{"id":118168,"date":"2025-09-04T01:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/118168\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:54:09","slug":"exit-8-has-highest-3-day-opening-for-live-action-films-this-year-in-japan-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/118168\/","title":{"rendered":"Exit 8 Has Highest 3-Day Opening for Live-Action Films This Year in Japan – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kimetsu\"Image via Demon Slayer franchise’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Koyoharu Gotoge \/ SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable<\/p>\n

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle<\/a> – Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy<\/a>, ranked at #1 in its seventh weekend. The film sold 706,000 tickets and earned 1,094,840,600 yen (about US$7.35 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has so far sold 21.10 million tickets for a cumulative total of 29,983,483,800 yen (about US$201 million).<\/p>\n

The film has now surpassed Titanic to become the #3 highest-earning film of all time in Japan. By contrast, Demon Slayer \u2013 Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Mugen Train<\/a> topped<\/a> Titanic in the all-time box office rankings in 45 days. <\/p>\n

Haruo Sotozaki<\/a> is directing the anime at ufotable<\/a>, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplay. Aimer<\/a> is performing the song “Taiy\u014d ga Noboranai Sekai” (“A World Where the Sun Never Rises”), and LiSA<\/a> is performing the song “Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake” (“Shine in the Cruel Night”).
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\"TheImage via The Exit 8 film’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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The live-action film<\/a> of Kotake Create’s infinite-loop horror game The Exit 8 (8-ban Deguchi) ranked at #2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 672,000 tickets and earned 960,867,600 yen (about US$6.46 million) in its first three days. The film now has the highest earning opening three days for a live-action film in Japan for 2025.<\/p>\n

The film had its world premiere screening<\/a> at Cannes during the festival on May 19. The film had an eight-minute standing ovation<\/a> at its Cannes screening. The film’s poster (image left) also won<\/a> Cannes’ Prix Luciole poster competition.<\/p>\n

The film opened<\/a> in Japan last Friday.<\/p>\n

The film will also have its screening at the Centrepiece Section of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, which will be held on September 4-14; and at the 58th SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in Spain, on October 9-19.<\/p>\n

North American film distribution company NEON (Oscar-winning films Parasite, Anora U.S. distributor) will release<\/a> the film in North America in early 2026.<\/p>\n

Singer and actor Kazunari Ninomiya<\/a> (live-action Letters from Iwo Jima, \u014coku<\/a>, Gantz<\/a>, Assassination Classroom<\/a>) stars in the film in his first collaboration with writer-director Genki Kawamura<\/a> (producer on your name.<\/a>, Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?<\/a>, Suzume<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In the game, a player is trapped at a subway train station, in an underground passageway that goes in an endless loop. To escape to “Exit 8,” the player must keep walking while looking carefully for any anomaly that foreshadows danger.<\/p>\n

\"PosterImage via Crayon Shin-chan’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Ch\u014d Karei! Shakunetsu no Kasukabe Dancers<\/a> (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Magnificent! Scorching Kasukabe Dancers), the latest anime film<\/a> in the Crayon Shin-chan<\/a> series, dropped from #5 to #6 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 137,939,300 yen (about US$927,700) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 1.65 million tickets and has earned a cumulative total of 2,000,936,400 yen (about US$13.45 million).<\/p>\n

The film opened<\/a> in Japan on August 8. The film sold 363,000 tickets and earned 450,283,700 yen (about US$3.07 million) in its first three days, and sold 516,000 tickets to earn 633 million yen (about US$4.33 million) in its first four days, which includes Monday (August 11 was the Mountain Day holiday in Japan).<\/p>\n

The film is the 32nd 2D animated film in the Crayon Shin-chan series. The “series’ first dance entertainment movie” takes place in India, the first time a film in the franchise<\/a> takes place in the country. (The franchise is very popular in India.) Shinnosuke and the members of the Kasukabe Defense Force dance in the film.<\/p>\n

Kento Kaku<\/a> (live-action Clover<\/a>, live-action Like a Dragon: Yakuza, Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom<\/a>) plays<\/a> Wolf, a dancing, singing Indian billionaire.<\/p>\n

Masakazu Hashimoto<\/a>, who has previously directed many films in the franchise including the 30th film Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Mononoke Ninja Chinp\u016bden<\/a>, directed the new film. Kimiko Ueno<\/a> (Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Mononoke Ninja Chinp\u016bden, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Shinkon Ryok\u014d Hurricane<\/a>) returned to the franchise to write the screenplay.<\/p>\n

The live-action film<\/a> of Ammitsu<\/a>‘s Gazing at the Star Next Door<\/a> (Tonari no Stella) manga dropped off the top 10 in its second weekend. Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi<\/a> (Film Little Shark’s Outings: The City’s Friend) also dropped off the top 10 in its second weekend.<\/p>\n

The compilation film<\/a> based on the television anime<\/a> of Visual Arts\/Key<\/a>‘s Summer Pockets<\/a> visual novel<\/a> rose from #2 to #1 in its third weekend in the mini-theater rankings.<\/p>\n

Sources: K\u014dgy\u014d Ts\u016bshin<\/a> (link 2<\/a>, link 3<\/a>), Eiga.com<\/a>, comScore via KOFIC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image via Demon Slayer franchise’s X\/Twitter account \u00a9Koyoharu Gotoge \/ SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-118168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}