| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | April Bride | - | - | - | $22,501,030 | 310 | $31,679,102 | May 9 | Toho | false |
| 2 | Angels & Demons | - | - | - | $21,398,704 | 723 | $34,229,580 | May 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Red Cliff II | - | - | - | $19,524,515 | 729 | $56,374,881 | Apr 10 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 4 | Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | - | - | - | $18,283,009 | 341 | $35,701,081 | Apr 18 | Toho | false |
| 5 | Goemon | - | - | - | $12,840,864 | 313 | $14,374,689 | May 1 | Shochiku | false |
| 6 | Rookies the Movie: Graduation | - | - | - | $12,703,775 | 428 | $87,999,688 | May 30 | Toho | false |
| 7 | Crows Zero II | - | - | - | $8,835,671 | 314 | $29,865,854 | Apr 11 | Toho | false |
| 8 | Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship | - | - | - | $7,062,015 | 170 | $7,510,661 | May 1 | Toei Company | false |
| 9 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $6,555,852 | 273 | $10,187,296 | Apr 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $6,019,941 | 120 | $11,259,272 | Apr 18 | Gaga | false |
| 11 | Eiga Kureyon Shinchan: Otakebe! Kasukabe yasei-oukoku 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,410,745 | 323 | $10,097,019 | Apr 18 | Toho | false |
| 12 | Dear My Love | - | - | - | $4,765,714 | 190 | $7,816,156 | May 16 | Toho | false |
| 13 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $3,171,421 | 297 | $6,159,523 | Apr 24 | Gaga | false |
| 14 | Oppai Volleyball | - | - | - | $2,199,722 | 252 | $5,044,796 | Apr 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Baby, Baby, Baby! | - | - | - | $1,861,153 | 227 | $2,892,641 | May 23 | Toei Company | false |
| 16 | A Pierrot | - | - | - | $1,778,010 | 173 | $3,548,304 | Apr 25 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 17 | State of Play | - | - | - | $1,777,439 | 278 | $1,977,334 | May 22 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 18 | Drop | - | - | - | $1,714,173 | 167 | $19,611,028 | Mar 20 | Herald Film Company | false |
| 19 | Star Trek | - | - | - | $1,541,319 | 275 | $6,020,440 | May 29 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 20 | Battle League Horumo | - | - | - | $911,432 | 152 | $2,730,680 | Apr 18 | Shochiku | false |
| 21 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | - | - | - | $574,269 | 232 | $2,987,082 | May 30 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 22 | Rain Fall | - | - | - | $545,371 | 280 | $1,348,221 | Apr 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | 17 Again | - | - | - | $534,266 | 129 | $534,266 | May 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Blood: The Last Vampire | - | - | - | $347,960 | 240 | $473,992 | May 29 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 25 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | - | - | - | $277,167 | 106 | $362,899 | May 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Warlords | - | - | - | $190,598 | 55 | $270,278 | May 8 | - | false |
| 27 | Yatterman | - | - | - | $189,968 | 312 | $30,365,792 | Mar 7 | Shochiku | false |
| 28 | Bangkok Dangerous | - | - | - | $182,252 | 65 | $182,252 | May 9 | - | false |
| 29 | Rachel Getting Married | - | - | - | $155,434 | 7 | $361,991 | Apr 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Duplicity | - | - | - | $153,697 | 70 | $241,574 | May 1 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 31 | Dumbeast | - | - | - | $132,357 | 39 | $132,357 | May 16 | Gaga | false |
| 32 | The Pink Panther 2 | - | - | - | $26,386 | 29 | $171,566 | Apr 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Punisher: War Zone | - | - | - | $16,280 | 7 | $70,473 | Apr 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | - | - | - | $7,733 | 50 | $325,807 | Mar 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | The International | - | - | - | $3,756 | 280 | $2,283,016 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | - | - | - | $859 | 4 | $390,034 | Oct 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
