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\u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle,\u201d the full title of the new anime film distributed in the U.S. by Sony Pictures\u2019 Crunchyroll, grossed $70 million at the domestic box office this weekend, according to early estimates reported by the Hollywood<\/a> trade publications<\/a>, blowing past a record set in 1999 to become biggest opening for an anime film in the United States.<\/p>\n Japanese voice actor Natsuki Hanae and English voice actor Channing Tatum attend the Los Angeles English Dub Premiere of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle.”<\/p>\n WireImageKey Facts<\/p>\n \u201cDemon Slayer: Infinity Castle\u201d has already grossed around $283 million internationally, according to statistics compiled by Box Office Mojo, including more than $213 million in Japan, where it has now become the nation\u2019s third-highest grossing film of all time.<\/p>\n The film is the first in a trilogy intended to conclude the corresponding anime television series, and has received positive ratings from 97% from critics and 98% audiences on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The record was previously set by \u201cPok\u00e9mon: The First Movie\u201d in 1999, which brought in $31 million as the Nintendo franchise skyrocketed in popularity during the decade.<\/p>\n \u201cDemon Slayer: Infinity Castle\u201d already surpassed the Pok\u00e9mon film\u2019s 1999 record on its opening day Friday, when it grossed an estimated $33 million in the U.S.<\/p>\n Tangent<\/p>\n Netflix released \u201cKpop Demon Hunters\u201d on its streaming service in June, but decided to bring its smash hit to theaters for a single weekend run of \u201csing along\u201d screenings in August. The limited release for \u201cKpop Demon Hunters\u201d became Netflix\u2019s first number one hit at the box office, grossing $18<\/a> million over its brief run. The film has since become Netflix\u2019s most-watched film<\/a> of all time, and spawned Billboard chart-topping hits. Although \u201cKpop Demon Hunters\u201d was influenced by anime and Korean pop culture, it was an American production co-directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.<\/p>\n What Were Other Box Office Leaders This Weekend?<\/p>\n \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites\u201d remained in second place at the domestic box office, grossing an estimated $26.1 million for a 69% drop after its strong opening weekend last week brought in an estimated $84 million. It\u2019s still a steep drop after posting the best horror debut<\/a> for the year so far. Third place was held by \u201cDownton Abbey: Grand Finale,\u201d the final film ending the popular British period drama series, which debuted for $18.1 million. \u201cThe Long Walk,\u201d an adaptation of a Stephen King thriller published in 1979, also debuted over the weekend with an estimated $11.5 million to take fourth place, while a re-release of Pixar\u2019s Toy Story celebrating its 30th anniversary took fifth place, grossing an estimated $3.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle,\u201d the full title of the new anime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[23303,5784,23304,156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-22394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-anime","9":"tag-box-office","10":"tag-demon-slayer-infinity-castle","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}