{"id":51502,"date":"2022-08-21T00:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/box-office-dragon-ball-super-opening-no-1-ahead-of-beast\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:14:44","slug":"box-office-dragon-ball-super-opening-no-1-ahead-of-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/box-office-dragon-ball-super-opening-no-1-ahead-of-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘Dragon Ball Super’ Opening No. 1 Ahead of ‘Beast’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just as it looked like the summer movie season was winding down without any well-loved franchises in sight, \u201cDragon Ball\u201d has come to town.<\/p>\n

\u201cDragon Ball Super: Super Hero\u201d looks to top domestic box office charts for the weekend after scoring $10.7 million on its opening day. The Crunchyroll release is projecting a $21 million opening from 3,007 locations, which marks the widest release ever for the distributor. It’s also the widest release ever for an anime movie, which includes a massive footprint in premium format auditoriums like Imax, 4DX and Dolby Cinemas.<\/p>\n

The debut marks a notable uptick from the $9.8 million domestic opening scored by 2019’s \u201cDragon Ball Super: Broly,\u201d the preceding entry in the saga. It’s also a comparable figure to the $18 million debut enjoyed by Funimation’s \u201cJujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie\u201d in March of this year. Both comparisons illustrate how anime features have taken on a sizeable domestic audience over the past few years, with new releases carrying enough event status to draw fans of their respective properties to theaters.<\/p>\n

\u201cDragon Ball Super: Super Hero\u201d follows two warriors, Piccolo and Gohan, as they face down an attack by a pair of ultimate Androids that call themselves \u201cSuper Heroes\u201d and combat the schemes of the villainous Red Ribbon Army. The film is the 21st \u201cDragon Ball\u201d film overall, but only the second to carry the \u201cSuper\u201d title. It has already grossed about \u00a52.4 billion (or $18 million) since opening in June in Japan.<\/p>\n

in feeling variety <\/em>review, Michael Nordine called the film \u201csolid fan service,\u201d but warned that this should not be viewers’ first entry into the \u201cDragon Ball\u201d universe. \u201cThe likes of Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta are all back, and though they’re compelling characters, much of what they do here has weight because of their individual and shared histories,\u201d Nordine wrote.<\/p>\n

It looks like \u201cBeast\u201d will lag behind for a second place finish. Universal’s thriller earned $4.2 million on Friday from 3,743 locations, projecting a $10.1 million debut. That’s in line with estimates heading into the weekend, thought it’s still a so-so figure for \u201cBeast,\u201d which cost $36 million to produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeast\u201d carries a middling 68% approval rating from critics on review-aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. General moviegoers were about as responsive, with the film landing a \u201cB\u201d grade through research firm Cinema Score. While those figures aren’t too shabby for a lean man-vs.-beast thriller hitting theaters at the tail end of summer, they don’t seem exactly auspicious for the film’s box office prospects moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeast\u201d sees Idris Elba as a doctor who is forced to face off with a very pissed off (and entirely CGI) lion to protect his daughters, played by Iyana Halley and Leah Jeffries. Baltasar Korm\u00e1kur, who helmed other Universal films like \u201c2 Guns\u201d and \u201cContraband,\u201d directs.<\/p>\n

\u201cBullet Train\u201d looks to take bronze in its third weekend of release. Sony’s action movie earned $2.2 million on Friday from 3,781, remaining the widest release in North America. The film is projecting a $7.7 million cume over the three-day frame, marking a 42% decline from its sophomore outing last weekend. The Brad Pitt actioner’s domestic gross should stand at $68.6 million by Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d looks to take fourth, sticking around the domestic box office’s top five in its 13th weekend of release. Paramount and Skydance’s aviation action spectacular is projecting a $5.6 million weekend, marking a slim 21% fall from its prior outing. The Tom Cruise sequel has now earned $679 million in North America, surpassing Disney’s \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d as the sixth-highest grossing release in domestic box office history.<\/p>\n

\u201cDC League of Super-Pets\u201d looks to round out the top five, earning $1.4 million on Friday. The animated release should expand its domestic gross to $66.6 million through Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n