List of 2009 box office number-one films in Japan

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in Japan during 2009.

#	Weekend End Date	Film	Total Weekend Gross	Notes
1	January 4, 2009	WALL-E	$15,073,432
2	January 11, 2009		$9,882,788
3	January 18, 2009	Kansen rettô	$8,857,548
4	January 25, 2009	Quantum of Solace	$15,034,863
5	February 1, 2009	20-seiki shônen: Dai 2 shô - Saigo no kibô	$21,305,497
6	February 8, 2009		$16,252,108
7	February 15, 2009	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	$14,888,272
8	February 22, 2009	Changeling	$13,764,903
9	March 1, 2009	Departures	$15,863,975
10	March 8, 2009	Yatterman	$18,318,553
11	March 15, 2009		$16,778,439
12	March 22, 2009		$17,053,246
13	March 29, 2009		$16,526,479
14	April 5, 2009	Drop	$11,806,211
15	April 12, 2009	Red Cliff: Part II	$18,639,508
16	April 19, 2009	Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser	$22,439,477
17	April 26, 2009		$18,166,774
18	May 3, 2009		$13,284,222
19	May 10, 2009	April Bride	$16,935,570
20	May 17, 2009	Angels & Demons	$16,935,570
21	May 24, 2009		$12,736,015
22	May 31, 2009	Rookies	$11,094,214
23	June 7, 2009		$9,005,159
24	June 14, 2009		$21,180,923
25	June 21, 2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$34,986,200
26	June 28, 2009	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	$15,371,100
27	July 5, 2009		$12,701,920
28	July 12, 2009	Gokusen: The Movie	$19,061,500
29	July 19, 2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$45,690,000
30	July 26, 2009		$23,182,089
31	August 2, 2009		$20,625,700
32	August 9, 2009	Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker	$20,907,109
33	August 16, 2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	$23,758,913
34	August 23, 2009		$15,532,617
35	August 30, 2009	20th Century Boys: The Last Chapter – Our Flag	$19,408,015
36	September 6, 2009		$15,623,127
37	September 13, 2009		$14,024,205
38	September 20, 2009		$13,589,280
39	September 27, 2009		$8,250,399
40	October 4, 2009		$6,021,091
41	October 11, 2009	Kaiji	$12,960,184
42	October 18, 2009		$10,612,988
43	October 25, 2009	I Give My First Love to You	$13,053,035
44	November 1, 2009	Michael Jackson's This Is It	$19,278,617
45	November 8, 2009		$13,145,746
46	November 15, 2009	A Christmas Carol	$16,975,529
47	November 22, 2009	2012	$21,099,245
48	November 29, 2009		$13,234,262
49	December 6, 2009	Up	$16,045,531
50	December 13, 2009	One Piece Film: Strong World	$32,964,679 (record)
51	December 20, 2009		$23,791,245
52	December 27, 2009	Avatar	$16,554,031

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2009

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Rookies	¥8.55 billion ($91.38 million)
2	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	¥8.00 billion ($85.5 million)
3	Red Cliff: Part II	¥5.55 billion ($59.31 million)
4	Michael Jackson's This Is It	¥5.20 billion ($55.57 million)
5	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	¥4.67 billion ($49.91 million)
6	20th Century Boys: Chapter 3	¥4.41 billion ($47.13 million)
7	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	¥4.00 billion ($42.75 million)
7	WALL-E	¥4.00 billion ($42.75 million)
9	2012	¥3.80 billion ($40.61 million)
10	Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess	¥3.65 billion ($39.01 million)

References

^A "Japanese Weekend Box Office Index, 2009". Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo, LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-06. Note: Click on the relevant weekend to view specifics.