February 26 saw the limited release of the newest My Hero Academia anime film, Heroes: Rising, in cinemas in North America, and not only did it go beyond the predictions, but it also overtook the full earnings of the previous film in the franchise, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, before the first weekend of release.
For Funimation, Box Office Pro noted that My Hero Academia Heroes: Rising has become the second-highest-grossing anime film for the company, behind 2019’s Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
My Hero Academia Heroes: Rising opened on a Wednesday in North America to a sizable US$2.6 million in 1,275 theaters, making 2.7x the amount that Two Heroes did on its first day on September 25, 2018, at US$947,636.