The film earned 78% more in its first two days than the previous film One Piece Stampede did in its first three days (One Piece Stampede opened on a Friday, as opposed to One Piece Film Red’s Saturday opening).
A special video for One Piece Film Red debuted at the USC Trojans football team’s season opener game against Rice University on Saturday, and the video revealed that the film will open in the United States in October.
The film sold 1.58 million tickets and earned 2.254 billion yen (about US$16.7 million) in its first two days.
The film opened in Japan on August 6, and ranked #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.