Top 10 Movies at Japanese Box Office for 2009

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| Rank | Title  |  Distributor | Director |   Box Office in Yen |  Box Office in US$ Image|

1 Rookies: Sotsugyō TOHO Yūichirō Hirakawa 8.42 billion yen US$90.5 million

2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner David Yates 8.0 billion yen US$86 million

3 Okuribito (Departures) Shochiku Yojiro Takita 6.44 billion yen US$69.2 million

4 Red Cliff Part II TOHO John Woo 5.55 billion yen US$59.7 million

5 Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Pocket Monster Diamond & Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e) TOHO Kunihiko Yuyama 4.58 billion yen US$49.2 million

6 Michael Jackson's This Is It Sony Kenny Ortega 4.42 billion yen US$47.5 million

7 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (20-Seiki Shōnen Saishū-Shō: Bokura no Hata) TOHO Yukihiko Tsutsumi 4.34 billion yen US$46.7 million

8 (tie) WALL-E Disney Andrew Stanton 4.0 billion yen US$43 million

8 (tie) Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha) Clockworks, Khara Hideaki Anno 4.0 billion yen US$43 million

10 Amalufi: Megami no hōshū TOHO Hiroshi Nishitani 3.58 billion yen US$38.5 million

source: ANN