On May 13, 2019, "Detective Pikachu" was released early on Thursday night in more than 3,000 theaters in North America. It was officially released in 4202 theaters across the United States on Friday. The first day of the show, including the advance show, won 20.63 million U.S. dollars, and the airborne single-day box office ranked first, setting the best performance on the first day of a game-adapted movie.
On May 27, 2019, "Detective Pikachu" has surpassed "Raging Behemoth"and "Angry Birds", becoming the second highest grossing game adaptation film in North America. On May 27, "Detective Pikachu" North American box office of 116 million US dollars.
On June 2, 2019, "Detective Pikachu" officially exceeded 600 million yuan at the box office in China.
In June 2019, five weeks after its release, "Detective Pikachu" had a cumulative total of US$137.4 million at the North American box office, surpassing the 2001 version of "Tomb Raider" and became the highest-grossing game-adapted film in North America. On June 9, the cumulative box office of "Detective Pikachu" in North America reached 170 million U.S. dollars. As of Sunday, "Detective Pikachu" has reached 409.5 million U.S. dollars worldwide, successfully breaking the 400 million U.S. dollar mark.
