The Japan Film Producers Association (Eiren) released some interesting information recently.

shows that

The number of moviegoers in Japan throughout 2022 rose 32.4% year-on-year to 152 million

. of COVID-19 that disrupted the entertainment industry at 213,111 million yen or approximately 54,276 million baht, reinforcing the status of "Japan" as the world's third largest cinema market, after North America and China.

However, it is noted that Eiren's data for the year 2022 starts from Dec. 2021-Nov. 2022, meaning that

The figure does not include figures from "Avatar: The Way of Water", the sci-fi epic that hit theaters.

Japanese movies around the middle of the month

Dec. this past

Of the total box office receipts of 213,111 million yen from a total of 1,143 movies released in 2022, up from 959 the previous year.

Japanese films grossed 146,579 million yen, or 69% of the total, down from last year's 79% market share. Nime" All

The action-adventure anime film “One Piece Film Red” (One Piece Film Red) commemorates the 25th anniversary of the debut of One Piece in 1997. Earnings of 19.7 billion yen were the highest ever for the "One Piece" franchise, followed by "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" or "Demon Seal Zero" at 13.8 billion yen and "Suzume no Tojimari". From the skill of directing and writing the script of Makoto Shinkai, the director of the work Your Name (in 2016) at 13,150 million yen.

The highest-grossing foreign films in Japan are:

The movie "Top Gun Maverick" followed by "Jurassic World Dominion" or Jurassic World reclaims the kingdom.

by the movie "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" or fantastic beasts

Dumbledore's Secret

Earnings followed in third place.

Industry experts also stated that

The Japanese box office this year should be buzzing from Japanese movies.

Especially the big camp like Toho

with many more giant blockbusters aiming for screenings

What projects will there be?

Let's read next time.

Amornda Ponguthai