| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Red Cliff | - | - | - | $37,768,622 | 548 | $52,418,016 | Nov 1 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 2 | Suspect X | - | - | - | $13,851,409 | 410 | $52,323,944 | Oct 4 | Toho | false |
| 3 | I'm a Cat Stalker | - | - | - | $8,840,829 | 330 | $25,221,446 | Nov 22 | Toho | false |
| 4 | Happy Flight | - | - | - | $8,641,189 | 309 | $13,809,609 | Nov 15 | Toho | false |
| 5 | The Handsome Suit | - | - | - | $7,708,257 | 234 | $8,839,532 | Nov 1 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 6 | Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!: Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday! | - | - | - | $6,254,967 | 151 | $7,917,458 | Nov 8 | Toei Company | false |
| 7 | Where the Legend Lives | - | - | - | $4,888,415 | 326 | $8,519,868 | Nov 1 | Toei Company | false |
| 8 | P.S. I Love You | - | - | - | $4,657,790 | 280 | $10,479,945 | Oct 18 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 9 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | - | - | - | $4,557,719 | 106 | $8,494,537 | Oct 25 | Gaga | false |
| 10 | Eagle Eye | - | - | - | $4,383,332 | 311 | $13,291,825 | Oct 18 | Herald Film Company | false |
| 11 | The Homeless Student | - | - | - | $4,197,489 | 309 | $6,454,933 | Oct 25 | Toho | false |
| 12 | Ichi | - | - | - | $2,365,475 | 253 | $4,382,279 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Free and Easy 19 | - | - | - | $1,871,750 | 179 | $3,413,323 | Oct 25 | Shochiku | false |
| 14 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | - | - | - | $1,679,889 | 254 | $2,967,507 | Nov 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | Tropic Thunder | - | - | - | $1,570,413 | 163 | $2,531,473 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 16 | Blindness | - | - | - | $1,547,813 | 140 | $2,942,217 | Nov 22 | Gaga | false |
| 17 | Departures | - | - | - | $1,415,105 | 221 | $61,010,217 | Sep 13 | Shochiku | false |
| 18 | Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown | - | - | - | $1,099,289 | 156 | $7,119,993 | Oct 4 | Toei Company | false |
| 19 | The Other Boleyn Girl | - | - | - | $1,038,423 | 148 | $3,631,190 | Oct 25 | Broadmedia Studios | false |
| 20 | Ponyo | - | - | - | $867,595 | 481 | $164,565,997 | Jul 19 | Toho | false |
| 21 | Death Race | - | - | - | $714,608 | 226 | $2,431,258 | Nov 29 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 22 | Saw V | - | - | - | $658,058 | 123 | $2,935,385 | Nov 28 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 23 | 1408 | - | - | - | $439,706 | 136 | $1,753,618 | Nov 22 | Movie-Eye Entertainment | false |
| 24 | Paco and the Magical Book | - | - | - | $353,137 | 292 | $22,650,527 | Sep 13 | Toho | false |
| 25 | Dragon Wars: D-War | - | - | - | $219,903 | 100 | $846,784 | Nov 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Leatherheads | - | - | - | $199,568 | 22 | $370,998 | Nov 8 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 27 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | - | - | - | $141,988 | 4 | $390,034 | Oct 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Iron Man | - | - | - | $125,649 | 404 | $8,658,784 | Sep 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | - | - | - | $91,076 | 6 | $151,887 | Nov 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 30 | Boy A | - | - | - | $10,850 | 1 | $47,274 | Nov 15 | Cine Quanon | false |
| 31 | Zombie Strippers! | - | - | - | $7,191 | 7 | $68,878 | Oct 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Pistol Whipped | - | - | - | $6,755 | 4 | $89,518 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
