The hype continues as the Dragon Ball Super movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly continues to dominate the U.S. box office. As of this time, it the movie is now ranked at #3 for all-time high-grossing anime film.
In a report by Box Office Mojo on Sunday, it revealed that the film had earned US$3,600,000 in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday alone. It has over-all earned an estimate of US$28,958,823 for both US and Canada. The website also stated the movie has sold over 3,207,000 tickets so far now surpassed other high-grossing animated films in the rankings like Pokemon – The First Move and Pokemoon 2000 – The Movie.
For the said weekend, Dragon Ball Super: Broly is ranked at #10 in the U.S. Box Office.
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: Box Office Mojo