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2009's Top Movies at Japanese Box Office
posted on by Egan Loo
Rank | Title | Distributor | Director | Box Office in Yen | Box Office in US$ | Image |
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1 | Rookies ~Sotsugyō | TOHO | Yūichirō Hirakawa | 8.42 billion yen | US$90.5 million | |
2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner | David Yates | 8.0 billion yen | US$86 million | |
3 | Okuribito (Departures) | Shochiku | Yojiro Takita | 6.44 billion yen | US$69.2 million | |
4 | Red Cliff Part II | TOHO | John Woo | 5.55 billion yen | US$59.7 million | |
5 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Pocket Monster Diamond & Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e) | TOHO | Kunihiko Yuyama | 4.58 billion yen | US$49.2 million | |
6 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Sony | Kenny Ortega | 4.42 billion yen | US$47.5 million | |
7 | 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (20-Seiki Shōnen Saishū-Shō: Bokura no Hata) | TOHO | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 4.34 billion yen | US$46.7 million | |
8 (tie) | WALL-E | Disney | Andrew Stanton | 4.0 billion yen | US$43 million | |
8 (tie) | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha) | Clockworks, Khara | Hideaki Anno | 4.0 billion yen | US$43 million | |
10 | Amalufi: Megami no hōshū | TOHO | Hiroshi Nishitani | 3.58 billion yen | US$38.5 million |
Source: Goo Eiga (as of November 30)
follow-up of Japanese Box Office, December 26-27