[5][6] On October 5, 2016, Funimation announced that they acquired the rights to screen the film in the United States and Canada on January 10–17, 2017.

The concierge Baccarat gives the Straw Hats a VIP stay due to their fame, and lends them large sums of money with which to begin gambling.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Straw Hats and Carina sneak into the supposed treasure room, only to find themselves on a stage as part of a trap laid by Tesoro.

He then attempts to execute Zoro, but when trying to release liquid gold from Gran Tesoro's fountains, seawater comes out instead.

The Straw Hats reveals that they had intended for all of this to happen in order for the seawater to be released and free everyone from Tesoro's control.

After the Straw Hats depart, they realize the protocol was merely a fireworks countdown, and Carina has stolen the entire ship.

The film's staff asked the group to write something different than what would typically be associated with One Piece and to evoke the feeling of "battling Luffy."

The first song they brought was not what the staff had in mind and they were suggested to write something more "unrefined" and "Iggy Pop-ish", to which Glim Spanky responded with "Ikari o Kure yo".

[10] The film was released in Japan on July 23, 2016 by its distributor Toei Company, on 739 screens in 344 theatres across the country.

[31] The film was released in Japan in standard and limited edition DVD and Blu-ray formats on December 28, 2016.

[33] By the end of the year in Japan, the movie Gold had sold approximately 79,932 copies of DVDs and Blu-rays.