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 had a record breaking start, releasing throughout Japan on 300 screens on Dec. 15, 2012.)
One Piece Film Z (*Z*) had a record breaking start, releasing throughout Japan on 300 screens on Dec. 15, 2012. During its opening weekend, the film made a box office revenue of 1.3 billion yen, breaking the previous 2012 opening weekend box office record of 1.1 billion yen set by Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo and claiming the top spot for opening weekend box office revenue for 2012. In only two days time, Z achieved the record at historical speed, as one million people made their way to theaters to watch the film.
The previous film in the series, One Piece Film Strong World (*Strong World*), was released in December of 2009 and was Toei Animation’s all-time best selling work of the series. Advance ticket sales as well as opening day box office revenue totaled more than 553 million yen. In comparison to Strong World, Z sold 650 thousand advance tickets, which is an increase of about 150% over Strong World. As such, there is a very good chance that Z will make more in total box office revenue than its predecessor, which had a final box office earning of 4.8 billion yen. The movie may even get into the same realm as 2012’s biggest box office earner Brave Hearts: Umizaru, which earned a massive box office total of 7.3 billion yen.
One Piece Film Z Official Site:
http://www.onepiece-film.com/
Source:
http://animeanime.jp/article/2012/12/19/12425.html (Japanese)