This strong result, billed as the best global launch for a Japanese anime, contrasted with the films’ tepid results in August.
strong start
Analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research said, “This is another great breakthrough for anime from Crunchyroll, which is 95% owned by the Sony group and is now dominating the genre.”
In second place came the movie “Best”, produced by “Universal” and directed by Icelandic Baltasar Kormacor, with 11.6 million dollars in its first days of release. The film tells the story of a man whose wife recently died (played by Idris Elba), and his daughters are attacked by a lion during a safari trip.
Sony’s action thriller “Bullet Train”, which topped the box office in the past two weeks, slipped to third place with $8 million. Brad Pitt plays a hitman on a seemingly crowded train like him.
In fourth place, the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”, which is still achieving high numbers, took 5.9 million dollars in its thirteenth week. The movie, starring Tom Cruise, grossed $683 million domestically and $703 million overseas.
In fifth place, down three places from last week, was the animated movie “DC League of Super Pets,” produced by Warner Brothers, with revenues of $5.8 million.
August is usually slow in terms of box office revenues, “but in the absence of large releases during the past two weeks, there was a greater than usual decline in the demand for halls, as the percentage was regarding 40% less compared to August 2019” “, according to Gross, who expected the situation to remain so “until October”.
Here are the remaining films in this week’s ranking
6- “Thor: Love and Thunder” with $4 million.
7- “Noob” with 3.6 million dollars.
8. “Minnie’s: The Rise of Grow,” $3.5 million.
9. Where the Crowd’s Singh is, $3.2 million.
10. “Buddy’s Buddy’s Buddy,” $2.4 million.
