Box Office Totals for the Dragon Ball/Z Movies

[Bullza]

I was looking at the Movies Guide on here earlier and noticed they had Box Office figures for the first three Dragon Ball movies and the first five Dragon Ball Z movies and that was all. I was wondering where they got this source from but then I found it.

http://www.eiren.org

Curse of the Blood Rubies - ¥1.25 billion ($7.8 million)
Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle - ¥1.33 billion ($8.9 million)
Mystical Adventure - ¥1.02 billion ($7.7 million)
Dead Zone - ¥1.25 billion ($8.9 million)
The Worlds Strongest - ¥1.57 billion ($10.2 million)
Tree of Might - ¥1.25 billion ($8.4 million)
Lord Slug - ¥2.05 billion ($14.9 million)
Cooler's Revenge - ¥2.2 billion ($16.2 million)
The Return of Cooler - ¥2.48 billion ($19.2 million)
Super Android 13 - ¥2.35 billion ($18.9 million)
The Legendary Super Saiyan - ¥2.12 billion ($20.4 million)
Bojack Unbound - ¥2.05 billion ($18.7 million)
Broly Second Coming - ¥2.24 billion ($22.2 million)
Bio Broly - ¥1.75 billion ($18.0 million)
Fusion Reborn - ¥1.98 billion ($22.7 million)
Wrath of the Dragon - ¥1.1 billion ($12.2 million)
Path to Power - Unknown
Battle of Gods - ¥3 billion ($31.1 million)
Resurrection F - ¥3.74 billion ($31.1 million)

Grand Total - ¥34.7 billion ($297.5 million) (Not including the one unlisted movie)

[sangofe]

Can't believe The Return of Cooler sold so well!

[Bullza]

I went and looked at the exchange at the time these movies were released and put an estimated gross in dollars next to each movie.

Can't believe The Return of Cooler sold so well!

I was surprised that the first Broly movie wasn't the most successful of them all (except for Battle of Gods) due to how popular he's supposed to be but I guess you can see that in how the second Broly movie sorta rebounded.

Also suprised that Wrath of the Dragon didn't do so well either as that was one of the better movies.

[Lord Beerus]

How the hell did Bio Broly make that much money?

[Low Tone G]

Can't believe The Return of Cooler sold so well!

I'm more amazed that Super Android 13 is the second after that...

[Bullza]

I was looking to see why Lord Slug was so much more successful than the one's before it as it wasn't exactly a great movie but at the time in the manga Goku was fighting Frieza (Piccolo vs Frieza in the anime) and I guess understandly it was one of the most popular moments from the series and so more people went to see the movies after that.

Also worth nothing is that when you include the $20 million Battle of Gods made outside of Japan and whatever Fusion Reborn and Path to Power made then the movies as a whole would have surpassed a gross of $200 million which isn't too shabby.

[Kakacarrottop]

How the hell did Bio Broly make that much money?

Because it had the words "Dragon Ball" attached to it. Also it made less money than the films before and after it, so it sort of counts as a flop financially.

[Super Sayian Prime]

Does that account for currency fluctuation?

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

I think these numbers might've also be dependent on what movies they were paired with when they were screened in theatres, although from what I've read in some of Kei17's posts, they were screened individually as well.

On a side note, I think these numbers might've also been featured in the 'Dragon Book' that came with the movies Dragon Box, but I'm not entirely sure. I know I first saw them on the Japanese Wikipedia.

[Hellspawn28]

If you want to count Evolution then Evolution made $2,578,896 in Japan and $57,497,699 worldwide.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?pa ... onball.htm

Evolution barely made back it's money thanks to China. The movie is still a box office failure. Dragon Ball Evolution would need to almost triple of its estimated budget to be a hit for Fox.

[FortuneSSJ]

I would be a happy fan if FnF reached a new mark.
Still impressed how much One Piece Z did. That's a feat.

[Hellspawn28]

I hope RoF can gross over 30 million. Maybe make 35 million in Japan.

[Lord Beerus]

I would be a happy fan if FnF reached a new mark.
Still impressed how much One Piece Z did. That's a feat.

I wasn't surprised that One Piece Film Z made over $70,000,000 in Japan. One Piece is a monster franchise in Japan. It just so sad it hasn't, and most likely will never, catch on to the mass Western Audience. They're still hung over on DB/Z, Naruto and Pokemon.

[Lord Beerus]

I hope RoF can gross over 30 million. Maybe make 35 million in Japan.

I'm certain RoF can make more money than BOG. Toriyama is penning the script, the most iconic villain in the franchise is making a comeback and they haven't spoiled the plot yet so it only adds more intrigue, mystique and anxiety about the film.

[Bullza]

Does that account for currency fluctuation?

Yes the gross in Yen is simply what it made at the time and the gross in dollars is what that converted to at that time as an estimate.

On a side note, I think these numbers might've also been featured in the 'Dragon Book' that came with the movies Dragon Box, but I'm not entirely sure.

They must be available somewhdfd else because this site had the gross for the first few movies and Eiren didn't (that I could see) so someone here probably knows what Wrath of the Dragon and Path to Power made as well.

I hope RoF can gross over 30 million. Maybe make 35 million in Japan.

Well the advantage that Battle of Gods has over Revival of F is that when that made ¥3 billion it converted to about $30 million but as it stands now ¥3 billion only converts to about $25 million so it'll lose out in terms of dollars. It'd need to make ¥4.2 billion to hit $35 million.

This time though it does have 3D and Imax 3D so it can benefit from the higher ticket prices (a 3D ticket costs 50% more).

The overseas gross is where it could really improve and what might push it above Battle of Gods.

[FortuneSSJ]

I wasn't surprised that One Piece Film Z made over $70,000,000 in Japan. One Piece is a monster franchise in Japan. It just so sad it hasn't, and most likely will never, catch on to the mass Western Audience. They're still hung over on DB/Z, Naruto and Pokemon.

I don't mind that. Since I like Dragon Ball and Naruto much more than OP.
But OPZ seems to be a gem (both plotwise and technical side). It will be hard for Oda/Toei make a better one.

[Retan]

One piece will truly never catch on here, because unless it based on a ride that's been around forever, and has a Captain Jack Sparrow in it, no one here give two pennies about Pirates, let alone Pirate World, time for Funi to cut ties with that crap, and it's god awful character designs.

[Javaki]

So, according to Google Trends, One Piece (Red) is - obviously - more popular than Dragon Ball (blue) and Naruto (yellow) in Japan, but Dragon Ball also reached its peek pretty recently - in June 2014 - and is now more popular than it was two months before the premiere of Battle of Gods.



It looks like (in Japan) more people are interested in Dragon Ball these days compared to two years ago, so I guess it's definitely possible for Fukkatsu no "F" to gross more than Battle of Gods (at least in Japan)

[Bullza]

What reason would it have for peaking in June? Kai restarted in April and the movie was announced in July but June?

[Javaki]

Maybe the Xenoverse announcement?