Pokémon Detective Pikachu opened Friday to $20.7 million at the box office, giving it the best opening day for any video game adaptation.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu opened Friday to $20.7 million at the box office, giving it the best opening day for any video game adaptation.
Detective Pikachu’s $20.7 million total includes $5.7 million in Thursday previews, which also gives it the best Thursday preview gross for any video game movie. While the weekend isn’t over yet, Pokémon Detective Pikachu is estimated to wrap up Sunday with an opening weekend haul of around $55 million. This would be the biggest opening weekend for any video game movie, not accounting for inflation. Tomb Raider opened to $47 million in 2001, and Pikachu likely will not zip past its $75 million inflation-adjusted total, Forbes reports.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu is also fairly well received with critics, sitting at 63 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, an A- CinemaScore, and 52 percent on Metacritic at the time of writing. While these ratings may seem average, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu ranks at or near the top of critical rankings when compared to all other video game adaptations.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu follows 21-year-old Tim Goodman as he learns of his detective father’s death. After hopping on a train to Ryme City, where his father worked, he meets an amnesiac Pikachu searching for clues of his past and the elder Goodman. When Tim and Pikachu realize they can communicate with each other and that Tim’s father may still be alive, they team up to get to the bottom of the mystery.
We watched and reviewed the movie, and while it is not perfect, it is a cut above other gaming films and is worth a watch for both Pokémon players and mystery fans alike. You can read the full review here at Gamepur.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu’s press and revenue have been mostly good for Warner Bros. and Legendary, but the movie will likely not knock Avengers: Endgame from its box office throne. The superhero movie is expected to bring in $62 million during its third weekend in theaters.
Published: May 12, 2019 02:51 pm