	$49,700,519
6	We Were There: First Love	Drama Romance	-	$49,700,519
7	Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure	Animation Family Adventure	-	$46,180,706
8	Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker	Animation Mystery Action	-	$44,369,456
9	Always: Sunset on Third Street ’64	Comedy Drama	-	$40,923,305
10	Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins	History War Adventure	$32,445	$37,687,024
11	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Wars	Action Adventure	-	$34,796,316
12	The Floating Castle	History Drama Comedy	-	$31,967,471
13	SPEC: Heaven	Mystery Crime Fantasy	-	$29,023,960
14	Dearest	Drama	-	$26,723,916
15	Lesson of the Evil	Thriller Horror	-	$26,167,224
16	Lesson of the Evil: Prologue	Horror Thriller	-	$26,167,224
17	Helter Skelter	Horror Drama	-	$25,066,699
18	Liar Game: Reborn	Mystery Drama	-	$24,557,172
19	Hotaru the Movie: It’s Only a Little Light in My Life	Romance Comedy	-	$22,975,341
20	Sadako 3D	Horror Horror	-	$20,335,408
21	The Wings of the Kirin	Mystery Crime	-	$19,835,053
22	Until the Break of Dawn	Drama	-	$19,585,809
23	Love for Beginners	Romance Comedy	-	$19,499,312
24	Space Brothers	Drama Comedy	-	$19,248,130
25	Kamen Rider Fourze The Movie: It’s Space Time, Everybody!	Adventure Action	-	$18,982,811
26	Stolen	Action Drama Thriller	$304,318	$17,415,418
27	A Chorus of Angels	Mystery Drama	-	$15,591,719
28	Robo-G	Comedy Drama	-	$14,598,382
29	Chronicle of My Mother	Drama	-	$13,575,636
30	Humanoid Monster, Bem	Drama Mystery Family	-	$12,628,578
31	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer	Drama History	-	$9,405,840
32	Beautiful World	Drama	-	$7,641,409
33	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$177,802	$7,621,364
34	The Mystical Laws	Animation	-	$7,415,910
35	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie	Adventure Action	-	$6,688,303
36	Ultraman Saga	Family Adventure	-	$6,183,234
37	Ace Attorney	Drama Mystery Crime	-	$6,145,395
38	Blue Exorcist: The Movie	Animation Action Mystery	$21,796	$5,994,921
39	Key of Life	Comedy Crime Romance	-	$5,463,837
40	Fly with the Gold	Crime Thriller	-	$5,443,725
41	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Drama	$75,688	$5,435,358
42	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A’s	Animation Drama	-	$4,950,633
43	Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale	Action Drama History	$136,166	$4,670,432
44	Dreams for Sale	Drama Crime	-	$4,058,247
45	Documentary of AKB48 Show Must Go On	Documentary Music	-	$3,984,152
46	Ushijima the Loan Shark	Drama	-	$3,928,891
47	Arakawa Under the Bridge	Comedy	-	$3,348,319
48	Tug of War!	Comedy	-	$3,026,813
49	The Life of Budori Gusuko	Fantasy Animation Drama	-	$3,013,544
50	Ouran High School Host Club	Comedy	-	$2,821,766