| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Umizaru 3: The Last Message | - | - | - | $39,469,589 | 467 | $94,786,753 | Sep 18 | Toho | false |
| 2 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $22,643,159 | 590 | $28,297,144 | Oct 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | The Lady Shogun and Her Men | - | - | - | $22,096,826 | 312 | $27,710,666 | Oct 1 | Shochiku | false |
| 4 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | - | - | - | $13,051,618 | 658 | $55,120,606 | Sep 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | From Me to You | - | - | - | $11,200,570 | 285 | $18,027,475 | Sep 25 | Toho | false |
| 6 | 13 Assassins | - | - | - | $10,057,678 | 312 | $16,752,363 | Sep 25 | Toho | false |
| 7 | The Incite Mill | - | - | - | $9,757,423 | 278 | $14,950,926 | Oct 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | The Expendables | - | - | - | $8,132,044 | 280 | $10,833,013 | Oct 16 | Shochiku | false |
| 9 | SP: The Motion Picture I | - | - | - | $6,358,112 | 394 | $39,648,572 | Oct 30 | Toho | false |
| 10 | Sakurada Gate Incident | - | - | - | $5,382,501 | 296 | $7,394,930 | Oct 16 | Toei Company | false |
| 11 | Villain | - | - | - | $4,966,946 | 231 | $22,265,088 | Sep 11 | Toho | false |
| 12 | Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer | - | - | - | $3,013,297 | 88 | $9,244,127 | Sep 18 | Shochiku | false |
| 13 | Despicable Me | - | - | - | $2,833,453 | 236 | $14,196,443 | Oct 29 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 14 | Eat Pray Love | - | - | - | $2,824,174 | 285 | $8,899,304 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | The Lightning Tree | - | - | - | $2,510,219 | 300 | $5,486,106 | Oct 22 | Toho | false |
| 16 | HeartCatch PreCure the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?! | - | - | - | $2,444,060 | 163 | $10,494,473 | Oct 30 | Toei Company | false |
| 17 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | - | - | - | $1,863,155 | 421 | $2,052,597 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Secret World of Arrietty | - | - | - | $1,517,002 | 447 | $110,013,058 | Jul 17 | Toho | false |
| 19 | Beck | - | - | - | $1,399,027 | 316 | $20,138,388 | Sep 4 | Shochiku | false |
| 20 | Saw 3D | - | - | - | $838,155 | 105 | $4,136,240 | Oct 30 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 21 | Heart and Yummie | - | - | - | $829,823 | 162 | $829,823 | Oct 16 | - | false |
| 22 | Avatar | - | - | - | $679,381 | 840 | $170,640,248 | Dec 23 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 23 | Mother Water | - | - | - | $374,432 | 58 | $1,325,794 | Oct 30 | - | false |
| 24 | Garo the Movie: Red Requiem | - | - | - | $307,016 | 50 | $307,016 | Oct 30 | - | false |
| 25 | Tidal Wave | - | - | - | $236,577 | 210 | $1,291,743 | Sep 25 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 26 | Beauty and the Beast 2010 3D Release | - | - | - | $222,883 | 58 | $222,883 | Oct 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 27 | Dogwood Tree | - | - | - | $216,715 | 310 | $32,891,241 | Aug 21 | Toho | false |
| 28 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $189,774 | 279 | $17,432,585 | Aug 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $187,334 | 9 | $688,784 | Sep 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Senna | - | - | - | $178,373 | 23 | $236,110 | Oct 8 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 31 | Pandorum | - | - | - | $121,608 | 8 | $170,225 | Oct 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Soup Opera | - | - | - | $110,362 | 47 | $110,362 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 33 | Kimi ga odoru natsu | - | - | - | $97,592 | 203 | $2,186,542 | Sep 11 | Toei Company | false |
| 34 | Extraordinary Measures | - | - | - | $14,990 | 19 | $487,739 | Jul 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Salt | - | - | - | $10,942 | 326 | $23,537,447 | Jul 31 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
