The Frozen tracker:
By total admissions:
- 01 :: 23.50 million - Spirited Away (2001)
02 :: 19.50 million - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
03 :: 16.83 million - Titanic (1997)
04 :: 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
05 :: 15.59 million - Frozen (2014) [73 days in release]
06 :: 15.50 million - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
07 :: 14.20 million - Princess Mononoke (1997)
08 :: 14.00 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
09 :: 13.00 million - Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1958)
10 :: 12.87 million - Ponyo (2008)
In recent weekends, the other Top 10 movies aren't even close - Frozen is sustaining Japan's movie theaters:
And neither this weekend too it seems:
Weekend Estimates [05/31-06/01]
- 01 (01) ¥812 million ($8.0 million), +16%, ¥21.30 billion ($208.7 million), Frozen (Disney) Week 12
02 (--) ¥318 million ($3.1 million), 0, ¥390 million ($3.8 million), X-Men: Days of Future Past (Fox) DEBUT
03 (--) ¥199 million ($1.9 million), 0, ¥235 million ($2.3 million), Monsterz (Warner Bros.) DEBUT
04 (--) ¥187 million ($1.8 million), 0, All-Around Appraiser Q: Mona Lisa's Eye (Toho) DEBUT
05 (02) ¥155 million ($1.5 million), -14%, ¥505 million ($5.0 million), A Bolt from the Blue (Toho) Week 2
06 (03) ¥135 million ($1.3 million), -09%, ¥4.10 billion ($40.2 million), Thermae Romae II (Toho) Week 6
07 (04) ¥73 million ($720,000), -28%, ¥2.97 billion ($29.1 million), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony) Week 6
08 (06) ¥51 million ($500,000), -37%, ¥525 million ($5.1 million), Ushijima the Loan Shark 2 (Toho) Week 3
09 (05) ¥50 million ($490,000), -41%, ¥3.92 billion ($38.4 million), Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (Toho) Week 7
10 (08) ¥46 million ($450,000), -17%, ¥1.68 billion ($16.4 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes (Toho) Week 7
11 (07) ¥43 million ($420,000), -34%, ¥390 million ($3.8 million), Mobile Suit Gundam UC: Episode 7 - Over the Rainbow (Shochiku) Week 3
Anyways, the next Disney film --"Big Hero 6 gives Japan its first Disney hero"-- has been titled Bay Max in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvgyXKDXdZY
Yes, the protagonist is ethnic Japanese, for all ya whitewashers.
Last but not least, something for happy times, here's Japan's viral video Harajuku-themed music video set to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” song: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvUxM0ywrc
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