⁍ Japanese animated film ‘Demon Slayer’ shattered a box-office record, reaching revenue of 10.75 billion yen ($102.48 million) in just 10 days.
⁍ That was the fastest pace for ticket sales in Japan to top 10 billion yen.
⁍ The movie is based on a popular manga, and later a TV series, set in Japan roughly 100 years ago.
– Japanese animated film Demon Slayer has set a new box-office record in just 10 days, raking in $102.48 million in revenue, reports Reuters. That beats Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 animated film Spirited Away, which took 25 days to reach the $102 million mark. The movie is based on a popular manga, and later a TV series, set in Japan roughly 100 years ago, about a boy who fights human-eating demons.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-demon-slayer/demon-slayer-revenue-tops-100-mln-in-10-days-breaking-japan-box-office-record-idUSL4N2HH1B1