Just as it looked like the summer movie season was winding down without any well-loved franchises in sight, “Dragon Ball” has come to town.“Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” 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 20 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 film, which includes a massive footprint in premium format auditoriums like Imax, 4Dx and Dolby Cinemas.The debut marks a notable uptick from the 9.8 million domestic opening scored by 2018’s “Dragon Ball Super: Broly,” the preceding entry in the saga.
It’s also a comparable figure to the 18 million debut enjoyed by Funimation’s “Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie” in March of this year.
Both comparisons illustrate how anime features have taken on a sizable
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