Japan Box Office Leaps to $2.4 Billion Record in 20191 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Japanese box office leaped by 17% in 2019 to set a record $2.4 billion score, according to figures announced Tuesday by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, locally known as Eirin. The previous high was the $2.2 billion recorded in 2016.
The Makoto Shinkai animation Weathering with You was the highest earning film among both local and foreign releases with a gross of $129 million.
Local films took a majority share with 54% or $1.3 billion, while foreign films grabbed a 46% share or $1.1 billion. The market share split was little changed from 2018.
Photo Credit: Film Still of ‘Weathering With You’; Gkids
