{"id":7317,"date":"2019-05-12T17:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T00:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=7317"},"modified":"2019-05-14T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T19:08:26","slug":"could-detective-pikachu-finally-earn-pokemon-the-popularity-it-deserves-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/pokemon-detective-pikachu-popularity-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Could ‘Detective Pikachu’ Earn Pok\u00e9mon The Popularity It Deserves In The U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of right now,\u00a0<\/span>Avengers: Endgame<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0is continuing to demolish box office records, three more Star Wars films have been announced<\/a><\/span>, and there isn\u2019t a parent in America that hasn\u2019t had haunting dreams plagued with incessant chants of \u201cMeeska\u00a0Mooska\u00a0Mickey Mouse.\u201d Disney is home to four of the top ten highest-grossing media franchises, but many in North America would likely be surprised to learn that Disney isn\u2019t at the top of the food chain – and not by a considerable margin, either.\u00a0<\/span>Its highest performing property, Winnie the Pooh, sits at number three, a whopping $15 billion behind the adorable pocket monsters from Japan,\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon, who reign comfortably as the highest-grossing media franchise of all time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But in North America, the franchise is still largely a niche interest for a number of reasons.\u00a0<\/span>Could Detective Pikachu<\/em> help boost Pok\u00e9mon’s popularity in the U.S. on a permanent basis?<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Has An Aesthetic Not Yet Embraced In The U.S. Like In Japan<\/h2>\n