Industries / Japanese Cinema / 2025
Japanese Cinema hits and flops, 2025
Every Japanese Cinema film released in 2025 with a cost and a gross on record, graded on gross against cost six weeks after release. Blockbuster is three times its cost and up, hit is one and a half, average is one, and anything under one is a flop. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc2025-09-19 | $4M | $191M | 46.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle2025-07-18 | $20M | $794M | 39.7× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Exit 82025-08-03 | $1M | $44M | 31.4× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Kokuho2025-06-06 | $8M | $134M | 16.8× | Blockbuster |
How a verdict is reached
- Blockbuster
- Gross of at least 3× cost and up what the film cost to make.
- Hit
- Gross of at least 1.5× what the film cost to make.
- Average
- Gross of at least 1× what the film cost to make.
- Flop
- Anything that did not return its cost. under 1×.
Budget and gross as reported on TMDB A film is graded 42 days after release, so a run still in cinemas is not called early, and a film with no budget on record cannot be graded at all.