2009 Japanese Box Office Back to Japan Weekly Box Office 2009 Japanese Box Office Dec. 26 - Dec. 27, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Avatar USA FOX 1 2 2 Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part I Japan Toho 2 3 1 One Piece Film: Strong World Japan Toei 3 4 3 UP USA Disney 4 5 4 Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010 Japan Toei 3 6 NEW Free and Easy 20: Final Japan Shochiku 1 7 5 2012 USA SPE 6 8 6 Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Japan Toho 2 9 7 Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie Japan WB 3 10 8 The Fourth Kind USA WB 2 Dec. 19 - Dec. 20, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 One Piece Film: Strong World Japan Toei 2 2 NEW Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part I Japan Toho 1 3 3 UP USA Disney 3 4 2 Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010 Japan Toei 2 5 4 2012 USA SPE 5 6 NEW Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Japan Toho 1 7 5 Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie Japan WB 2 8 NEW The Fourth Kind USA WB 1 9 6 Public Enemies USA Toho Towa 2 10 NEW A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest Japan Toho 1 Dec. 12 - Dec. 13, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW One Piece Film: Strong World Japan Toei 1 2 NEW Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010 Japan Toei 1 3 1 UP USA Disney 2 4 2 2012 USA SPE 4 5 NEW Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie Japan WB 1 6 NEW Public Enemies USA Toho Towa 1 7 NEW Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection Japan Toho 1 8 4 Disney's A Christmas Carol USA Disney 5 9 3 No More Cry!!! Japan Toho 5 10 NEW Snow Prince Japan Shochiku 1 Dec. 5 - Dec. 6, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW UP USA Disney 1 2 1 2012 USA SPE 3 3 3 No More Cry!!! Japan Toho 4 4 2 Disney's A Christmas Carol Disney USA 4 5 5 The Unbroken Japan Toho 7 6 7 Zero Focus Japan Toho 4 7 4 Inglourious Basterds USA Toho Towa 3 8 8 I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 7 9 10 Macross Frontier The Movie Japan KLOCK WORX 3 10 6 The Twilight Saga: New Moon USA Asmik Ace/Kadokawa 2 Nov. 28 - Nov. 29, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 2012 USA SPE 2 2 3 Disney's A Christmas Carol USA Disney 3 3 4 No More Cry!!! Japan Toho 3 4 5 Inglorous Bastards USA Toho Towa 2 5 7 The Unbroken Japan Toho 6 6 NEW The Twilight Saga: New Moon USA Asmik Ace/Kadokawa 1 7 6 Zero Focus Japan Toho 3 8 8 I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 6 9 10 Fresh Pretty Cure! Japan Toei 5 10 9 Macross Frontier The Movie Japan KLOCK WORX 2 Nov. 21 - Nov. 22, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW 2012 USA SPE 1 2 1 This is It USA SPE 4 3 2 Disney's A Christmas Carol USA Disney 2 4 3 No More Cry!!! Japan Toho 2 5 NEW Inglorous Bastards USA Toho Towa 1 6 4 Zero Focus Japan Toho 2 7 6 The Unbroken Japan Toho 5 8 5 I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 5 9 NEW Macross Frontier The Movie Japan KLOCK WORX 1 10 7 Fresh Pretty Cure! Japan Toei 4 Nov. 14 - Nov. 15, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 This is It USA SPE 3 2 NEW Disney's A Christmas Carol USA Disney 1 3 NEW No More Cry!!! Japan Toho 1 4 NEW Zero Focus Japan Toho 1 5 2 I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 4 6 3 The Unbroken Japan Toho 4 7 4 Fresh Pretty Cure! Japan Toei 3 8 NEW The Laughing Policeman Japan Toei 1 9 5 Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji Japan Toho 6 10 7 Feel the Wind Japan Shochiku 3 Nov. 7 - Nov. 8, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 This is It USA SPE 2 2 3 I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 3 3 2 The Unbroken Japan Toho 3 4 4 Fresh Pretty Cure! Japan Toei 2 5 5 Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji Japan Toho 5 6 7 The Rebirth Of Buddha Japan Toei 4 7 6 Feel the Wind Japan Shochiku 2 8 NEW Drag Me To Hell USA GAGA 1 9 NEW SAW VI USA Asmik Ace 1 10 NEW My Rainy Days Japan GAGA 1 Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW This is It USA SPE 1 2 2 The Unbroken Japan Toho 2 3 1 I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 2 4 NEW Fresh Pretty Cure! Japan Toei 1 5 3 Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji Japan Toho 4 6 NEW Feel the Wind Japan Shochiku 1 7 4 The Rebirth Of Buddha Japan Toei 3 8 5 Fast & Furious USA Toho Towa 4 9 6 My Sister's Keeper USA GAGA 4 10 NEW Sideways Japan FOX 1 Oct. 24 - Oct. 25, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW I Give My First Love to You Japan Toho 1 2 NEW The Unbroken Japan Toho 1 3 1 Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji Japan Toho 3 4 2 The Rebirth Of Buddha Japan Toei 2 5 3 Fast & Furious USA Toho Towa 3 6 4 My Sister's Keeper USA GAGA 3 7 5 The Proposal USA Disney 2 8 6 The Hovering Blade Japan Toei 3 9 NEW The Time Traveler's Wife USA WB 1 10 7 Villon's Wife Japan Toho 3 Oct. 17 - Oct. 18, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji Japan Toho 2 2 NEW The Rebirth Of Buddha Japan Toei 1 3 2 Fast & Furious USA Toho Towa 2 4 3 My Sister's Keeper USA GAGA 2 5 NEW The Proposal USA Disney 1 6 4 The Hovering Blade Japan Toei 2 7 5 Villon's Wife Japan Toho 2 8 NEW The Final Destination USA GAGA 1 9 6 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 8 10 7 Kamui Japan Shochiku 5 Oct. 10 - Oct. 11, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji Japan Toho 1 2 NEW Fast & Furious USA Toho Towa 1 3 NEW My Sister's Keeper USA GAGA 1 4 NEW The Hovering Blade Japan Toei 1 5 NEW Villon's Wife Japan Toho 1 6 1 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 7 7 2 Kamui Japan Shochiku 4 8 3 Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Japan Toho 6 9 NEW Listen to My Heart Japan Shochiku 1 10 NEW Astro Boy USA Kadokawa 1 Oct. 3 - Oct. 4, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 6 2 3 Kamui Japan Shochiku 3 3 2 Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Japan Toho 5 4 4 Duel Masters Lunatic God Saga / A Penguin's Troubles The Movie Japan Toho 3 5 5 Castle Under Fiery Skies Japan Toei 4 6 6 Coco avant Chanel France WB 3 7 NEW Tales Of Vesperia: The Frist Strike Japan Kadokawa 1 8 7 X-Men Origins: Wolverine USA Fox 4 9 8 Tajomaru Japan WB 4 10 10 The Ugly Truth USA SPE 3 Sept. 26 - Sept. 27, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 2 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 5 2 4 Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Japan Toho 4 3 3 Kamui Japan Shochiku 2 4 1 Duel Masters Lunatic God Saga / A Penguin's Troubles The Movie Japan Toho 2 5 7 Castle Under Fiery Skies Japan Toei 3 6 6 Coco avant Chanel France WB 2 7 5 X-Men Origins: Wolverine USA Fox 3 8 9 Tajomaru Japan WB 3 9 8 Symbol Japan Shochiku 3 10 11 The Ugly Truth USA SPE 2 Sept. 19 - Sept. 20, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Duel Masters Lunatic God Saga / A Penguin's Troubles The Movie Japan Toho 1 2 1 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 4 3 NEW Kamui Japan Shochiku 1 4 3 Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Japan Toho 3 5 2 X-Men Origins: Wolverine USA Fox 2 6 NEW Coco avant Chanel France WB 1 7 4 Castle Under Fiery Skies Japan Toei 2 8 5 Symbol Japan Shochiku 2 9 7 Tajomaru Japan WB 2 10 6 The Taking of Pelham 123 USA SPE 3 Sept. 12 - Sept. 13, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 3 2 NEW X-Men Origins: Wolverine USA Fox 1 3 2 Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Japan Toho 2 4 NEW Castle Under Fiery Skies Japan Toei 1 5 NEW Symbol Japan Shochiku 1 6 3 The Taking of Pelham 123 USA SPE 2 7 NEW Tajomaru Japan WB 1 8 5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 9 9 NEW Killer Virgin Road Japan Toho 1 10 7 Summer Wars Japan WB 7 Sept. 5 - Sept. 6, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 2 2 NEW Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Japan Toho 1 3 NEW The Taking of Pelham 123 USA SPE 1 4 2 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian USA FOX 4 5 3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 8 6 6 Hachiko: A Dog's Tale USA Shochiku 5 7 7 Summer Wars Japan WB 6 8 4 Kamen Rider Decade/Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Japan Toei 5 9 5 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 8 10 8 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 8 August 28 - August 29, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Japan Toho 1 2 1 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian USA FOX 3 3 2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 7 4 3 Kamen Rider Decade/Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Japan Toei 4 5 5 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 7 6 4 Hachiko: A Dog's Tale USA Shochiku 4 7 9 Summer Wars Japan WB 5 8 7 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 7 9 6 Taken USA FOX 2 10 11 Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror Japan Toho 2 August 22 - August 23, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian USA FOX 2 2 2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 6 3 3 Kamen Rider Decade/Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Japan Toei 3 4 4 Hachiko: A Dog's Tale USA Shochiku 3 5 5 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 6 6 NEW Taken USA FOX 1 7 6 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 6 8 10 Transporter 3 France Asmik Ace 2 9 11 Summer Wars Japan WB 4 10 NEW Yatterman The Movie Japan Shochiku 1 August 15 - August 16, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian USA FOX 1 2 2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 5 3 1 Kamen Rider Decade/Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Japan Toei 2 4 4 Hachiko: A Dog's Tale USA Shochiku 2 5 3 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 5 6 6 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 5 7 8 Gokusen: The Movie Japan Toho 6 8 5 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra USA Paramount 2 9 7 Bolt USA Disney 3 10 NEW Transporter 3 France Asmik Ace 1 August 8 - August 9, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Kamen Rider Decade/Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Japan Toei 1 2 1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 4 3 2 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 4 4 NEW Hachiko: A Dog's Story USA Shochiku 1 5 NEW G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra USA Paramount 1 6 3 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 4 7 4 Bolt USA Disney 2 8 6 Gokusen: The Movie Japan Toho 5 9 5 Naruto Shippuden 3 Japan Toho 2 10 7 Summer Wars Japan WB 2 August 1 - August 2, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 3 2 2 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 3 3 3 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 3 4 NEW Bolt USA Disney 1 5 NEW Naruto Shippuden 3 Japan Toho 1 6 4 Gokusen: The Movie Japan Toho 4 7 NEW Summer Wars Japan WB 1 8 5 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Japan Klock Worx/Color 6 9 NEW He's Just Not That Into You USA WB 1 10 8 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 8 July 25 - July 26, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince USA WB 2 2 2 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 2 3 3 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 2 4 4 Gokusen: The Movie Japan Toho 3 5 5 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Japan Klock Worx/Color 5 6 7 Rookies Japan Toho 9 7 6 Knowing USA Toho Towa 3 8 8 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 7 9 10 Monsters vs. Aliens USA Paramount 3 10 NEW Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs USA FOX 1 Junly 18 - July 19, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princ USA WB 1 2 NEW Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie Japan Toho 1 3 NEW Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Japan Toho 1 4 1 Gokusen: The Movie Japan Toho 2 5 2 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Japan Klock Worx 4 6 3 Knowing USA Toho-Towa 2 7 4 Rookies Japan Toho 8 8 6 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 6 9 5 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen USA Paramount 5 10 7 Monsters vs Aliens USA Paramount 2 Junly 11 - July 12, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Gokusen: The Movie Japan Toho 1 2 1 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Japan Klock Worx 3 3 NEW Knowing USA Toho-Towa 1 4 2 Rookies Japan Toho 7 5 3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen USA Paramount 4 6 4 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 5 7 NEW Monsters vs Aliens USA Paramount 1 8 5 Terminator Salvation USA SPE 5 9 6 MW Japan Gaga Communications 2 10 7 Soreike! Anpanman: Dadandan to Futago no Hoshi Japan TokyoTheatre 2 Junly 4 - July 5, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Japan Klock Worx 2 2 2 Rookies Japan Toho 6 3 3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen USA Paramount 3 4 4 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 4 5 5 Terminator Salvation USA SPE 4 6 NEW MW Japan Gaga Communications 1 7 NEW Soreike! Anpanman: Dadandan to Futago no Hoshi Japan TokyoTheatre 1 8 6 The Reader USA Showgate 3 9 7 Angels & Demons USA SPE 8 10 11 Dear Doctor Japan Asmik Ace Entertainment 2 June 27 - June 28, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Japan Klock Worx 1 2 1 Rookies Japan Toho 5 3 2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen USA Paramount 2 4 4 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 3 5 3 Terminator Salvation USA SPE 3 6 5 The Reader USA Showgate 2 7 6 Angels & Demons USA SPE 7 8 8 April Bride Japan Toho 8 9 7 Last Operations Under the Orion Japan Toho 3 10 9 The Vulture Japan Toho 4 June 20 - June 21, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 2 Rookies Japan Toho 4 2 NEW Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen USA Paramount 1 3 1 Terminator Salvation USA SPE 2 4 13 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Japan Toei 2 5 NEW The Reader USA Showgate 1 6 3 Angels & Demons USA SPE 6 7 4 Last Operations Under the Orion Japan Toho 2 8 5 April Bride Japan Toho 7 9 6 The Vulture Japan Toho 3 10 9 Dear My Love Japan Shochiku 6 June 13 - June 14, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Terminator Salvation USA SPE 1 2 1 Rookies Japan Toho 3 3 2 Angels & Demons USA SPE 5 4 NEW Last Operations Under the Orion Japan Toho 1 5 4 April Bride Japan Toho 6 6 3 The Vulture Japan Toho 2 7 5 I Come with the Rain France Gaga Communications 2 8 6 Star Trek USA Paramount 3 9 7 Dear My Love Japan Shochiku 5 10 8 Confessions of a Shopaholic USA Disney 3 June 6 - June 7, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Rookies Japan Toho 2 2 2 Angels & Demons USA SPE 4 3 NEW The Vulture Japan Toho 1 4 3 April Bride Japan Toho 5 5 NEW I Come with the Rain France Gaga Communications 1 6 4 Star Trek USA Paramount 2 7 5 Dear My Love Japan Shochiku 4 8 6 Confessions of a Shopaholic USA Disney 2 9 10 Gravity's Clowns Japan Asmik Ace Entertainment 7 10 NEW Ultra Miracle Love Story Japan Little More 1 May 30 - May 31, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Rookies Japan Toho 1 2 1 Angels & Demons USA SPE 3 3 2 April Bride Japan Toho 4 4 NEW Star Trek USA Paramount 1 5 3 Dear My Love Japan Shochiku 3 6 NEW Confessions of a Shopaholic USA Disney 1 7 6 Baby, Baby, Baby! Japan Toei 2 8 4 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 8 9 5 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 7 10 8 Gravity's Clowns Japan Asmik Ace 6 May 23 - May 24, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Angels & Demons USA SPE 2 2 2 April Bride Japan Toho 3 3 5 Dear My Love Japan Shochiku 2 4 4 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 7 5 3 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 6 6 NEW Baby, Baby, Baby! Japan Toei 1 7 NEW State of Play USA Toho-Towa 1 8 NEW Gravity's Clowns Japan Asmik Ace 5 9 6 Goemon Japan Shochiku/WB 4 10 7 Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations Japan Toei 4 May 16 - May 17, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Angels & Demons USA SPE 1 2 1 April Bride Japan Toho 2 3 3 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 5 4 2 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 6 5 NEW Dear My Love Japan Shochiku 1 6 4 Goemon Japan Shochiku/WB 3 7 5 Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations Japan Toei 3 8 6 Crows Zero II Japan Toho 6 9 7 Gran Torino USA WB 4 10 8 Crayon Shin-chan Japan Toho 5 May 9 - May 10, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW April Bride Japan Toho 1 2 2 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 5 3 1 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 4 4 3 Goemon Japan Shochiku/WB 2 5 4 Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations Japan Toei 2 6 5 Crows Zero II Japan Toho 5 7 7 Gran Torino USA WB 3 8 6 Crayon Shin-chan Japan Toho 4 9 8 Slumdog Millionaire USA Gaga Communications 4 10 9 Burn After Reading USA Gaga Communications/Nikkatsu 3 May 2 - May 3, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 3 2 2 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 4 3 NEW Goemon Japan Shochiku/WB 1 4 NEW Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations Japan Toei 1 5 3 Crows Zero II Japan Toho 4 6 4 Crayon Shin-chan Japan Toho 3 7 5 Gran Torino USA WB 2 8 7 Slumdog Millionaire USA Gaga Communications 3 9 6 Burn After Reading USA Gaga Communications/Nikkatsu 2 10 8 Oppai Volleyball Japan Toei/WB 3 April 25 - April 26, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 2 2 2 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 3 3 3 Crows Zero II Japan Toho 3 4 4 Crayon Shin-chan Japan Toho 2 5 NEW Gran Torino USA WB 1 6 NEW Burn After Reading USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 1 7 5 Slumdog Millionaire Gaga 2 8 6 Oppai Volleyball Japan Toei/WB 2 9 7 Drop Japan Kadokawa Pictures 6 10 NEW Rain Fall Japan SPE 1 April 18 - April 19, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Japan Toho 1 2 1 Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 2 3 2 Crows Zero II Japan Toho 2 4 NEW Crayon Shin-chan Japan Toho 1 5 NEW Slumdog Millionaire USA Gaga 1 6 NEW Oppai Volleyball Japan Toei/WB 1 7 3 Drop Japan Kadokawa Pictures 5 8 NEW Kamogawa Horumo - Battle League In Kyoto Japan Shochiku 1 9 4 Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 7 10 6 Pretty Cure All Stars Dx - Calling All Friends The Miracle Union - Japan Toei 5 April 11 - April 12, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Red Cliff 2 China Toho Towa/Avex 1 2 NEW Crows Zero II Japan Toho 1 3 3 Drop Japan Kadokawa Pictures 4 4 2 Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 6 5 1 Doraemon: Spaceblazer Japan Toho 6 6 5 Pretty Cure All Stars Dx - Calling All Friends The Miracle Union - Japan Toei 4 7 6 Identification: The Case Book of Mamoru Yonezawa Japan Toei 3 8 4 Marley & Me USA FOX 3 9 7 Valkyrie USA Toho-Towa 4 10 10 Twilight USA Asmik Ace/Kadokawa Entertainment 2 April 4 - April 5, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 2 Doraemon: Spaceblazer Japan Toho 5 2 1 Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 5 3 3 Drop Japan Kadokawa Pictures 3 4 4 Marley & Me USA FOX 2 5 7 Pretty Cure All Stars Dx - Calling All Friends The Miracle Union - Japan Toei 3 6 6 Identification: The Case Book of Mamoru Yonezawa Japan Toei 2 7 5 Valkyrie USA Toho-Towa 3 8 8 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa USA Paramount 4 9 NEW The International USA SPE 1 10 NEW Twilight USA Asmik Ace/Kadokawa Entertainment 1 March 28 - March 29, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 4 2 3 Doraemon: Spaceblazer Japan Toho 4 3 4 Drop Japan Kadokawa Pictures 2 4 NEW Marley & Me USA FOX 1 5 2 Valkyrie USA Toho-Towa 2 6 NEW Identification: The Case Book of Mamoru Yonezawa Japan Toei 1 7 5 Pretty Cure All Stars Dx - Calling All Friends The Miracle Union - Japan Toei 2 8 6 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa USA Paramount 3 9 NEW Watchmen USA Paramount 1 10 7 Departures Japan Shochiku 29 March 21 - March 22, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 3 2 NEW Valkyrie USA Toho-Towa 1 3 2 Doraemon: Spaceblazer Japan Toho 3 4 NEW Drop Japan Kadokawa Pictures 1 5 NEW Pretty Cure All Stars Dx - Calling All Friends The Miracle Union - Japan Toei 1 6 4 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa USA Paramount 2 7 5 Departures Japan Shochiku 28 8 3 Dragonball Evolution USA FOX 2 9 NEW Bedtime Stories USA Disney 1 10 6 The Triumphant Return of General Rouge Japan Toho 3 March 14 - March 15, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 2 2 2 Doraemon: Spaceblazer Japan Toho 2 3 NEW Dragonball Evolution USA FOX 1 4 NEW Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa USA Paramount 1 5 3 Departures Japan Shochiku 27 6 4 The Triumphant Return of General Rouge Japan Toho 2 7 5 Sergeant Keroro 4 Japan Kadokawa Pictures 2 8 6 Changeling USA Toho-Towa 4 9 7 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button USA WB 6 10 8 Australia USA FOX 3 March 7 - March 8, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Yatterman Japan Nikkatsu/Shochiku 1 2 NEW Doraemon: Spaceblazer Japan Toho 1 3 1 Departures Japan Shochiku 26 4 NEW The Triumphant Return of General Rouge Japan Toho 1 5 NEW Sergeant Keroro 4 Japan Kadokawa Pictures 1 6 2 Changeling USA Toho Towa 3 7 4 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button USA WB 5 8 5 Australia USA 20th Century Fox 2 9 3 Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two Japan Toho 6 10 7 Mamma Mia! USA Toho-Towa 6 February 28 - March 1, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 8 Departures Japan Shochiku 25 2 1 Changeling USA Toho-Towa 2 3 2 Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two Japan Toho 5 4 3 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button USA WB 4 5 NEW Australia USA 20th Century Fox 1 6 4 Seven Pounds USA SPE 2 7 5 Mamma Mia! USA Toho-Towa 5 8 6 The Shonen Merikensack Japan Toei 3 9 7 Penguins in the Sky-Asahiyama Zoo Japan Kadokawa 6 10 11 High School Musical 3: Senior Year USA Disney 4 February 21 - February 22, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Changeling USA Toho-Towa 1 2 2 Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two Japan Toho 4 3 1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button USA WB 3 4 NEW Seven Pounds USA SPE 1 5 4 Mamma Mia! USA Toho-Towa 4 6 3 The Shonen Merikensack Japan Toei 2 7 5 Penguins in the Sky-Asahiyama Zoo Japan Kadokawa Pictures 5 8 14 Departures Japan Shochiku 24 9 6 Quantum Of Solace USA SPE 5 10 7 Pandemic Japan Toho 6 February 14 - February 15, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 2 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button USA WB 2 2 1 Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two Japan Toho 3 3 NEW The Shonen Merikensack Japan Toei 1 4 3 Mamma Mia! USA Toho-Towa 3 5 4 Penguins in the Sky-Asahiyama Zoo Japan Kadokawa Pictures 4 6 5 Quantum Of Solace USA SPE 4 7 7 Pandemic Japan Toho 5 8 6 High School Musical 3: Senior Year USA Disney 2 9 NEW Street Kings USA FOX 1 10 9 Che: Part Two USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 3 February 7 - February 8, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two Japan Toho 2 2 NEW The Curious Case of Benjamin Button USA WB 1 3 2 Mamma Mia! USA Toho-Towa 2 4 NEW Penguins in the Sky-Asahiyama Zoo Japan Kadokawa Pictures 3 5 3 Quantum Of Solace USA SPE 3 6 NEW High School Musical 3: Senior Year USA Disney 1 7 4 Pandemic Japan Toho 4 8 7 Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger Japan Toei 3 9 6 Che: Part Two USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 2 10 NEW Heaven's Door Japan Asmik Ace Entertainment 1 January 31 - February 1, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two Japan Toho 1 2 NEW Mamma Mia! USA Toho-Towa 1 3 1 Quantum Of Solace USA SPE 2 4 2 Pandemic Japan Toho 3 5 4 Nobody to Watch Over Me Japan Toho 2 6 NEW Che: Part Two USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 1 7 3 Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger Japan Toei 2 8 5 Revolutionary Road USA Paramount 2 9 6 Che: Part One USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 4 10 7 Wall-E USA Disney 9 January 24 - January 25, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Quantum of Solace USA SPE 1 2 1 Pandemic Japan Toho 2 3 NEW Go-ongers vs Gekirengers Japan Toei 1 4 NEW Nobody to Watch Over Me Japan Toho 1 5 NEW Revolutionary Road USA Paramount 1 6 3 Che: Part One USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 3 7 2 Wall-E USA Disney 8 8 4 K-20: Legend of the Mask Japan Toho 6 9 5 Threads Of Destiny Japan Shochiku 6 10 6 The Day the Earth Stood Still USA 20th Century Fox 6 January 17 - January 18, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 NEW Pandemic Japan Toho 1 2 1 Wall-E USA Disney 7 3 2 Che: Part One USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 2 4 3 K-20: Legend of the Mask Japan Toho 5 5 5 Threads Of Destiny Japan Shochiku 5 6 4 The Day the Earth Stood Still USA FOX 5 7 12 Zen Japan Kadokawa Pictures 2 8 6 252: Signal of Life Japan WB 7 9 7 Major: Yujo No Winning Shot Japan Toho 6 10 10 Tinker Bell USA Disney 4 January 10 - January 11, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Wall-E USA Disney 6 2 NEW Che: Part One USA GAGA/Nikkatsu 1 3 3 K-20: Legend of the Mask Japan Toho 4 4 2 The Day the Earth Stood Still USA FOX 4 5 6 Threads Of Destiny Japan Shochiku 4 6 5 252: Signal of Life Japan WB 6 7 4 Major: Yujo No Winning Shot Japan Toho 5 8 7 Body of Lies USA WB 4 9 8 I Want to Be a Shellfish Japan Toho 8 10 11 Tinker Bell USA Disney 3 January 3 - January 4, 2009 Rank Last Week Title Country Distributor # Weeks 1 1 Wall-E USA Disney 5 2 2 The Day the Earth Stood Still USA FOX 3 3 3 K-20: Legend of the Mask Japan Toho 3 4 5 Major: Yujo No Winning Shot Japan Toho 4 5 7 252: Signal of Life Japan WB 5 6 4 Threads Of Destiny Japan Shochiku 3 7 6 Body of Lies USA WB 3 8 14 I Want to Be a Shellfish Japan Toho 7 9 8 Tamagotchi: Happiest Story In The Universe! 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