Overview
- Global box office sits near $670.2 million before the China rollout, according to recent tallies.
- China pre-sales opened strongly, with reports citing about $3.6 million booked for Nov. 13–16 and an early ¥20 million logged within five hours.
- Analysts and trackers are projecting a very large China launch, including estimates of a $200 million opening weekend and a possible $400 million overall run, pending official receipts.
- Early indicators suggest record momentum in China, including the biggest first-day pre-sales for a non-Chinese animation and a start outpacing F9’s day-one advance bookings.
- Crossing $1 billion would mark the first time an anime feature has reached that global box-office threshold.