Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- Makes No. 1 Debut

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- , a new theatrical release from the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime franchise, opened in 375 theaters across Japan on February 2, 2024. The 103-minute film, which includes the Swordsmith Village Arc 's 11th episode and the first episode of the upcoming Hashira Training Arc, made its #1 debut in the weekend box office ranking after earning 647 million yen (4.35 million USD) on 443,700 admissions in its first three-day weekend of February 2-4, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The opening weekend gross was about 55.8 percent of that of the previous compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- , which released in February 2023 and earned 1.159 billion yen (7.8 million USD) in its first three day weekend. Aniplex of America, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- in North American theaters , including IMAX and premium large formats (PLFs), starting February 23, with other global theatrical dates as well. RELATED: Aniplex and Crunchyroll Announce Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- Global Theatrical Dates Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM , the feature film sequel from the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed franchise, earned 523,065,770 yen (3.52 million USD) on 318,436 admissions in its second weekend, according to the film's official website . The film went down one spot in the top ten to second place after making its first-place debut last weekend . As previously reported , the film earned 1,965,922,900 yen (13.24 million USD) on 1,215,558 admissions in ten days since its release in Japan on January 26, becoming the fastest film released in 2024 to break the one million mark. RELATED : Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM Film Sells 1.21 Million Tickets in 10 Days The live-action film adaptation of Golden Kamuy , based on Satoru Noda's adventure manga, went down one position to third In its third weekend. The film's official Twitter account confirmed the movie made 1.63 billion yen (10.98 million USD) on 1.11 million admissions in 17 days since its release on January 19. SPY x FAMILY CODE: White , the first feature film from the SPY x FAMILY anime franchise, remained in fourth place — the same as last week — in its seventh weekend. Its cumulative total gross has almost reached 5.7 billion yen (38.36 million USD) on 4.23 million admissions. Godzilla Minus One moved up two spots to eighth in its 14th weekend. The film's official Twitter account reported that its cumulative total domestic gross reached 5.73 billion yen (38.56 million USD) on 3.72 million admissions in 94 days by February 5 (including the gross from its black-and-white edition, Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color ). It has now become the top-grossing Japanese live-action film that opened in Japan in 2023, surpassing Kingdom: Unmei no Honoo which made 5.6 billion yen . While not appearing in the overall box office top 10 ranking in its opening weekend, the first part of the two-part anime film adaptation of Oomuro-ke , a spin-off to Namori's YuruYuri yuri comedy manga series, ranked #3 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3.91/5.0 based on 79 reviews. The first part of the two-part new anime film from the given franchise — given The Movie: Hiiragi Mix — stayed #1 in Kogyo Tsushinsha's mini-theater ranking for two consecutive weekends since its release on January 27. Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo , the film to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the GeGeGe no Kitaro original manga author Shigeru Mizuki 's birth, disappeared from the top 10 in its 12th weekend, Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (February 2-4, 2024) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources : Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend box office ranking , Mini Theater Ranking , Eiga.com , Fillmarks ©Koyoharu Kotoge/SHUEISHA, Aniplex,ufotable

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