Box Office

Top Grossing Japanese Movies in 2018

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser	Action Animation	$40,563,557	$169,846,945
2	Code Blue: The Movie	Action Drama Adventure	-	$78,778,562
3	Shoplifters	Drama Crime	$3,313,513	$67,999,348
4	The Cat Returns (2002)	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$563,718	$54,664,109
5	Mary and The Witch's Flower	Adventure Fantasy Animation	$2,418,404	$42,170,708
6	Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken	Fantasy Action	-	$30,896,653
7	Mirai	Adventure Drama Fantasy	$812,794	$28,756,961
8	Killing for the Prosecution	Thriller Crime Mystery	-	$26,047,475
9	Fireworks	Sci-Fi Drama Fantasy	$525,280	$25,672,406
10	Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us	Action Adventure Fantasy	$789,170	$23,740,788
11	The Crimes That Bind	Thriller Mystery Crime	-	$23,144,130
12	My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	Action Fantasy Comedy	$5,754,556	$21,022,724
13	Natsume’s Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond	Fantasy Animation Drama	-	$17,473,797
14	Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~	Animation Comedy Adventure	-	$17,170,925
15	Stolen Identity	Crime Mystery	-	$16,831,582
16	Pretty Cure Super Stars!	Comedy Animation Family	-	$16,247,115
17	Recall	Drama	-	$15,101,476
18	Chihayafuru: Part III	Romance Comedy Drama	-	$13,649,091
19	The Third Murder	Drama Mystery Crime	$89,315	$13,411,936
20	Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever	Fantasy Drama	-	$12,587,899
21	50 First Kisses	Romance	-	$11,465,365
22	Laplace’s Witch	Crime Mystery	-	$10,973,306
23	Cafe Funiculi Funicula	Drama Fantasy	-	$10,164,971
24	Every Day a Good Day	Drama	-	$9,956,464
25	A Banana? At This Time of Night?	Comedy	-	$8,652,004
26	The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps	Drama	-	$8,066,925
27	Sakura Guardian in the North	Drama	-	$7,978,105
28	Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative	Action Animation	$259,224	$6,126,259
29	Last Winter, We Parted	Mystery	-	$5,941,231
30	Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together	Drama Comedy	-	$5,799,863
31	The Lies She Loved	Drama Mystery	-	$5,657,262
32	Inuyashiki	Fantasy Adventure Action	-	$5,638,796
33	After the Rain	Drama Romance	-	$5,403,417
34	It Comes	Horror Mystery Drama	-	$5,041,008
35	Kamen Rider Build The Movie: Be The One	Action Drama	-	$4,888,000
36	Rainbow Days	Comedy Drama	-	$4,349,271
37	My Little Monster	Comedy Drama Romance	-	$4,289,032
38	The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky	Fantasy Animation Adventure	-	$3,914,227
39	The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$406,490	$3,884,060
40	Bleach	Adventure Action Fantasy	-	$3,729,856
41	The Travelling Cat Chronicles	Drama	-	$3,669,392
42	Life in Overtime	Drama Comedy	-	$3,646,535
43	The Forest of Wool and Steel	Drama Romance	-	$3,567,409
44	Perfect World	Romance	-	$3,320,638
45	My Teacher, My Love	Romance Comedy	-	$2,711,604
46	The Bastard and the Beautiful World	Comedy Action Fantasy	-	$2,458,785
47	Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple	Comedy Animation Action	-	$2,373,203
48	My Friend “A”	Drama Thriller Crime	-	$2,264,811
49	Punk Samurai Slash Down	Comedy Action History	-	$2,232,159
50	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet	Animation War Action	-	$2,053,231