Japanese box office · Week 40 · Sep 30–Oct 6, 2018

Japanese Box Office, Week 40 of 2018: Japanese Releases of Sep 30–Oct 6

Every Day a Good Day (2018) is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie released in week 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6), with $10M worldwide, ahead of Perfect World (2018) at $3.3M and My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2018) at $1.6M. 4 Japanese-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $16.4M in all. That is down 58% on Week 39, 2018, whose releases took $39.1M.

week 40 releases with a gross: 4
combined worldwide: $16.4M
Every Day a Good Day (2018), the #1: $10M
vs Week 39, 2018: −58%

Every Day a Good Day (2018) movie poster

#1 of 4

#1 Japanese-language movie of Week 40, 2018

Every Day a Good Day (2018)

2018 · Drama

$10M worldwide · 61% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported

Top 4

What Were the Biggest Japanese Hits of Week 40 of 2018?

Every Day a Good Day (2018) leads with $10M, 61% of the total. The top 4 together took $16.4M, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

Number 1

$10M Every Day a Good Day (2018)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 2

$3.3M Perfect World (2018)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 3

$1.6M My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2018)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 4

$1.5M Our Departures (2018)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Japanese Release of Week 40 of 2018, 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 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6).

1
Every Day a Good Day (2018) Oct 5, 2018 · Drama $10M worldwide

Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M
2
Perfect World (2018) Oct 5, 2018 · Romance $3.3M worldwide

Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M
3
My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2018) Oct 5, 2018 · Animation, Fantasy $1.6M worldwide

Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M
4
Our Departures (2018) Oct 5, 2018 · Drama, Family $1.5M worldwide

Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M

Weeks around it

How Does Week 40 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 40 releases took $16.4M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 39 (Sep 23–29) with $39.1M, led by My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018).

Earlier years

How Does Week 40 of 2018 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 40, 2010 earned the most: $34.7M from 2 films, led by The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010). Week 40, 2018 took $16.4M.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 40, 2009 Sep 27–Oct 3 1 film	1	$950.3K	–	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009) $950.3K
Week 40, 2010 Sep 26–Oct 2 2 films · +3552%	2	$34.7M	+3552%	The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010) $34.6M
Week 40, 2011 Sep 25–Oct 1 3 films · −56%	3	$15.3M	−56%	Dog × Police: The K-9 Force (2011) $9M
Week 40, 2012 Sep 30–Oct 6 No films	0	–	–	–
Week 40, 2013 Sep 29–Oct 5 1 film	1	$1.1M	–	Genome Hazard (2013) $1.1M
Week 40, 2014 Sep 28–Oct 4 2 films · +713%	2	$8.8M	+713%	A Samurai Chronicle (2014) $8.8M
Week 40, 2015 Sep 27–Oct 3 4 films · −8%	4	$8.1M	−8%	Pink and Gray (2015) $4.2M
Week 40, 2016 Sep 25–Oct 1 No films	0	–	–	–
Week 40, 2017 Oct 1–7 1 film	1	$9.1M	–	Narratage (2017) $9.1M
Week 40, 2018 Sep 30–Oct 6 4 films · +80%	4	$16.4M	+80%	Every Day a Good Day (2018) $10M

Japanese Box Office in 2018, Week by Week

42 weeks of 2018 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 47 (Nov 18–24) with $91.7M, led by Shoplifters (2018).

FAQ

Japanese Box Office Week 40 of 2018: 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 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie in week 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6)?

Every Day a Good Day (2018) leads with $10M worldwide. Next come Perfect World (2018) at $3.3M and My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2018) at $1.6M.

How much did Japanese-language movies released in week 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6) earn?

4 Japanese-language films released in week 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6) report a worldwide gross, $16.4M in all, or $4.1M per film on average. Week 39, 2018 releases took $39.1M.

How many Japanese-language movies released in week 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Every Day a Good Day (2018), earned $10M.

How is the week 40, 2018 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 40 of 2018 (Sep 30–Oct 6). 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 40, 2018 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.