MPPAJ announces 2010 box office rankings

The Motion Pictures Production Association of Japan (MPPAJ) has announced the list of the highest grossing films of 2010.

 

Every year in January, the list is announced, and this year, the announcement took place on January 27th at the Courtyard Marriott Ginza Toushiki Hotel.

The list separates domestic releases and foreign films into different categories.

Check out the figures below:

<Japanese Films>

• Karigurashi no Arietty – 9.25 Billion Yen
• UMIZARU 3 The Last Message – 8.04
• Odoru Daisasousen (Bayside Shakedown) 3 : Let the Guys Loose! – 7.31
• ONE PIECE film STRONG WORLD – 4.80
• Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions – 4.16
• Nodame Cantabile The Movie I – 4.10
• Kokuhaku (Confessions) – 3.85
• Nodame Cantabile The Movie II – 3.72
• SP THE MOTION PICTURE I – 3.63
• DETECTIVE CONAN : The Lost Ship in The Sky – 3.20
• Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Mermaid Legend – 3.16
• Hanamizuki – 2.83
• LIAR GAME: The Final Stage – 2.36
• Ooku: The Inner Chambers – 2.32
• Otouto (About Her Brother) – 2.10
• Akunin (Villain) – 1.98
• TRICK: Psychic Battle Royale – 1.86
• BECK – 1.76
• Thirteen Assassins – 1.60
• Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade – 1.54
• Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You) – 1.53
• Kamen Rider Double/ Tensou Sentai Goseiger – 1.47
• Kamen Rider Den-O Trilogy – 1.31
• Crayon Shin-chan Chou Jikuu! Arashi wo Yobu Ora no Hanayome – 1.25
• THE INCITE MILL – 7 Day Death Game – 1.22
• Golden Slumber – 1.15
• PRETTY CURE ALL STARS DX2: Light of Hope ☆ Protect the Rainbow Jewels! – 1.15
• Gintama: Shin-yaku Benizakura-hen – 1.07
• NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: THE LOST TOWER – 1.03

<Foreign Films>

• AVATAR – 15.60 Billion Yen
• Alice in Wonderland – 11.80
• Toy Story 3 – 10.80
• UP – 5.00
• Biohazard 4 (Resident Evil): Afterlife – 4.70
• Inception – 3.50
• Oceans – 2.50
• Knight and Day – 2.31
• Sherlock Holmes – 2.16
• Salt – 2.05
• Sex and the City 2 – 1.74
• Shutter Island – 1.70
• Clash of the Titans – 1.58
• The Karate Kid – 1.52
• Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief – 1.42
• Sayonara Itsuka – 1.20
• Iron Man 2 – 1.20
• Despicable Me – 1.20
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – 1.00

Total income for movies in Japan in 2010 totaled over 220.7 billion yen, the highest number since 2004.  In total, 308 foreign films were released in Japan, and 408 domestic Japanese films were released. The highest grossing overall movie was Avatar, with 15.6 billion yen, and the highest grossing Japanese film was Karigurashi no Arietty, with 9.25 billion yen.

Source: MPPAJ, Nikkan Sports + tokyohive