My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes’ Mission, the third anime film in the My Hero Academia franchise, earned approximately 310 million yen (about US$2.81 million) on its opening day on Friday, and sold approximately 240,000 tickets.
The film earned 229.2% more than the previous film in the franchise, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, did on its first day. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising opened in Japan in December 2019, and earned 422,479,000 yen (about US$3.86 million at the time) in its first three days. The film eventually earned 1.79 billion yen (about US$16.2 million by current conversion). The first film in the franchise, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, earned a total of 1.72 billion yen after it opened in July 2018.
In the story of My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes’ Mission, a mysterious organization dedicated to the destruction of people with Quirks has…