The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc. holds an annual New Year press conference to share the key trends and highlights in the Japanese box office landscape of the previous year.
This year's edition was held on 31 Jan 2023 and here are the highlights in 2022:
- Total box office takings increased by 31.6% to JPY 213.111 billion.
- Total cinema visits increased by 32.4% to 152.005 million.
- Prior to the pandemic in 2019, the total box office takings were at a record high in 20 years i.e. JPY 261.18 billion but 2020 saw a dip to only JPY 143.2 billion and 2021 saw a slight improvement to JPY 161.8 billion.
- There were 634 Japanese movies screened in 2022 with only 26 achieving box office takings of above JPY 1 billion and this was lower than the 32 movies that achieved the same in 2021. However, as compared to 2021 when there was only one movie that achieved total takings of above 10 billion, there were 3 movies which passed this milestone and all 3 of them were animation films - "ONE PIECE FILM RED" (JPY 19.7 billion), "Gekijouban Jujutsy Kaisen 0" (JPY 13.8 billion) and "Suzume no tojimari" (JPY 13.15 billion).
- As for foreign movies, there were 509 films screened in 2022 with 15 titles passing the JPY 1 billion mark. This was higher than 2021's 5 films which made the mark. In terms of box office takings, 2022 saw a high of JPY 66.532 billion which was almost double of 2021's total (98.3% increase). The No.1 foreign movie was "Top Gun Maverick" which was the overwhelming hit at JPY 13.57 billion followed by "Jurassic World Dominion" (JPY 6.32 billion) and "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" (JPY 4.6 billion).
Here are the Japanese films which achieved box office takings of above JPY 1 billion in 2022. Those which are marked with an asterisk are still showing in cinemas so the final box office figures will be higher than quoted below:
Japanese movies
1) ONE PIECE FILM RED - JPY 19.7bn *
2) Gekijouban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 - JPY 13.8bn
3) Suzume no tojimari - JPY 13.15bn *
4) Meitantei Conan Halloween no hanayome - JPY 9.78bn
5) Kingdom 2 Harukanaru daichi 3 - JPY 5.16bn
6) Shin Ultraman - JPY 4.44bn
7) 99.9 Keiji senmon bengoshi THE MOVIE - JPY 3.01bn
8) Yomei 10 nen / Chinmoku no Parade - JPY 3.00bn
10) Confidence Man JP Eiyuuhan - JPY 2.89bn
11) Eiga Doraemon Nobita no uchuu shosensou 2021 - JPY 2.69bn
12) Dragon Ball Chou Super Hero - JPY 2.51bn
13) Eiga Gotoubun no hanayome - JPY 2.24bn
14) Crayon Shinchan Mononoke ninja chinpuuden - JPY 2.04bn
15) Anata no ban desu Gekijouban - JPY 2.00bn
16) Gekijouban Uta*Prince-sama Maji LOVE Stylish Tours - JPY 1.98bn *
17) Eiga Osomatsu-san - JPY 1.67bn
18) Konya, sekai kara kono koi ga kietemo - JPY 1.53bn
19) Gekijouban Tenseishitara suraimu datta Guren no kizuna hen - JPY 1.50bn*
20) Karadasagashi - JPY 1.18bn
21) Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night - JPY 1.16bn
22) HiGH&LOW THE WORST X - JPY 1.14bn
23) Shikei ni itaru yamai / Kido senshi Gundam Cucuruz Doan no shima - JPY 1.10bn
25) Eiga Yurukyan - JPY 1.08bn
26) Gekijouban Free! - the Final Stroke - Gohen - JPY 1.0bn*
