'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 yen ($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 yen 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 yen, according to Aniplex.
The manga title, serialized 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 yen in box-office revenue.
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