Latest ‘Demon Slayer’ Makes $10 Million But Not ‘Mugen Train’ – Special Box Office

Aniplex and Crunchyroll of America Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmiths’ Village grossed $10.1 million in 1,780 theaters this weekend. It’s fourth at the local box office, but still halfway through its opening Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train which opened in April 2021 with a staggering $21 million and caused a stir Godzilla vs. Kong, Mortal Kombat.

It’s not apples to apples. The previous film was an original film, this weekend’s is a compilation of episodes – specifically Episodes 10 and 11 of the hit anime series Entertainment District Arc and an extended episode 1 of the anticipated Swordsmith Village Arc combined into feature length and remastered in 4K.

The franchise is based on the Japanese manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge and published between 2016 and 2020. After his family is brutally murdered, a good-hearted boy named Tanjiro Kamado decides to become a devil slayer in hopes of saving his younger sister from save change. back from demon to human. Together with two comrades and top members of the Demon Slayer Corps, he embarks on a mission in the entertainment district, where he clashes with high-ranking demons Daki and Gyutaro.

Among other new special openings, Nha Ba Nu / Nobody’s House Opened in 59 locations for a debut of $440.7k for a $7.5k per theater average, according to Comscore. In Vietnam’s highest-grossing film of all time, from director Tran Thanh, a domineering matriarch runs her household as strictly as her crab noodle insurgent, and sparks fly as three generations live together under one roof.

A number of specialty debuts, as usual, won’t report gross numbers until Monday.

Leftovers: Super LTD was nominated for the Oscar best international film The quiet girl collected an estimated $72,000 across 18 screens for a $4,000 PTA and a gross of around $149,000 through Sunday of week two.

Bleeker Street Emilyon Emily Brontë, earned an estimated $194,000 at 565 locations in its third week for a total of $887.5.

Classics from Sony Pictures Return to Seoul Earned $91.9K across 38 screens (11 last week) for a $2.4K per screen average in week three and $212.4K overall.

The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films ShortsTV sees an estimated $370,000 across 250 screens for a weekend total of $2.27 million, also in its third week. The selection of live-action shorts, animated films and documentaries is on track to surpass last year’s box office total by the end of the week.

Variance Films in collaboration with Sarigama Cinemas has announced the re-release of SS Rajamouli RRR grossed an additional $191,000 on 283 screens. This is the 40th weekend of the reissue celebration for a total of $590.5K.

The coin is from just one or two showings per day or per weekend for the three-hour film. It played in major chains and art houses with top assignments including LA’s Alamo Drafthouse, NYC’s AMC Empire and LA’s AMC Grove, Atlanta’s Regal Medlock Crossing, Seattle’s Cinemark Lincoln Square, Portland’s Hollywood Theatre, Nashville’s Belcourt, Salt’s Broadway Center of Lake City and the Oriental. Theater of Milwaukee.

The Telugu film which was first released in March last year was nominated for an Ocar for Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu performed live.

“There are no rules for RRR. We love the film, we love the filmmakers, and as exciting as the historic awards ceremony is, we love to see the joy brought to the theater audience. We wanted to give them another chance to see the film big and loud on the big screen as intended, even if they don’t live in the middle of a big city, but just to be clear, RRR will forever playing in movie theaters because films like RRR are what movie theaters are made for,” said Dylan Marchetti, president/founder of Variance.