List of 1995 box office number-one films in Japan explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 1995. Amounts are in Yen and are from a sample of key cities.

Number one films

Week endingFilmBox officeNotesRef
1 Speed ¥449,568,300[1]
2 Speed ¥275,913,693[2]
3 Speed ¥284,837,157[3]
4 Speed ¥186,010,566[4]
5 Speed ¥186,749,145[5]
6 Speed ¥177,535,710[6]
7 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ¥237,869,220[7]
8 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ¥187,053,442[8]
9 The Mask ¥248,714,370[9]
10 The Mask ¥215,546,695[10]
11 Forrest Gump ¥496,118,841Forrest Gump had a record opening for Paramount Pictures in Japan grossing $7.6 million nationwide in five days[11] [12]
12 Forrest Gump ¥415,359,885[13]
13 Forrest Gump ¥408,401,186[14]
14 Forrest Gump ¥363,328,812[15]
15 Forrest Gump ¥278,596,230[16]
16 Forrest Gump ¥238,486,888[17]
17 Forrest Gump ¥200,878,592[18]
18 Forrest Gump ¥331,657,116[19]
19 Outbreak ¥144,358,665Outbreak reached number one in its second week of release[20]
20 Outbreak ¥130,968,930[21]
21 Outbreak ¥129,840,135[22]
22 Outbreak ¥144,117,330[23]
23 Outbreak ¥117,014,100[24]
24 Outbreak ¥113,901,190[25]
25 Batman Forever ¥126,319,180
26 Batman Forever ¥111,850,310[26]
27 Die Hard with a Vengeance ¥705,585,834Die Hard with a Vengeance set a record opening for 20th Century Fox beating Return of the Jedi with a five-day gross of $13.5 million nationally[27] [28]
28 Die Hard with a Vengeance ¥501,872,536[29]
29 Die Hard with a Vengeance ¥434,784,588[30]
30 Die Hard with a Vengeance ¥392,872,832[31]
31 Die Hard with a Vengeance ¥351,586,781[32]
32 Waterworld ¥321,054,274[33]
33 Die Hard with a Vengeance ¥389,435,794Die Hard with a Vengeance returned to number one in its seventh week of release[34]
34 Waterworld ¥249,541,230Waterworld returned to number one in its third week of release[35]
35 Waterworld ¥220,187,963[36]
36 Waterworld ¥150,796,000[37]
37 Waterworld ¥136,728,072[38]
38 The Bridges of Madison County ¥215,827,506[39]
39 The Bridges of Madison County ¥202,025,900[40]
40 The Bridges of Madison County ¥172,161,300[41]
41 The Bridges of Madison County ¥210,732,965[42]
42 The Bridges of Madison County ¥161,354,400[43]
43 The Bridges of Madison County ¥143,550,100[44]
44 The Bridges of Madison County ¥140,765,300[45]
45 The Bridges of Madison County ¥114,923,900[46]
46 The Bridges of Madison County ¥79,524,500[47]
47 Species ¥95,082,100[48]
48 While You Were Sleeping ¥112,959,309[49]
49 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah ¥94,452,877[50]
50 GoldenEye ¥150,312,543
51 GoldenEye ¥192,286,729[51]

Highest-grossing films

RankTitleDistributorDistributor income
(¥ million)[52] [53]
1. Die Hard with a Vengeance20th Century Fox4,800
2. Speed20th Century Fox4,500
3. Forrest GumpUIP3,870
4. The Bridges of Madison CountyWarner Bros.2,300
5. WaterworldUIP2,100
6. Apollo 13UIP2,000
7. Whisper of the HeartToho1,850
8. The MaskGaga/Humax1,800
9. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaToho1,650
10. Tora-san's Easy Advice/Tsuribaka Nisshi 7 (double bill)Shochiku1,550

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. 14. 16 January 1995. International box office. $4,495,683; $1=100 Yen.
  2. Variety. 15. 23 January 1995. International box office. $2,787,007; $1=99 Yen.
  3. Variety. 14. 30 January 1995. International box office. $2,877,143; $1=99 Yen.
  4. Variety. 14. 6 February 1995. International box office. $1,898,067; $1=98 Yen.
  5. Variety. 12. 13 February 1995. International box office. $1,886,355; $1=99 Yen.
  6. Variety. 12. 20 February 1995. International box office. $1,793,290; $1=99 Yen.
  7. Variety. 18. 27 February 1995. International box office. $2,452,260; $1=97 Yen.
  8. Variety. 14. 6 March 1995. International box office. $1,928,386; $1=97 Yen.
  9. Variety. 12. 13 March 1995. International box office. $2,763,493; $1=90 Yen.
  10. Variety. 8. 20 March 1995. International box office. $2,368,645; $1=91 Yen.
  11. Variety. 27. 27 March 1995. International box office. $5,574,369; $1=89 Yen.
  12. Variety. 8. 20 March 1995. 'Gump' bows in Japan with $7.6 mil. Groves. Don.
  13. Variety. 18. 3 April 1995. International box office. $4,666,965; $1=89 Yen.
  14. Variety. 18. 10 April 1995. International box office. $4,748,851; $1=86 Yen.
  15. Variety. 12. 17 April 1995. International box office. $4,325,343; $1=84 Yen.
  16. Variety. 12. 24 April 1995. International box office. $3,397,515; $1=82 Yen.
  17. Variety. 12. 1 May 1995. International box office. $2,873,336; $1=83 Yen.
  18. Variety. 16. 8 May 1995. International box office. $2,420,224; $1=83 Yen.
  19. Variety. 28. 15 May 1995. International box office. $3,948,299; $1=84 Yen.
  20. Variety. 8. 22 May 1995. International box office. $1,659,295; $1=87 Yen.
  21. Variety. 14. 29 May 1995. International box office. $1,505,390; $1=87 Yen.
  22. Variety. 8. 5 June 1995. International box office. $1,527,531; $1=85 Yen.
  23. Variety. 12. 12 June 1995. International box office. $1,695,498; $1=85 Yen.
  24. Variety. 12. 19 June 1995. International box office. $1,393,025; $1=84 Yen.
  25. Variety. 11. 26 June 1995. International box office. $1,340,014; $1=85 Yen.
  26. Variety. 20. 10 July 1995. International Box Office. Weekly gross to 30 June $1,315,886; Total gross to 30 June $2,801,994; $1=85 Yen.
  27. Variety. 16. 17 July 1995. International Box Office. $8,110,182; $1=87 Yen.
  28. Variety. 12. 10 July 1995. O'seas B.O. bows to big U.S. pix. Groves. Don.
  29. Variety. 10. 24 July 1995. International Box Office. $5,703,097; $1=88 Yen.
  30. Variety. 12. 31 July 1995. International Box Office. $4,997,524; $1=87 Yen.
  31. Variety. 10. 7 August 1995. International Box Office. $4,464,464; $1=88 Yen.
  32. Variety. 10. 14 August 1995. International Box Office. $3,863,591; $1=91 Yen.
  33. Variety. 8. 21 August 1995. International Box Office. $3,415,471; $1=94 Yen.
  34. Variety. 14. 28 August 1995. International Box Office. $4,014,802; $1=97 Yen.
  35. Variety. 15. 4 September 1995. International Box Office. $2,572,590; $1=97 Yen.
  36. Variety. 10. 11 September 1995. International Box Office. $2,269,979; $1=97 Yen.
  37. Variety. 10. 18 September 1995. International Box Office. $1,507,960; $1=100 Yen.
  38. Variety. 16. 25 September 1995. International Box Office. $1,314,693; $1=104 Yen.
  39. Variety. 32. 2 October 1995. International Box Office. $2,136,906; $1=101 Yen.
  40. Variety. 10. 9 October 1995. International Box Office. $2,020,259; $1=100 Yen.
  41. Variety. 18. 16 October 1995. International Box Office. $1,721,613; $1=100 Yen.
  42. Variety. 14. 23 October 1995. International Box Office. $2,086,465; $1=101 Yen.
  43. Variety. 20. 30 October 1995. International Box Office. $1,613,544; $1=100 Yen.
  44. Variety. 10. 6 November 1995. International Box Office. $1,435,501; $1=100 Yen.
  45. Variety. 16. 13 November 1995. International Box Office. $1,407,653; $1=100 Yen.
  46. Variety. 10. 20 November 1995. International Box Office. Week to 13 November $1,149,239; Total to 13 November $15,088,036; $1=100 Yen.
  47. Variety. 8. 4 December 1995. International Box Office. Week to 27 November $847,253; Total to 27 November $16,730,534; $1=100 Yen.
  48. Variety. 8. 4 December 1995. International Box Office. $950,821; $1=100 Yen.
  49. Variety. 22. 11 December 1995. International Box Office. $1,118,409; $1=101 Yen.
  50. Variety. 14. 18 December 1995. International Box Office. $935,177; $1=101 Yen.
  51. Variety. 16. 1 January 1996. International Box Office. Week ended 25 December $1,903,829; Total to 25 December $3,392,072; $1=101 Yen.
  52. Screen International. Top 10 Films 1995. 19. 5 April 1996.
  53. Web site: Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1995-nen. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. ja. August 18, 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726023615/http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1995.html. July 26, 2011.