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My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Tops 2018 Anime Film Box Office Ranking for U.S., Canada

The Box Office Mojo website is listing a ranking of the highest-grossing films of 2018 in the United States and Canada. The following anime and anime-related theatrical releases are on the list:

Overall Rank	Film	Distributor		Box Office Intake	# of Theaters	Opening Date
149	My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	Funimation		$5,754,556	535	September 25
186	Mary and The Witch's Flower	GKIDS		$2,418,404	573	January 18
212	Princess Mononoke (2018 release)	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$1,423,877	754	July 22
257	Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us	Fathom Events		$789,170	999	November 24
270	Mirai	GKIDS		$686,545	780	November 29
273	Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan	Toei Animation/Fathom Events		$658,982	681	September 15
274	Ponyo (2018 release)	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$653,072	757	March 25
286	The Cat Returns (2018 release)	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$563,718	752	April 22
292	Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku / Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn	Toei Animation/Fathom Events		$540,707	691	November 3
294	Fireworks	GKIDS		$525,280	510	July 3
295	Grave of the Fireflies (2018 release)	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$516,962	746	August 12
308	Perfect Blue (2018 release)	GKIDS		$446,062	491	September 7
309	Porco Rosso (2018 release)	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$443,059	755	May 20
313	The Night is Short Walk On, Girl	GKIDS		$406,490	415	August 21
324	Attack on Titan Season 3	Funimation		$377,334	173	July 10
327	Pom Poko (2018 release)	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$372,405	758	June 17
372	Mazinger Z: Infinity	Viz Media/Fathom Events		$220,682	495	February 11
386	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower	Aniplex of America/Fathom Events		$193,833	245	June 5
393	Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms (Subtitled)	Eleven Arts		$185,699	221	July 20
399	Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki	GKIDS/Fathom Events		$180,824	377	December 13
438	Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie (2018 release)	Fathom Events		$121,688	576	March 11
456	Lu over the wall	GKIDS		$109,857	97	May 11
537	Liz and the Blue Bird	Eleven Arts		$59,319	79	November 2
538	Digimon Adventure tri: Loss	Fathom Events		$59,114	410	February 1
550	Digimon Adventure tri.: Coexistence	Fathom Events		$52,339	393	May 10
584	Mind Game (2018 release)	GKIDS		$36,613	7	February 16
652	Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms (Dubbed)	Eleven Arts		$18,539	62	September 21
666	Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1	Eleven Arts		$16,572	101	June 8

(Note: Box Office Mojo does not have a record of every anime-related theatrical release for 2018. For example, while it has two of the Digimon Adventure tri. movies and the first Haikara-San film, it does not have records for Digimon Adventure tri.: Future and Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2, both of which also opened in 2018.)

Sources: Box Office Mojo, Animation Business Journal (Tadashi Sudo)