The biggest local release in the island nation was the animated feature Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter, which earned $63 million.
While 2017 couldn’t quite match that feat, there were still some notable successes at the Japanese box office last year.
The $2.1 billion Japanese box office in 2017 comes from 175 million admissions, according to figures released by the Motion Pictures Producers Association of Japan, as reported by Variety.
On the live-action side of things, the most successful local film was the anime adaptation, Gintama that earned $35 million.