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In 2025, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle" was the most successful movie at the Japanese box office. The newest installment of the "Demon Slayer" franchise grossed about * million U.S. dollars. It was followed by "Kokuho" and "Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback."

High popularity of movie theaters during the 2010s

Movie theaters enjoyed an increasing popularity during the 2010s. After a slump in the 1990s and a subsequent recovery in the 2000s, the number of admissions reached record highs in 2016 and 2019 that had not been seen since the early 1970s. The success of movie theaters is largely depending on the release of hit titles. In 2016, Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name" enticed many young people to visit theaters and spread the word via social media. "Your Name" was the first anime movie to exceed a revenue of ** billion Japanese yen aside from the works of Hayao Miyazaki. It has since been eclipsed by "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train," which was released in October 2020 and became Japan's most successful film to date despite the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on theaters. Theater admissions strongly decreased during that year and had not fully recovered by 2025.

The Japanese movie industry

The total number of movies released to Japanese theaters amounted to almost titles in 2024. With the exception of 2020 and 2021, the number of annual releases has consistently remained above a level of about movies since 2013, which was considerably higher than in earlier decades. While there were more foreign than domestic movies released between 1987 and 2005, Japanese movies dominated from 2006 to 2019 and again from 2021 onward. The share of Japanese movies with regard to box office gross receipts amounted to **** percent in 2024.