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
That’s interesting. Part of me kinda expected Pokemon to be the highest grossing.
I figure that too. Doraemon is probably more popular in Japan.
In all my casual knowledge of anime, I have never remotely heard of Glitter Force.
Me neither. It seems like fans of Sailor Moon must love it.
Probably because nobody calls it that. It’s the name Saban gave to Pretty Cure.
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
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.
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.
Yo-Kai must be a really popular series.