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1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Opens With 373 Million RMB in China (Updated)
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle – Part 1: Akaza Returns, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, earned 373 million RMB (about US$52.53 million) in its first three days in China. The film's IMAX screenings in the country earned the equivalent of US$12.3 million, becoming the highest-earning and selling IMAX opening for a Japanese film in China. China's Ne Zha 2 is the only animated film with a higher IMAX opening in the country.
The first Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle film opened in China on November 14. It has now earned the estimated equivalent of US$349.5 million in Crunchyroll/Sony markets (which are outside Japan and some other Asia markets), towards a global estimated total of US$730 million.
Update: Mantan Web reported on Monday that the film has earned the equivalent of 106,370,560,000 yen (about US$685 million) worldwide, becoming the first Japanese film to earn more than 100 billion yen. The film has sold a total of 89.17 million tickets. Within Japan, the film has earned a total of 37,927,580,000 yen (about US$244 million) and sold a total of 26.04 million tickets as of Sunday. Source: Mantan Web
The film opened in Japan on July 18. The film had sold a total of 23,042,671 tickets for 33,056,606,000 yen (about US$224 million) as of September 15, its 60th day in the Japanese box office. This made it the second highest-earning film of all time at the Japanese box office, surpassing Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's 2001 film Spirited Away.
The film is now the highest-earning anime film of all time worldwide, as well as the highest-earning Japanese film of all time worldwide. It also became the highest-grossing comic book film of the year worldwide.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, the October 2020 film from the same franchise, is currently the highest earning film in Japan, with a 40.75 billion yen (about US$277 million in current conversion) total take in Japan.
Haruo Sotozaki is directing the anime trilogy at ufotable, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplays. Aimer performed the song "Taiyō ga Noboranai Sekai" ("A World Where the Sun Never Rises"), and LiSA performed the song "Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake" ("Shine in the Cruel Night").
Source: Deadline (Nancy Tartaglione)
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