Tell me what I'm missing then. Because looking at the data, up until the mid-2010s anime has not by and large performed very well in the US/Canada domestic market at the box office. And the examples you provided didn't change any of that.
So again tell me what I'm missing? That they do well outside the US/Canada domestic market? Ok, but what does that prove? We've been told over and over that unless a movie performs well here in the US/Canada domestic market, well quite frankly that its a loser. So are we now saying that isn't the case?
Also just so you know I have no issues with anime, so if it does well then it does well.