<P> The film premiered in Japan, Southeast Asia and Germany on February 18, 2017 . The Asian premieres were distributed by Aniplex and Odex, respectively . There was a premiere event in the United States on March 1, 2017; Eleven Arts distributed and released the film in U.S. theaters on March 9, 2017 . Madman Entertainment also released the film at theaters in Australia and New Zealand on March 9, 2017 . Aniplex of America released the film at theaters in Canada between March 17 and March 19, 2017 . The English dub premiered at Anime Boston 2017, with a national release on April 22 . Anime Limited brought the film to cinemas in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 19, 2017 . The film was set to play in about 1,000 theaters worldwide . </P> <P> A few days after the world premiere, a leak of the film was found online, tracing the source back to Malaysia and Singapore . </P> <P> The Blu - ray and DVD home video release volumes of Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale were released in Japan on September 27, 2017 and are scheduled for release in North America on December 19, 2017 . The Japanese home video release features a sequel novel titled Sword Art Online: Cordial Code written by Kawahara and illustrated by abec, set eight days after the events of Ordinal Scale . </P> <P> The film on its opening weekend opened at No. 1 at the Japanese box office, debuting in 151 theaters across Japan and grossed a total of ¥ 425 million from 308,376 admissions . As of October 1, 2017, the film has grossed a total of over ¥ 4.3 billion . It grossed over US $1.35 million in its first weekend in North America . During its first day in Italy, the film beat out both Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Wonder Woman at the box office . It has grossed CN ¥ 43 million in China . </P>

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