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2008's Top Domestic Movies at Japanese Box Office (Updated)

Not only were Hayao Miyazaki's animated Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea film and Yasuharu Ishii's live-action Hana Yori Dango Final film the highest grossing Japanese films in 2008, but they earned more at the Japanese box office than any foreign film last year. Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finished with 5.71 billion yen (about US$61.5 million) below these two, as did John Woo's Red Cliff Part I with 4.8 to 5 billion yen (US$52-54 million).

Rank	Title	Distributor	Sponsoring TV Station	Box Office	Box Office	Image
1	Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea	TOHO	NTV	Y15.4 billion	US$165 million
2	Hana Yori Dango Final	TOHO	TBS	Y7.75 billion	US$83.5 million
3	Yōgisha X no Kenshin	TOHO	Fuji TV	Y5.0 billion	US$54 million
4	Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin	TOHO	TV Tokyo	Y4.8 billion	US$52 million
5	Aibō Gekijō-ban Zettai Zetsumei! 42.195 km Tokyo Big City Marathon	Toei	TV Asahi	Y4.44 billion	US$47.8 million
6	The Magic Hour	TOHO	Fuji TV	Y3.92 billion	US$42.2 million
7	20th Century Boys	TOHO	NTV	Y3.9 billion	US$42 million
8	Doraemon: Nobita to Midori no Kyojin Den	TOHO	TV Asahi	Y3.37 billion	US$36.3 million
9	A Tale of Mari and the Three Puppies	TOHO	NTV	Y3.18 billion	US$34.3 million
10	Okuribito	Shochiku	TBS	Y3.0 billion	US$32.3 million

Source: Eiga.com via Nikkan Cyzo

Update: Corrected decimal point on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's box office. Thanks, minakichan.