The latest report has revealed that Warner Bros. and Legendary's
Detective Pikachu is now, as of last weekend, the highest-grossing video game movie of all time; managing to beat the record previously set by the
Warcraft live-action movie.
Nearing the end of its theatrical run,
Detective Pikachu has already raked in an impressive $436 million at the box office, while
Warcraft, the previous record holder, brought in $433 million throughout its theatrical run back in 2016.
Detective Pikachu will be releasing digitally next week, so it is unlikely that it will manage to bring in much more before that. At the time of writing, the movie is still being shown in Colombia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, and Slovenia, which surprisingly also managed to bring in another $7 million over the course of last weekend.
The first-ever live-action Pokémon movie, “POKÉMON Detective Pikachu” stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular character in the first-ever live-action movie based on the iconic face of the global Pokémon brand—one of the world’s most popular, multi-generation entertainment properties and most successful media franchises of all time.
Detective Pikachu will become available digitally on the 23rd of July, and on Blu-ray and DVD on the 6th of August.