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#3,449 All-time worldwide
#109 2006 releases

Movie profile

Japan Sinks

2006 · 135 min · Dentsu

Drama Thriller Adventure Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $47.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$23.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Japan Sinks ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #3,449 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #109 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #2 Dentsu of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Dentsu movie set. Primary genre #1,239 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Japan Sinks (2006) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Japan Sinks (2006) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $47.6M. In this database it currently ranks #3,449 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #109 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$47,636,016
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 15, 2006
Production
dentsu, J-dream, MBS
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyDentsu Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller Genre chartAdventure Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Japan Sinks is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Adventure title from dentsu. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #3,449 all-time in the current chart set and #109 among 2006 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.