Forum - View topicNEWS: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Earns US$2.5 Million in N. America
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Hellwarden
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I have no idea if those numbers are good for a limited release like this, but I hope Funi is happy with those numbers.
I imagine putting this together wasn't easy, and there were a few technical snafus, but still it was a nice thing to do. |
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GATSU
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It's probably the best a spin-off of a hit anime franchise has gotten, since Pokemon, Digimon, and YuGiOh.
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Angel'sArcanum
 Posts: 303 Location: Toronto, Ontario |
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Wow, I had no idea Arrietty [sp] was that popular. Still, I guess those numbers are good considering the others are part of huge kids franchises or Ghibli (granted, DBZ has accumulated a massive fanbase over the years). Personally I don't really want to see Battle of Gods because reading the plot summary made me want to vomit. :/ I don't need anymore new DBZ content besides the games frankly.
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Kadmos1
 Posts: 13581 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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If it could go past $20 million, then it would be #3 in theatrically released anime of all time in North America. I think that it would been more likely if the movie came out when DBZ had its biggest heyday here (something like between '99-'03).
Still, congrats to Funi for getting that many theaters to be able to screen it. |
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Ali07
 Posts: 3333 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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Hopefully, these are the kinds of numbers that Funi was hoping for when they set out to do a cinema release for this movie.
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mdo7
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Wow, very good for DBZ and congrats Funimation for this film to make it this far.
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Lain'sHairline
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Best scene, Bills beating SS3 Goku with one swift chop like a scrub. Priceless.
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hojo 360
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That's not bad at all i mean the other anime films all had weeks and this film only had one showing each of the days so 2.5 mill id call that a big hit for what this was
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Hiroki not Takuya
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Hate to break it, but BoxOfficeMojo has this US release as coming in behind the money earned from either Mexico or Argentina showings, even Peru had $1.8M, hotbed of anime fandom that they are. While I despise DBZ, I think the fan showing for this was rather sad or else the marketing failed.
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Shadowrun20XX
 Posts: 1935 Location: Vegas |
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DBZ was shown for a few days and didn't have near the showings that a regular movie had. That number would be bigger if it had more time.
The movie itself is mere fanservice. 2.5 mil is plenty for less than a week. |
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KH91
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That list reminded me of when I went to watch Pokemon, Digimon, and Yugioh in the movie theater. Good times.
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GATSU
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Hiroki: If it didn't do better, I guess you could always blame it being pirated, and it taking over a year to get any release here.
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TopGunman
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I pity the fools who gave their hard-earned money to TMNT instead of this movie.
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Hiroki not Takuya
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Shadowrun20XX sez:
DBZ was shown for a few days and didn't have near the showings that a regular movie had. That number would be bigger if it had more time. Good point, but Mexico still had us beat as the opening 4 days saw $2.77M and an average of $3300/theater versus the US run of 8 days for $2.55M and a peak of $1600/theater. Argentina had about 1/2 the US turnout at $1.3M in 4 days. It turns out that Mexico has what looks like a substantial anime fandom, many anime cons. Check out Kigurumex if interested. Who knew (I didn't!)? |
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Kikaioh
 Posts: 1205 Location: Antarctica |
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@Hiroki: Watching anime movies isn't an international competition, unless you're trying to construct an illusory, nationalistic victory.
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