Top 10 Japanese Box Office Movies for 2018

by wanderational | created - 30 Dec 2019 | updated - 26 Jan 2020 | Public

List based on In-Year Releases and retrieved from Box Office Mojo website https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2018/?grossesOption=totalGrosses&area=JP

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1. Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)

115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Detective Conan investigates an explosion that occurs on the opening day of a large Tokyo resort and convention center.

Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa | Stars: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Yukiko Iwai

Votes: 1,965

2. Code Blue: The Movie (2018)

127 min | Drama

The 'helicopter doctor' team is back and ready to take on the disasters and accidents at Japan's Narita airport and points near and far. They work together through these professional emergencies and deal with their personal calamities.

Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Manami Higa

Votes: 1,456

3. Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima (2018)

108 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Upon hearing about the story of Treasure Island, Nobita dreams of discovering and exploring his own treasure island, despite the fact all of the Earth has been mapped already.

Director: Kazuaki Imai | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura

Votes: 1,125

4. Shoplifters (2018)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

93 Metascore

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka

Votes: 86,429 | Gross: $3.31M

5. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

59 Metascore

Goku and Vegeta encounter Broly, a Saiyan warrior unlike any fighter they've faced before.

Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryô Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 31,611 | Gross: $30.71M

6. Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken (2018)

134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.

Director: Yûichi Fukuda | Stars: Shun Oguri, Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yûya Yagira

Votes: 1,196

7. One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

86 Metascore

Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.

Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya

Votes: 29,717

8. Killing for the Prosecution (2018)

123 min | Mystery

Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is... See full summary »

Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Takehiro Hira

Votes: 1,017

9. Mirai (2018)

PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

81 Metascore

A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Daniel Dae Kim, Koji Yakusho, John Cho

Votes: 18,091 | Gross: $0.81M

10. Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018)

Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ash meets five residents who come together to save the day when a series of threats endanger the annual Wind Festival and the entire population of their home, Fula City

Director: Tetsuo Yajima | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Haven Burton Paschall, Eddy Lee, Kathryn Cahill

Votes: 2,974 | Gross: $0.79M



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