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Top 20 Highest-Grossing Films in Japan Has 6 Anime Films

Japanese film news website Movie Collection listed the top 20 highest grossing films released in Japan for 2016 on Monday. The list includes six anime films, and four live-action movies based on existing manga.

1. your name. (20.5 billion yen, $174 million)
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (11.6 billion yen, $98.62 million)
3. 86 million)
4. Zootopia (7.6 billion yen, $64.61 million)
5. Finding Dory (6.8 billion yen, $57.81 million)
6. Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (6.3 billion yen, $53.56 million)
7. Eiga Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daioh to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! (5.5 billion yen, $46.75 million)
8. One Piece Film Gold (5.1 billion yen, $43.35 million)
9. Nobunaga Concerto (4.6 billion yen, $39.11 million)
10. The Secret Life of Pets (4.2 billion yen, $35.71 million)
11. Doraemon Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjō (4.1 billion yen, $34.85 million)
12. The Martian (3.5 billion yen, $29.75 million)
13. Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Sotsugyō-hen (3.4 billion yen, $28.90 million)
14. Orange (3.3 billion yen, $28.06 million)
15. Spectre (2.9 billion yen, $24.66 million)
16. Alice Through the Looking Glass (2.7 billion yen, $22.96 million)
17. Independence Day: Resurgence (2.6 billion yen, $22.10 million)
18. Captain America: Civil War (2.6 billion yen, $22.10 million)
19. A Silent Voice (2.3 billion yen, $19.56 million, tied for 19th)
20. Death Note Light up the NEW world (2.3 billion yen, $19.56 million, tied for 19th)

your name. had Spirited Away (30.8 billion yen).

your name. had topped the Japanese charts for nine straight weekends since it opened on August 26, and in its 10th weekend dropped to #2 to Death Note Light up the NEW world, before regaining the top spot in its 11th weekend, and it stayed at the top spot in its 12th and 13th weekends.

Source: Movie Collection (Tomohiro Sagara) via Zaikei Shimbun