One Piece: Stampede Destroys Dragon Ball Super: Broly at the Box Office

One Piece: Stampede Destroys Dragon Ball Super: Broly at the Box Office
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One Piece is celebrating a big anniversary this year, and Toei Animation did not scamp on the festivities. Not only did the anime celebrate which its 20th birthday this year with the debut of the Wano Country arc, but it took things a step further. A brand-new film has hit theaters, and One Piece: Stampede is taking no prisoners at the box office.

For those unaware, One Piece hit up theaters on August 10 in Japan for the opening weekend of its new movie. It was there people  got an idea of how much money One Piece: Stampede would make, and that status did not change the following week. At just two weeks out, One Piece collect nearly $31 million USD in Japan, and people were quick to compare that to Dragon Ball Super.

One Piece has a long way to go if it wants to overtake Dragon Ball's worldwide gross. The film earned a whopping #122.7 million globally thanks to a strong U.S. payout, so people are crossing their fingers that One Piece will ship its latest film overseas soon.

After all, the anticipated Dragon Ball film launch last winter in Japan, and which big numbers for Toei Animation. In Japan, the film's domestic total capped at $34.6 million, but fans can see how One Piece has taken Goku to task. After all, the Straw Hats earned nearly the same amount of Dragon Ball Super's lifetime domestic gross in just two weeks.