1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Stays at #1, Gekijōban Utano☆Princesama♪ TABOO NIGHT XXXX Rises to #7
The film sold 9,104,483 tickets for 12,872,176,700 yen (about US$87.10 million) in its first 10 days at the box office. The film set a new record in Japan for the fastest film to earn 10 billion yen, beating the franchise's first film Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen) in 2020, which is also currently the top-grossing film of all time in Japan. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai film's box office revenue exceeded 10 billion yen within eight days of its release.The film sold 3,843,613 tickets for 5,524,298,500 yen (about US$37.45 million) in its first three days. Counting the film's take for the Marine Day holiday on Monday, the film sold 5,164,348 million and earned 7,315,846,800 yen (about US$49.60 million) over the four-day long weekend.Comparatively, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train sold 3,424,930 tickets and earned 4,623,117,450 yen (about US$43.85 million at the time) in Japan in its first three days, when it opened in October 2020. The film sold 910,507 tickets and earned over 1,268,724,700 yen (about US$12.03 million at the time) on its opening day alone, making it the highest weekday opening day for Japan at the time. The Mugen Train film became the highest-earning film in Japan ever as of its 73rd day at the box office, and has a listed total earnings in Japan of 40.43 billion yen (about US$272 million by current conversion). The film is the highest-earning Japanese film worldwide of all time, and was the highest-earning film worldwide in 2020. The film was the first non-Hollywood or non-American film to top the yearly box office worldwide since the beginning of cinema over a century ago.Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai is playing on 443 screens (a franchise record) throughout Japan, including IMAX screenings. Outside Japan, Aniplex aims for the new film to play in over 150 countries and regions, which is wider than the franchise's previous world tour of over 145 countries and regions. Haruo Sotozaki is directing the anime at ufotable, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplay. Aimer is performing the song "Taiyō ga Noboranai Sekai" ("A World Where the Sun Never Rises"), and LiSA is performing the song "Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake" ("Shine in the Cruel Night").The film opened in Japan on May 9 and debuted at #4. The film sold 92,000 tickets and earned 189,399,380 yen (about US$1.29 million) in its first three days.Takeshi Furuta (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Visual Prison) was the film's chief director, and Akiko Seki (Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima, Lycoris Recoil episode director) directed the anime at A-1 Pictures. Chinatsu Kurahana, the original character designer of several Utano☆Princesama films and series, was again credited for the film's original character designs, and Maki Fujioka (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) was the character designer. Hiroshi Nakajima (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) was the CG director, Takeshi Ōkawa (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours, NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a) was the sub CG director, and Katsuyoshi Miyajima (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) was the character modeling director. Elements Garden composed the music.King of Prism -Your Endless Call- Miinna Kirameki! Prism☆Tours film, the latest work in the King of Prism anime franchise, left the list in its fifth weekend, but still earned 62,216,800 yen (about US$420,400) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 508,237,200 yen (about US$3.43 million).Toi-san wa Seishun Shitai! "Baka to SmaPho to Romance to" (Toi-san Wants to Live in Her Youth! "A Fool, a Smartphone, and Romance"), the anime film of boy band Strawberry Prince member Jel's Toi-san short video series, dropped off the top 10 in its second weekend.Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, comScore via KOFIC
