"Detective Pikachu" ranks second in global box office for game-adapted movies, surpassing "Warcraft"

After the worldwide release of the live-action spin-off of "Pokémon", "Detective Pikachu", its box office revenue has so far ranked second among all game-adapted movies in history, and is only slightly behind the first place.

According to data from box office tracking agency Box Office Mojo, "Detective Pikachu" has grossed $429 million worldwide in the past few days, surpassing "Rampage," a dark horse movie that surprised moviegoers when it was released last year.

In the overall ranking, 2016's "Warcraft" still sits firmly at the top, but in fact the advantage is not that big: the final box office of "Warcraft" was 433 million US dollars, which means that the difference between the two is only 4 million US dollars.

However, considering that Detective Pikachu is currently only showing in a very small number of theaters around the world, the 4 million gap is small but still out of reach. This situation is very similar to Avengers 4, which is released in a similar schedule. The gap between the box office records of Avengers 4 and Avatar is also very small, but even if it is re-released, it may not be filled in the first time.

In fact, Warcraft's revenue in the United States ultimately far exceeded that of Detective Pikachu - in fact, it was less than one-third of the latter, but its performance in the international market was really outstanding, especially in China.