The Demon Slayer movie sold 42% of all tickets in South Korea

The Demon Slayer movie sold 42% of all tickets in South Korea

The film Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train sold 66.000 tickets on Wednesday to rank first at the South Korean box office. The film sold 41,7% of all tickets sold in South Korea in just one day and had already ranked first in advance ticket sales before its opening.

The film was originally supposed to be released in South Korea in December, but has been postponed to January 27 due to concerns about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Last year, South Korea's overall box office fell by about 70% from the previous year.

After 12 consecutive weeks in first place at the Japanese box office, the film dropped to 2nd place, over the weekend of January 9-10, its 13th weekend. During that weekend, the film sold 425.000 tickets and earned 677.783.450 yen (about $ 6,57 million) Friday through Sunday. The film returned to # 14 on its XNUMXth weekend. Starting on its fifteenth weekend, the film has sold 26,67 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 36.550.114.550 yen (about $ 352,1 million).

The film passed The Enchanted City di Hayao Miyazaki in 2002, its latest rival for the highest earning of all time in Japanese box office history. (The Enchanted City earned 30,8 billion yen in its original run, but has since earned a total of 31,68 billion yen after this summer's screenings) Demon Slayer now it is also the second highest earning of all-time anime movies in the world, on top there is Your Name what a beautiful world he earned $ 357.986.087

Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train began showing in 38 IMAX theaters in Japan on October 16. The film had the highest opening weekend worldwide for the weekend of October 16-18. The film sold 3.424.930 tickets and earned 4.623.117.450 yen (about $ 43,85 million) in Japan in the first three days. The film sold 910.507 tickets and earned over 1.268.724.700 yen (about $ 12,03 million) on its opening day alone, making it the highest opening day on weekdays in Japan ever.

The main staff members from the previous television anime are back for the sequel film. TOHO e aniplex they deal with the distribution of the film in Japan. Funimation e Aniplex of America.

Sources: JoongAng Ilbo, NTV news 24

TV Tokyo released his video report on the South Korean opening of the film. [Through [ViaYaraon!]


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