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Top Movies in Japan in 2005

Here is the first part of our Japanese Top box office earners charts, subsequent charts will look at the top 10 Japanese movies of 2005 and the top ten anime of 2005.

Rank	Title	Studio	Number of Weeks    in Top 10	Approx. Total Gross*	Country
1	Howl's Moving Castle	TOHO	21	¥22,023,071,976	Japan
2	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	11	¥9,620,970,376	USA
3	War of the Worlds	UIP	9	¥6,058,314,443	USA
4	The Incredibles	BVI	9	¥5,858,929,856	USA
5	Be With You (Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu)	TOHO	11	¥5,252,745,822	Japan
6	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	WB	10	¥5,239,033,400	USA
7	The Terminal	UIP	8	¥4,584,985,948	USA
8	Negotiator (Bayside Shakedown 3)	TOHO	10	¥4,329,385,088	Japan
9	The Phantom of the Opera	Gaga/Humax	11	¥4,222,893,510	USA
10	Pocket Monster Advance Generation: Myuu to Hadou no Yuusha	TOHO	7	¥4,180,399,087	Japan
11	NANA	TOHO	8	¥3,905,240,538	Japan
12	The Suspect Muroi Shinji	TOHO	8	¥3,783,804,430	Japan
13	Ocean's Twelve	WB	6	¥3,726,754,179	USA
14	Densha Otoko	TOHO	10	¥3,532,525,613	Japan
15	Constantine	WB	6	¥2,887,941,966	USA
16	April Snow	UIP	6	¥2,554,003,453	Korea
17	A Moment to Remember	Gaga	6	¥2,544,232,623	Korea
18	Kita no zeronen (Year One in the North)	Toei	7	¥2,517,600,624	Japan
19	Lorelei	TOHO	6	¥2,332,197,887	Japan
20	Shall We Dance	Gaga	6	¥2,307,577,758	Japan
21	Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths	TOHO	6	¥2,170,595,209	Japan
22	Windstruck	WB	6	¥2,094,732,969	USA
23	Madagascar	ASMIK Ace	8	¥2,033,876,666	USA
24	National Treasure	BVI	5	¥2,003,316,393	USA
25	Bôkoku no îgisu (Aegis)	Shochiku	7	¥1,988,211,101	Japan

*Box Office Grosses are estimates and may be innacurate by as much as 10%