Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: Big news this weekend out of Japan where anime adaptation Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train shattered all-time opening records.
The film, which opened on Friday October 16, as opposed to the usual Saturday/Sunday weekend, is estimated to have grossed upwards of $30M for the three-day.
This number could rise above $40M, but box office figures are tightly controlled out of Japan, and so we won’t know for sure on an actual until tomorrow.
Regardless, it’s agreed, the debut is wild. Putting it into some perspective, Frozen 2 opened to a 3-day of $18.2M at historical rates.
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