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Gintama The Final Ends Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's 12-Weekend Reign at Box Office (Updated)
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Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train's 12 consecutive weekends at the top of the Japanese box office.
The film based on the finale of the original manga, combined with new story elements.
The manga is also Mirei Miyamoto that will ship on January 8.
Sorachi's original "science-fiction period-drama comedy" manga began in 2003 and Viz Media published the manga's first 23 volumes in English.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train dropped to #2 in its 13th weekend.
The film has your name.'s worldwide US$357,986,087 earnings.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train began sold 910,507 tickets and earned over 1,268,724,700 yen ($12.03 million) on its opening day alone, making it the highest weekday opening day in Japan ever. Mugen Train began holding immersive MX4D and 4DX screenings on Saturday, December 26.
The main staff of the previous television anime returned for the sequel film. screen the film in theaters in North America in early 2021.
Poupelle of Chimney Town (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) picture book dropped from #3 to #4 in its third weekend.
The film ranked at #4 and earned 322,998,700 ($3.13 million) in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on December 25.
Robot Carnival) designed the characters.
franchise, dropped from #4 to #5 in its third weekend.
The film ranked at #2 and earned 378,195,750 yen ($3.66 million) in its opening weekend. The film opened on December 25 in Japan. TOHO had originally planned to open the film earlier last year on July 10, but the staff delayed the film due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The film will then open in the West in 2021.
The live-action The Promised Neverland manga dropped from #5 to #6 in its fourth weekend.
The film earned 373,372,850 yen ($3.6 million) in its first three days. The film opened on December 18.
Noriko Gotou penned the film's script. Hirakawa and Gotou worked together on the live-action Erased film.
Shirai and Demizu January 7 due to the effect of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the production.
The film dropped from #6 to #7 in its eighth weekend.
The film sold 305,000 tickets and earned 386 million yen ($3.69 million) to delayed due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The film's story is largely be based on the franchise's 2000 film Doraemon: Obāchan no Omoide (Stand By Me Doraemon film. The 2000 film, in turn, was based on a chapter from the fourth manga volume.
Masaki Suda performed the film's theme song "Niji" (Rainbow). The first Stand By Me Doraemon film was the first 3D CG film in the franchise, and it eventually earned 8.38 billion yen ($77.16 million) in Japan and over 10 billion yen worldwide ($90 million).
The first film in the two-part project ranked at #9 in its opening weekend.
The film opened in Japan last Friday. he first film was originally delayed due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan. The second film will open on February 11, 2021.
The film marks 25 years since the franchise last had a work that screened in theaters in Japan.
Original manga creator Toei Animation.
Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), Eiga.com, comScore via KOFIC
Update: Gintama: The Final sold 384,220 tickets for 531,350,320 yen (about $5.1 million) over its first four days (a holiday weekend with Japan's Coming of Age Day on Monday). It sold 113,278 tickets for 156,002,340 yen on Friday, 114,158 tickets for 162,233,520 yen on Saturday, 90,177 tickets for 125,259,980 yen on Sunday, and 66,607 tickets for 87,854,480 yen on Monday.
Mugen Train has sold a cumulative total of 26.21 million tickets for 35.7 billion yen ($343 million).
Source: Mantan Web (link 2), AnimeAnime.jp
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