The animated movie Dragon Ball Super: Super Herothe 21st feature film in the Japanese saga, took control of the North American box office this weekend for its release, according to estimates on Sunday August 21 from the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations.
The film grossed an estimated $20.1 million between Friday and Sunday, far ahead of the weekend’s other release, Beast. “This is yet another standout release for Crunchyroll”the American distributor of the film 95% controlled by Sony, noted David Gross, an analyst at Franchise Entertainment Research.
With 11.6 million over the weekend, Beastfrom Universal Studios, comes second, a debut “average (…) for an action film with a featured animal“Added David Gross. The animal in question is a huge lion that pursues a widower (Idris Elba) and his daughters during a safari.
Another action movie, Bullet Train, which had been dominating the box office for two weeks, comes third with 8 million over the weekend. Brad Pitt plays one of the seven contract killers who try to kill each other on a high-speed train between Tokyo and Kyoto.
Top Gun: Maverick manages to hold on to fourth place, 13 weeks after its release, with another $5.9 million. The “Top Gun” sequel, still starring Tom Cruise, has already raked in a total of 683 million in North America and 703 million in the rest of the world.
The animated movie Krypto and the Super Animalswith the voices of Muriel Robin and the singer Soprano in French in particular, comes in fifth position with 5.8 million receipts.