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Top 57 Thrillers in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 57 largest thrillers in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Tattoo (2002 film), Savages (2012 film) and Inception lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.1M people. Across all 57 entries the average audience size is 69k, and the largest, Tattoo (2002 film), reaches around 524k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each thriller, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 57, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Tattoo (2002 film) 524k 29.2 64.9% Thriller
2 Savages (2012 film) 334k 33.1 55.1% Thriller
3 Inception 279k 26.2 65.5% Thriller
4 Fight Club 271k 33.1 56.6% Thriller
5 WarGames 227k 35.2 37.2% Thriller
6 Lucy (2014 film) 211k 32.7 43.1% Thriller
7 Drones (film) 197k 31.8 42.1% Thriller
8 Saving Private Ryan 146k 30.8 55.5% Thriller
9 Scarface (1983 film) 137k 25.5 72.6% Thriller
10 Inglourious Basterds 127k 36.9 40.9% Thriller
11 Nerve (2016 film) 123k 39.2 69.8% Thriller
12 Armageddon (1998 film) 122k 43.0 57.3% Thriller
13 no country for old men 111k 35.5 59.9% Thriller
14 Argo (2012 film) 80k Thriller
15 The Village (2004 film) 58k 29.4 67.0% Thriller
16 I Am Legend (film) 58k 44.7 47.3% Thriller
17 Dream House 57k 33.6 36.4% Thriller
18 The Silence of the Lambs (film) 57k 45.9 42.3% Thriller
19 The Cell 50k 34.4 72.9% Thriller
20 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) 46k 23.4 71.7% Thriller
21 Easy Money 44k 31.9 57.3% Thriller
22 U-turn 43k 39.6 43.5% Thriller
23 Platoon (film) 42k 41.3 44.9% Thriller
24 Phone Booth (film) 42k 26.1 25.8% Thriller
25 Law Abiding Citizen 34k 32.9 61.3% Thriller

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 57 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each thriller by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest thriller in Japan?

Tattoo (2002 film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 524k people in Japan.

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