List of Dragon Ball films


Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. Since 1986, there have been 23 theatrical films based on the franchise, including twenty anime films produced by Toei Animation, two unofficial films, and one official live-action film.
In 1996, Toei Animation revealed that the first sixteen anime films, from ' to ', collectively sold 50million tickets and grossed over at the Japanese box office, making it the highest-grossing anime film series up until then, in addition to selling over 500,000 home video units in Japan.
The first and only official live-action adaptation of the series, Dragonball Evolution, which adapted vaguely the events of the franchise, made over worldwide, against a production cost of. It received a 15% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 3.5/10.
', the first canon film produced with Toriyama's involvement, became the franchise's most successful film up until then. The latest and most successful movie to date, ', grossed more than worldwide, and is—as of June 2020—the 12th highest-grossing anime of all time. The last two films, and Dragon Ball Super: Broly, both hold an 82% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Films

Animated

Live action

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Box office performance

Home video sales

Critical response