A new movie released this weekend outdated one day the record of receipts set in 1999 by a classic of the genre
Japanese voice actor Natsuki Hanae at the premiere of Los Angeles of the new movie “Demon Slayer” along with the American actor Channing Tatum, who doubled one of the characters, photo: Collin Xavier-Image Press Agency / Abaca Press / Profimedia Images
The new movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle has dominated the Box Office on its debut weekend, with huge $ 352 million receipts, and setting a record for the biggest debut of an anime movie in North America, Hollywood's reference market.
Infinity Castle It is the first part of what is desired to be a trilogy of conclusion of the Demon Slayer franchise that debuted in Japan in 2020. published by IMDB.
In North American cinemas the film obtained $ 70 million, more than double compared to Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Backthe film that has been holding the record record for an anime movie (31 million dollars) since 1999.
Although inflation has grown galloping in the years then analysts are impressed by the fact that Infinity Castle exceeded the record set by Pokemon Since Friday, his first day of running in theaters.
The new movie “Demon Slayer” is a major success for Sony
In Japan, its country of origin, the new feature has obtained revenues of over $ 200 million, already becoming the third most profitable film of all time. Is outdated only by Mugen Trainthe first movie Demon Slayer launched 5 years ago, and Spirited Awayanother anime movie from the legend of Japanese cinema Hayao Miyazaki.
Crunchyroll, Sony's anime movie distribution division, distributed Infinity Castle and brought to the studio a resounding success after a summer marked by failures of some movies he produced, as CAGGHT STEALINGand more modest performance like those of Karate Kid: Legends and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.
Infinity Castle has overcome and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (with 56.5 million receipts on the debut weekend), becoming the Sony movie with the strongest premiere in more than two years
Last weekend of Box Office, Horror movie The Conjuring: Last Rites Of the Warner Bros and New Line Cinema studios, it fell to the second position, after a 69% decline. In North America he obtained $ 26.1 million receipts in the recent weekend, for a total of $ 131.1 million from the debut. In the rest of the world he obtained over $ 200 million, for a total of 332 million.
Two movies that revitalized the box office after a weak summer
so much The Conjuring: Last Ritesas well as Infinity Castle They far exceeded the estimates of the analysts, revitalizing the Box Office in September, which was expected to be apathetic, and offering the distributors for a stronger autumn than it was expected after a rather disappointing summer.
It was a period with many overturn in cinemas, with unexpected surprises as Weaponsbut also with strong franchises like Marvel that no longer rises to the past.
Infinity Castle treads in the footsteps of the anime feature on Netflix Kpop demon hunterswhich became the most popular film of all time in the streaming platform and reached the first place at the North American box last month, when a Karaoke version was launched in theaters.
“Put” demon “in the title and success is guaranteed,” Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst in Comscore, told Variety. “The animation films naturally fit the visual experience on the big screen and represent a truly global genre,” he stressed.
