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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
26 Zero Dark Thirty 33k 45.5 30.1% Thriller
27 10 Cloverfield Lane 31k 48.9 75.2% Thriller
28 Seven (1995 film) 31k 31.2 44.4% Thriller
29 The Town (2010 film) 28k 42.0 49.1% Thriller
30 American Sniper 27k 28.6 44.3% Thriller
31 The Guest (film) 27k 26.3 84.4% Thriller
32 The Skin I Live In 25k 28.8 76.8% Thriller
33 No Good Deed 25k 33.9 79.5% Thriller
34 The Talented Mr. Ripley 24k 37.2 40.1% Thriller
35 perfect getaway 24k 42.1 37.2% Thriller
36 Death Proof 24k 39.6 56.2% Thriller
37 American Gangster (film) 22k 25.7 68.9% Thriller
38 The Happening (2008 film) 22k 40.9 50.9% Thriller
39 Safe House (2012 film) 21k 33.8 67.8% Thriller
40 15 Minutes 20k 43.2 3.3% Thriller
41 Antitrust (film) 19k 25.4 55.3% Thriller
42 The Hurt Locker 19k 43.6 35.8% Thriller
43 Ocean's 12 17k 39.6 71.5% Thriller
44 North by Northwest 15k 38.7 67.8% Thriller
45 Death Race (film) 15k 34.1 48.9% Thriller
46 Eastern Promises 11k 37.2 41.2% Thriller
47 The Lincoln Lawyer (film) 11k 29.4 65.3% Thriller
48 The French Connection (film) 10k 35.1 41.9% Thriller
49 Sleeping with the Enemy 9.8k 44.3 84.9% Thriller
50 Good Shepherd 7.2k 48.1 73.6% 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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