Ten Toei films and the numbers that made them
Box office, records and the people who made them, sourced line by line
- 1973 仁義なき戦い In writing No. 5 Kinema Junpo all time list, 2009 Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Why Battles Without Honor was shot in Kyoto, not Hiroshima
- 1974 激突！殺人拳 In writing $1.5 million US and Canada rentals The Street Fighter
The Street Fighter and the American birth of Sonny Chiba
- 1975 新幹線大爆破 In writing 440,638 French admissions, 1976 The Bullet Train
The Bullet Train lost money in Japan and won over France
- 1999 鉄道員 In writing ¥2.05 billion Japan distribution rentals, 1999 Poppoya, Railroad Man
Poppoya brought Ken Takakura home to Toei after 19 years
- 2000 バトル・ロワイアル In writing ¥3.11 billion Japan box office Battle Royale
Battle Royale went from Diet debate to game genre
- 2018 孤狼の血 In writing 4 top prizes 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize The Blood of Wolves
Blood of Wolves took Toei’s yakuza film back to Hiroshima
- 2022 ドラゴンボール超 In writing $21.1 million No. 1 US weekend, August 2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
The Dragon Ball film that topped the US weekend box office
- 2022 ONE PIECE FILM RED ¥20.33 billion Japan box office One Piece Film Red
- 2022 THE FIRST SLAM DUNK In writing ¥15.87 billion Japan box office, to January 2024 The First Slam Dunk
The First Slam Dunk opened soft, then played for 39 weeks
- 2023 レジェンド＆バタフライ In writing Top 3 Japan weekend, January 27 to 29, 2023 The Legend & Butterfly
Legend & Butterfly and the weekend Toei held the top three