wraggster
July 17th, 2019, 15:16
Last weekend, remaining showings of Detective Pikachu pushed the film to $436 million at the box office, a new record for video game-based films.
Yahoo News (https://news.yahoo.com/pok-mon-detective-pikachu-becomes-highest-grossing-video-103240549.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=wa) reports that the movie is only showing in five territories at the moment: Norway, New Zealand, Slovenia, Portugual, and Colombia. This last weekend, showings in those five areas brought in nearly $7 million.
The previous record was set by the Warcraft movie, which brought in $433 million (https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/13/box-office-warcraft-is-a-430-million-flop/) and was widely considered a critical flop.
Detective Pikachu was already regarded as one of the best-received video game films by critics, and earned $161 million globally in its opening weekend, (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-13-detective-pikachu-earned-usd161m-worldwide-in-its-opening-weekend) which was also the best US opening weekend for a video game film. A sequel is reportedly in the works. (https://www.newsweek.com/detective-pikachu-2-pokemon-movie-1429217)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-16-detective-pikachu-becomes-the-highest-grossing-video-game-movie
Yahoo News (https://news.yahoo.com/pok-mon-detective-pikachu-becomes-highest-grossing-video-103240549.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=wa) reports that the movie is only showing in five territories at the moment: Norway, New Zealand, Slovenia, Portugual, and Colombia. This last weekend, showings in those five areas brought in nearly $7 million.
The previous record was set by the Warcraft movie, which brought in $433 million (https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/13/box-office-warcraft-is-a-430-million-flop/) and was widely considered a critical flop.
Detective Pikachu was already regarded as one of the best-received video game films by critics, and earned $161 million globally in its opening weekend, (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-13-detective-pikachu-earned-usd161m-worldwide-in-its-opening-weekend) which was also the best US opening weekend for a video game film. A sequel is reportedly in the works. (https://www.newsweek.com/detective-pikachu-2-pokemon-movie-1429217)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-16-detective-pikachu-becomes-the-highest-grossing-video-game-movie