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Detective Pikachu becomes the highest-grossing video game movie ever in North America

Congrats, Detective!
by rawmeatcowboy
07 June 2019
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Detective Pikachu is now the highest-grossing video game movie ever in North America! Based on the viewer reaction and critic reception, it seems like a film worthy of the record. Check out more details on Detective Pikachu's box office results below.

- domestic total is $131 million after 25 days of release
- took the top spot from Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider, breaking an 18-year-old record
- $393.4 million global total
- the third video game movie to pass $400 million worldwide (Rampage hit $428 million and Warcraft hit $433 million)
- likely to pass Warcraft as the biggest video game movie ever in unadjusted global grosses

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