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2009's Top Anime Movies at Japanese Box Office

No film in 2009 approached the success of Ponyo (15.50 billion yen or $171 million) in Japan. However, nine Japanese animated films did earn more than 1 billion yen (US$10.8 million) in 2009 in their domestic market — whereas only six anime films earned more than 1 billion yen in 2008.

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Three films — Evangelion 2.0, Summer Wars, and Precure All Stars DX — garnered more than 1 billion yen each, even though they opened on less than 200 screens. averaged 5,523,614 yen (US$62,196) in just the first two days — the new record for a nationwide release in Japan after the ing of fire safety laws.

Rank	Title	Distributor	Director	Box Office in Yen	Box Office in US$	Image
1	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Pocket Monster Diamond & Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e)	TOHO	Kunihiko Yuyama	4.67 billion yen	US$50.2 million
2	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha)	Clockworks, Khara	Hideaki Anno	4.0 billion yen	US$43 million
3	Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser	TOHO	Yasuichirō Yamamoto	3.5 billion yen	US$37.6 million
4	Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Uchū Kaitakushi	TOHO	Kôzô Kusuba, Shigeo Koshi	2.45 billion yen	US$26.3 million
5	Summer Wars	Warner	Mamoru Hosoda	1.63 billion yen	US$17.5 million
6	Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot	TOHO	Takao Kato	1.05 billion yen	US$11.3 million
7	Naruto Shippūden: Hi no Ishi o Tsugumono	TOHO	Masahiko Murata	1.02 billion yen	US$11.0 million
8	Precure All Stars DX: Minna Tomodachi—Kiseki no Zenin Daishūgō	Toei	Takashi Otsuka	1.01 billion yen	US$10.9 million
9	Crayon Shin-chan: Otakebe! Kasukabe Yasei Ōkoku	TOHO	Akira Shigino	1.0 billion yen	US$10.7 million
-	The Rebirth of Buddha	Toei	Takaaki Ishiyama	970 million yen	US$10.4 million
-	Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!?	Toei	Atsuji Shimizu	800 million yen	US$8.6 million
-	Penguin no Mondai - Shiawase no Aoi Tori de Gopennasai	TOHO	Waruo Suzuki, Keidai Hattori	About 660 million yen	$7.1 million
-	Chō Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō Gekishin Dragon Warriors de Arimasu!	Kadokawa Pictures	Susumu Yamaguchi	460 million yen	US$5.0 million
-	Gegege no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!	Toei	Tsuyoshi Koga	410 million yen	US$4.4 million
-	Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror	TOHO	Shinsuke Satō	About 360 million yen	$3.8 million
-	Soreike! Anpanman: Dadandan to Futago no Hoshi	Tokyo Theatre/Mediabox	Jun Kawagoe	About 340 million yen	$3.7 million

Source: animeanime.biz