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My Hero Academia: You're Next! Box Office Numbers & Anime Movie Comparison

My Hero Academia: You're Next Smashes box office Records!

My Hero Academia: You're Next: North American Box Office Numbers Revealed – A Huge Success!

My Hero Academia: You're Next is already a massive worldwide hit, breaking box office records in Japan and beyond! Released in Japan on August 2, 2024, and in the U.S. on October 11, 2024, it's already raked in $23,615,369 internationally and a whopping $26,622,789 worldwide. In the US, it even reached #8 at the box office, showing significant impact. This shows just how powerful this film and its fanbase truly are! The sheer scale of those numbers highlight why many people are discussing this movie! In the USA alone, the opening weekend grossed over $3,007,420;  demonstrating enormous impact and excitement already, showcasing this extremely impressive amount and how those huge fanbases contribute!

This new installment, created by Studio Bones based on Kohei Horikoshi's manga, has blown past previous My Hero Academia movie records. It opened bigger in Japan than prior films in the series; earning the equivalent of $6.28 million – just on the first weekend, demonstrating its intense popularity and immense demand among movie-goers everywhere.

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How My Hero Academia: You're Next Compares to Other Anime Blockbusters

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anime movies are blowing up these days! Huge hits like Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, One Piece Film: Red, and Demon Slayer: Mugen Train show this, capturing millions of audience members across multiple regions and exceeding previous expectations in incredible ways! Each one, with drastically varying plots, show something very, very valuable about modern animation;  and My Hero Academia: You're Next is right in the thick of things!

Here’s how its opening numbers compare with some seriously big hits:

Film Title Opening (Domestic) Opening (Japan) Worldwide Gross
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero $21,126,919 $4,983,931 $86,562,140
BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- $1,043,969 $2,992,994 $14,293,548
One Piece Film: Red $9,340,245 $16,696,815 $171,315,305
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train $21,234,994 $31,825,358 $473,230,408
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 $18,009,921 $14,179,710 $166,760,828
Spy × Family Code: White $4,824,993 $8,590,000 $59,629,242
The Boy and the Heron $13,011,722 $25,541,614 $173,373,294
My Hero Academia: You're Next $3,007,420 $11,235,409 $26,622,789

My Hero Academia: You're Next already beat BLUE LOCK's opening weekend and came close to matching Spy × Family's numbers.  That's pretty amazing! It may not have the monster opening of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero ($21 million domestically), but that’s OK; and it might still catch up – plenty of time remaining!

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Why My Hero Academia: You're Next Might Be Slightly Behind

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My Hero Academia: You're Next had a stronger opening in Japan than the U.S.  Franchises like Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragon Ball, and One Piece already have massive U.S. fanbases– explaining those bigger opening numbers.  However,  My Hero Academia's opening weekend more than doubled My Hero Academia: Two Heroes and the Japanese numbers show the series remains incredibly popular in that region!

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Conclusion: A Promising Start for a Blockbuster Anime Movie

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Despite a smaller initial showing compared to others, this most recent My Hero Academia movie made enormous impact and generated enormous excitement for fans! The sheer number of views and tickets bought within that specific time period demonstrates enormous fanbase contributions and the value this title truly represents, demonstrating why My Hero Academia: You're Next is a strong contender.   It still has a long way to go. Yet this start’s already amazing, promising major earnings and potentially, an even greater future that could possibly impact multiple different regions around the world and the potential to greatly exceed earlier box office results for similar, comparably-budgeted movies, becoming another benchmark for high-quality animated motion pictures. Fans everywhere are going to enjoy seeing the adventures unfold!

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