"Demon Slayer" film sets Japan opening 3-day box-office record
The latest film, " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 'Infinity Castle -- Part 1: Akaza Returns'" drew 3.84 million visitors, hitting ¥5.52 billion (US$37 million) in box-office revenue over the three-day period from Friday, Aniplex Inc said.
The subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc added the film earned ¥1.64 billion on its first day, 1.84 billion on the second and 2.04 billion on the third, making it the highest-grossing movie ever released in Japan on an opening day.
Sunday marked the highest single-day box-office revenue on record. In the four days through Monday, total revenue topped ¥7.32 billion, according to Aniplex.
The manga title, serialised in the Weekly Shonen Jump from 2016 to 2020, tells the story of Tanjiro Kamado, an adolescent boy who battles human-eating demons while searching for a cure for his sister, who has turned into a demon.
The previous animated work based on the series, released in 2020, became the first film in Japan to surpass ¥40 billion in box-office revenue.
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