It was reported on Sunday by the Box Office Mojo website that the anime film Dragon Ball Super: Broly earned an estimate or US$10,657,442 in around 467 theaters both in the United States and Canada on its opening weekend. The movie is also ranked #3 in the U.S. Box Office.
It has topped the box office at #1 on its opening day earning an estimate of USD $7,000,000. It is also projected that earnings will skyrocket to over US$15 million in six days. The website has also noted that the film is now at #6 for most number of tickets sold (all-time).
Dragon Ball Super: Broly takes place after the Dragon Ball Super anime. The Dragon Ball Super manga will be skipping the story of the film but will have its own novel adaptation slated for release on December 14.
The film opened on December 14 in Japan sold more than 820,000 tickets in just in the first three days of screening. It immediately earned more than 1,050,000,000 yen and immediately topped the Japanese box office charts.
Its first world premiere event happened at Nippon Budokan last November 14 and premiered in Japan on December 14 (in regular and 4DX screenings.) The English dub premiere happened at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on December 13.
Source: Anime News Network