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Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train hits theatres this Friday, April 23.
Guests will venture into an endless dream with pulse-pounding action and unexpected plot twists in the two-hour fantasy action film. Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, who oversaw Demon Slayer’s first season, Mugen Train jumps immediately into the events at the end of the first season. Series protagonist Tanjiro Kamado and other demon-slayers Zenitsu, Nezuko and Inosuke are on a mission. Together with one of the most powerful swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku, they investigate the mysterious disappearance of over 40 people aboard the Mugen Train.
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$96.2M cume after seven frames. In 11 markets this session, the Pete Docter-helmed original added
$6.9M to its international box office kitty with No. 1s again in Russia and Korea. In China, it has surpassed
Incredibles 2 to become the market’s 2nd highest-grossing Pixar title ever.
China in general had a soft session as the market looks forward to the Lunar New Year releases which begin rollout on February 12.
Detective Chinatown 3 will storm the box office there next weekend, having hit over RMB 350M ($54M) in overall pre-sales, per Maoyan. Pre-sales for the full roster of this year’s New Year titles through opening day February 12 are estimated at over RMB 400M ($62M).
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Soul which led the frame with
$9.3M in 13 markets amid scant drops in both Russia and Korea. This brings the offshore total to
$85.2M. Next up were a trio of Chinese movies that have been around for a few weeks as the country looks forward to the lucrative Lunar New Year period. And, in milestones, DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s
$144.4M with launches still to come in the Easter corridor.
New was Warner Bros’ Denzel Washington-starrer
The Little Things which made its debut in 18 markets. From director John Lee Hancock, the cop thriller that also stars Rami Malek and Jared Leto grossed
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Soul got off to a jazzy start in
Korea this weekend, debuting at No. 1 and seeing the second best bow for a non-local title since the Covid pandemic began. The Pete Docter-directed original also launched in
Russia, at No. 1, and came in ahead of several pre-Covid animation openings. In total,
$10.4M weekend from 13 markets. See more on
Soul below.
Overall this frame, there were no major new breakouts. After opening as the No. 1 film globally last weekend across an extended debut,