One Piece Film Gold, the 13th feature film based on the world’s bestselling manga, hit Japanese theaters last Saturday, grossing nearly 11 million dollars in its first two days.
800 manga chapters, 750 anime episodes and 13 movies after the manga’s 1997 release, One Piece is still gaining momentum as a world-conquering anime franchise.
Anime News Network reports that One Piece Film Gold even bested Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F,’ shown on 653 screens in April 2015.
The movie appeared on a reported 743 screens, the largest for any Japanese movie ever.