Photo/Illutration Yoshishige Shimatani, right, chairman of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc., talks about Japan's box office revenue in 2024 during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29. (Haruto Hiraoka)

Box office earnings in Japan totaled 206.983 billion yen ($1.35 billion) in 2024, down by 6.5 percent from the previous year, according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc., comprising four major studios.

The number of moviegoers was 144.44 million, down 7.1 percent from the year before.

The top four spots at the box office in 2024 were dominated by films adapted from manga.

The top-grossing film was "Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram," the latest installment in the long-running anime series, earning 15.8 billion yen.

Anime movie "Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle" came in second with 11.64 billion yen, followed by "Kingdom: Return of the Great General," a live-action feature film adaptation of a historical epic manga, with 8.03 billion yen.

"Spy x Family: Code: White," another animated film, ranked fourth with 6.32 billion yen.

Japanese films raked in 155.8 billion yen, hitting a record high since 2000 when comparable figures started being kept.

Meanwhile, foreign movies grossed 51.183 billion yen, down by 30.2 percent from the year earlier, and accounted for 24.7 percent of the box office earnings of all films released in Japan.

Foreign films have continued to underperform against domestic ones at the box office in Japan since 2006 when their market share fell below 50 percent for the first time in 21 years.

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