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Demon Slayer Film Sold 42% of All Tickets in S. Korea on Opening Day
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime sold 66,000 tickets to rank #1 at the South Korean box office on its opening day on Wednesday. The film sold 41.7% of all tickets sold in South Korea that day, and it had already ranked #1 in advance ticket sales before its opening.
The film was originally scheduled to open in South Korea in December, but it was delayed to January 27 due to concerns about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). South Korea's overall box office last year dropped by about 70% compared to the year before.
After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, the film earned a cumulative total of 36,550,114,550 yen ($352.1 million).
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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.
The main staff of the previous television anime returned for the sequel film. screen the film in theaters in North America in early 2021.
Sources: JoongAng Ilbo, NTV News 24
Update: TV Tokyo posted its video report on the film's South Korean opening. [Via Yaraon!]
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