One Piece Film: Red Opens with Over £500,000 at UK and Ireland Weekend Box Office

Date: 2022 November 09 17:00

Posted by Joe

The good folks from Anime Limited have sent us details of the weekend box office for One Piece Film: Red. The movie has earned over £500,000 in its opening weekend, becoming the biggest One Piece film in the UK and Ireland. It's always nice to see numbers like this for anime film.

In promoting the film in the UK, travellers passing through Kings Cross Station could also see the iconic straw hat on display promoting the film.

One Piece Film: Red is in cinemas now, showing in both Japanese with English subtitles, as well as an English language dub. To book tickets, please visit onepiece.red.
Listen to the soundtrack: https://ado.lnk.to/UtasSongsSO.

You can also read our One Piece Film: Red review to find out what we thought of the movie.

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Press release as follows:

ONE PIECE FILM: RED OPENS WITH OVER £500,000 AT UK & IRE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE


©Eichiro Oda/2022 "One Piece" production committee

Experience the Straw Hat Pirates' biggest adventure yet! Japan's blockbuster musical adventure is in cinemas now!

Glasgow, UK, 07 November 2022 - Anime Limited and Toei Animation are thrilled to announce that One Piece Film: Red has earned over £500,000 in its opening weekend, becoming the biggest One Piece film in the UK and Ireland. A musical action-adventure based on the world famous manga series by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece Film: Red opened in over 270 screens, including IMAX, Dolby Cinemas, and 4DX, and is in cinemas now.

This incredible milestone comes after a concentrated marketing campaign that saw a large replica of protagonist Monkey D. Luffy's trademark hat displayed outside London King's Cross Station from 4-6 November, the weekend of release. Excited fans, cosplayers, and critics came out in force to celebrate the film at the Leicester Square premiere event, where director Gorō Taniguchi, Chief Animation Director Masayuki Sato, and Producer Hiraoki Shibata introduced the film, and signed autographs for lucky fans.


©Eichiro Oda/2022 "One Piece" production committee

This strong debut continues to assert One Piece Film: Red's status as a global phenomenon, following its record-breaking success in Japan, where it held #1 at the Weekend Box Office for over 11 weeks to become the country's Highest Grossing Film of the Year. The film's main theme song, "New Genesis" by Ado, also made history by becoming the first Japanese song to top Apple Music's Global Top 100 charts.

ONE PIECE FILM: RED - IN CINEMAS NOW Watch the trailer HERE!

Synopsis:
Uta - the most beloved singer in the world. Renowned for concealing her own identity when performing, her voice has come to be described as "otherworldly." Now, for the first time ever, Uta will reveal herself to the world at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans - excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance - the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound. The story begins with the shocking fact that she is Shanks' daughter.

One Piece Film: Red is in cinemas now, showing in both Japanese with English subtitles, as well as an English language dub. To book tickets, please visit onepiece.red.
Listen to the soundtrack: https://ado.lnk.to/UtasSongsSO

About Anime Limited:
Based out of Glasgow, Anime Limited is Europe's premiere distributor for Japanese animation, renowned for bespoke collector's editions of fan-favourite anime and soundtracks, connecting Western audiences with creators across languages and oceans, and helping to bring anime front and centre in cinemas. Anime Limited proudly produces releases from the biggest franchises in anime including Cowboy Bebop, Attack on Titan, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, Mobile Suit Gundam, Tokyo Ghoul, Your Name, Weathering With You, Mirai, BELLE and JUJUTSU KAISEN.

About Toei Animation Europe:

With headquarters in Tokyo and sales offices in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Paris, Toei Animation ranks amongst the world's most prolific animation production studios.

Toei Animation's operations include animation development and production, and worldwide marketing and program licensing. Founded in 2004, Toei Animation Europe is in charge of the distribution and exploitation of Toei Animation's animated series in Europe, Africa, Russia and the Middle East.

Among its most famous series are Digimon, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, and One Piece.
www.toei-animation.com