The top ten Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series

10. Naruto

Total Worldwide box office gross: $147,064,005

Number of films: 11

Average of films: $13,369,455

Highest-grossing film: Boruto, Naruto the Movie ($39,500,00)


9. Yo-kai

Total Worldwide box office gross: $159,151,900

Number of films: 4

Average of films: $39,787,975

Highest-grossing film: Yo-kai Watch: The Movie ($69,698,865)


8. Neon Genesis Evangelion

Total Worldwide box office gross: $184,343,170

Number of films: 5

Average of films: $36,868,634

Highest-grossing film: Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo ($66,519,752)


7. Glitter Force

Total Worldwide box office gross: $199,966,807

Number of films: 24

Average of films: $8,331,950

Highest-grossing film: Pretty Cure All Stars: Friends of the Future ($12,099,273)


6. Crayon Shin-Chan

Total Worldwide box office gross: $340,744,810

Number of films: 25

Average of films: $13,629,792

Highest-grossing film: Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! ($19,100,000)


5. One Piece

Total Worldwide box office gross: $432,607,375

Number of films: 13

Average of films: $33,277,490

Highest-grossing film: One Piece: Film Z ($88,736,587)


4. Dragon Ball

Total Worldwide box office gross: $735,817,583

Number of films: 20

Average of films: $36,790,879

Highest-grossing film: Dragon Ball Super: Broly ($101,963,596)


3. Case Closed

Total Worldwide box office gross: $842,825,010

Number of films: 23

Average of films: $36,644,566

Highest-grossing film: Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer ($108,105,223)


2. Pokemon

Total Worldwide box office gross: $1,050,235,271

Number of films: 21

Average of films: $50,011,203

Highest-grossing film: The First Movie ($163,644,662)


1. Doraemon

Total Worldwide box office gross: $1,218,955,319

Number of films: 39

Average of films: $31,255,265

Highest-grossing film: Stand by Me Doraemon ($183,442,714)


Source: Wikipedia

9 responses to “The top ten Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series”

  1. That’s interesting. Part of me kinda expected Pokemon to be the highest grossing.

    1. I figure that too. Doraemon is probably more popular in Japan.

  2. In all my casual knowledge of anime, I have never remotely heard of Glitter Force.

    1. Me neither. It seems like fans of Sailor Moon must love it.

    2. Probably because nobody calls it that. It’s the name Saban gave to Pretty Cure.

  3. If Dragon Ball could start consistently churning out films I could see it going higher but it’s hard to compete with the top 3 since those seem to get new installments every year. Good to see that Naruto jumped on though. Hopefully it can stay in the top 10

    1. Since Naruto series ended I think they may get surpassed at some point. However, DB seems to have left the possibility of a Broly sequel.

  4. Wasn’t expecting Yo-kai Watch. Everything else except Evangelion (whose movies are more spread out, and more of A Big Deal) has double-digit numbers of movies, but Yo-kai only has four…but a higher average than Dragon Ball or One Piece.

    1. Yo-Kai must be a really popular series.

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