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Japanese box office · May 2026

Japanese Box Office, May 2026: Top-Grossing Releases

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026) is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie released in May 2026, with $18.4M worldwide. 1 Japanese-language film released in May 2026 reports a worldwide gross, $18.4M in all, 6% of it from the US & Canada.

May 2026 releases with a gross
1
combined worldwide
$18.4M
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026), the #1
$18.4M
earned in the US & Canada
6%
The chart

The Only Japanese Release of May 2026 With a Reported Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 2026.

  1. 1 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026) movie poster
    Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026) May 15, 2026 · Animation, Action $18.4M worldwide
    May 15, 2026 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $17.3M Worldwide: $18.4M
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Japanese Box Office in 2026, Month by Month

The months of 2026 with their totals: April leads with $44.4M, led by Exit 8 (2026).

FAQ

Japanese Box Office May 2026: 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 1 film as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie in May 2026?

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026) leads with $18.4M worldwide, $1.2M of it in the US & Canada.

How much did Japanese-language movies released in May 2026 earn?

1 Japanese-language film released in May 2026 reports a worldwide gross, $18.4M in all, or $18.4M per film on average.

How many Japanese-language movies released in May 2026 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026), earned $18.4M.

How much of the May 2026 Japanese box office came from the US and Canada?

$1.2M of the $18.4M total, or 6%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 1 report no domestic figure.

How is the May 2026 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 May 2026. 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 May 2026 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.