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Top Grossing Japanese Movies in 2018

Rank Title Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 Shoplifters

Drama

Crime

$3,313,513 $67,999,348
2 The Cat Returns (2002)

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$563,718 $54,664,109
3 Mary and The Witch's Flower

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

$2,418,404 $42,170,708
4 Mirai

Adventure

Drama

Fantasy

$812,794 $28,756,961
5 Fireworks

Sci-Fi

Drama

Fantasy

$525,280 $25,672,406
6 Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

$789,170 $23,740,788
7 My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Action

Fantasy

Comedy

$5,754,556 $21,022,724
8 Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~

Animation

Comedy

Adventure

- $17,170,925
9 The Third Murder

Drama

Mystery

Crime

$89,315 $13,411,936
10 50 First Kisses

Romance

- $11,465,365
11 Laplace’s Witch

Crime

Mystery

- $10,973,306
12 The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$406,490 $3,884,060
13 Bleach

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

- $3,729,856
14 Life in Overtime

Drama

Comedy

- $3,646,535
15 The Forest of Wool and Steel

Drama

Romance

- $3,567,409
16 Punk Samurai Slash Down

Comedy

Action

History

- $2,232,159
17 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet

Animation

War

Action

- $2,053,231
18 When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead

Comedy

- $1,752,391
19 Yakiniku Dragon

Drama

- $1,412,942
20 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Documentary

$117,460 $984,803
21 Liz and the Blue Bird

Drama

Fantasy

Music

$63,204 $737,286
22 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification

Animation

Drama

- $526,114
23 Before We Vanish

Sci-Fi

Drama

$52,087 $448,829
24 Lu Over the Wall

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$109,857 $161,253
25 The Man from the Sea

Fantasy

Drama

- $157,760
26 Vision

Drama

- $114,146
27 Ramen Heads

Documentary

$57,345 $57,345
28 Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future

Action

Animation

Family

$54,324 $54,324
29 Chronicle of the After-School Wars

Horror

Drama

- $33,583

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