Demon Slayer Knocks Down Mortal Kombat in Another Tight Race at Box Office
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The big-screen version of the Japanese manga series and the live-action adaptation of the popular video game once again go neck and neck in their second week at the domestic box office. May 3, 2021
Mortal Kombat in a tight race at the domestic box office. After losing a close battle on its opening weekend, the big-screen version of the Japanese manga series narrowly beats the live-action adaptation of the popular video game in a neck-and-neck rematch.
The animated dark fantasy period action film successfully takes over the top spot with approximately $6.4 million on its second weekend. It has accumulated $34.1 million domestically and $394.3 million so far for a worldwide total of $428.4 million after it was first released in Japan in October 2020, becoming the first Japanese film and first anime film to reach the $400M mark in the worldwide box office.