One Piece Film: Red has become the highest-grossing film of the year in Japan, earning more than 13.87 billion yen.
As detailed on Crunchyroll, One Piece's latest theatrical installment has reached a number of impressive milestones. As of the film's 38th day in Japanese theaters, it has sold over 10 million tickets and is currently the eighth highest-grossing anime film in Japanese history. While Sunghoo Park's critically acclaimed Jujutsu Kaisen 0 earned a total of 13.80 billion yen in Japan, Red has surpassed that after little more than a month in theaters. Red is also the fourth-fastest film to reach the 10 million ticket milestone. The first, second and third place slots are taken by Demon Slayer-Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train sold 10 million tickets in 16 days, Spirited Away in 31 days, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 35 days.
One Piece Film: Red Focuses on Red-Haired Shank’s Daughter
The plot of One Piece Film: Red revolves around a world-famous diva, Uta, whose singing ability is "otherworldly." While she kept her identity concealed for most of her career, she decided to reveal herself to the world during a live concert. While Luffy and the other Straw Hat Pirates are initially only interested in seeing this concert, they become more involved when they discover that Uta is actually the daughter of Red-Haired Shanks and Luffy's childhood friend. A recent trailer revealed that Red-Haired Shanks abandoned Uta as a child and highlights the devastating impact that this had on her. In a past interview, Shinji Shimizu, the film's General Producer, explained that Uta goes through seven distinct emotional journeys and uses her songs to convey her complex emotions to the audience.
The film, like the anime series, was produced by Toei Animation. Goro Taniguchi (Code Geass) directed the film, whereas the screenplay was written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film: Gold). One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda served as the Executive Producer. Recently, Crunchyroll announced the Western theatrical release dates for One Piece Film: Red. The film will hit theaters in Australia and New Zealand on Nov. 3, a day before it hits theaters in the United States and Canada on Nov. 4.
While One Piece fans in the West will have to wait a little longer to see One Piece Film: Red, the anime series is available on Hulu, Crunchyroll and Netflix. The One Piece manga is available in English from VIZ Media.
Sources: Crunchyroll