List of 2015 box office number-one films in Japan

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office in Japan for the year 2015. It lists the films with the highest box office gross and when the film with the highest gross is not also the film with the highest attendance, both are listed.

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#DateFilmGrossNotes
1January 4, 2015 Big Hero 6 US$5.6 million [1]
2January 11, 2015US$4.6 million [2]
3January 18, 2015US$3.57 million [3]
4January 25, 2015 [4]
5February 1, 2015US$2.6 million [5]
6February 8, 2015 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles US$2.18 millionIn gross [6]
Big Hero 6US$1.90 millionIn attendance [6]
7February 15, 2015 Terrace House: Closing Door US$2.12 million [7]
8February 22, 2015 American Sniper US$2.8 million [8]
9March 1, 2015US$2.43 million [9]
10March 8, 2015 Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes US$5.3 million [10]
11March 15, 2015US$3.9 million [11]
12March 22, 2015 Assassination Classroom US$3.42 million [12]
13March 29, 2015Doraemon: Nobita's Space HeroesUS$2.58 million [13]
14April 5, 2015US$2.12 million [14]
15April 12, 2015 Solomon's Perjury Part 2: Judgement US$1.36 million [15]
16April 19, 2015 Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' US$8.03 million [16]
17April 26, 2015 Cinderella US$4.7 million [17]
18May 3, 2015US$4.27 million [18]
19May 10, 2015 [19]
20May 17, 2015US$2.63 million [20]
21May 24, 2015US$2 million [21]
22May 31, 2015 Shinjuku Swan US$2 million [22]
23June 7, 2015 Tomorrowland US$2.11 million [23]
24June 14, 2015 Love Live! The School Idol Movie US$3.42 million [24]
25June 21, 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road US$2.13 millionIn gross [25]
Love Live! The School Idol MovieUS$2.10 millionIn attendance [26]
26June 28, 2015US$2.18 million [27] [28]
27July 5, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron US$6.5 million [29]
28July 12, 2015 The Boy and the Beast US$5.4 million [30]
29July 19, 2015 Hero 2 US$5.9 million [31] [32]
30July 26, 2015US$2.97 million [33]
31August 2, 2015 Attack on Titan US$5.1 million [34]
32August 9, 2015 Jurassic World US$6.77 million [35]
33August 16, 2015US$7.57 million [36]
34August 23, 2015US$4.98 million [37]
35August 30, 2015US$3.93 millionIn gross [38]
Ted 2 US$3.68 millionIn attendance [38]
36September 6, 2015US$2.56 millionIn gross [39]
Unfair: The End US$2.46 millionIn attendance [39]
37September 13, 2015 Pixels US$1.8 million [40]
38September 20, 2015 Attack on Titan: End of the World US$2.7 million [41]
39September 27, 2015 No Longer Heroine US$1.95 million [41]
40October 4, 2015 Bakuman US$2.1 million [42]
41October 11, 2015 Library Wars: The Last Mission US$2.75 million [43]
42October 18, 2015US$1.45 million [44]
43October 25, 2015 Galaxy Turnpike US$2.25 million [45]
44November 1, 2015US$1.5 million [46]
45November 8, 2015 Mozu US$1.86 million [47]
46November 15, 2015US$1.28 million [48]
47November 22, 2015 Girls und Panzer der Film US$1.05 millionIn gross [49]
Raintree US$1.0 millionIn attendance [49]
48November 29, 2015 The Little Prince US$0.634 million [50]
49December 6, 2015 Spectre US$2.9 million [51]
50December 13, 2015 Orange US$2.58 million [52]
51December 20, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens US$10.3 millionIn gross [53]
Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! US$8.71 millionIn attendance [53]
52December 27, 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensUS$5.8 millionIn gross [54]
Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!US$4.1 millionIn attendance [54]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2015
RankTitleGross [55]
1 Jurassic World ¥9.53 billion ($78.73 million)
2 Big Hero 6 ¥9.18 billion ($75.84 million)
3 Flag of Japan.svg Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! ¥7.80 billion ($64.44 million)
4 Flag of Japan.svg The Boy and the Beast ¥5.80 billion ($47.92 million)
5 Cinderella ¥5.73 billion ($47.34 million)
6 Minions ¥5.21 billion ($43.04 million)
7 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation ¥5.14 billion ($42.46 million)
8 Flag of Japan.svg Hero ¥4.67 billion ($38.58 million)
9 Flag of Japan.svg Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno ¥4.48 billion ($37.01 million)
10 Inside Out ¥4.04 billion ($33.38 million)

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