You know, these last couple weeks have been quite the rollercoaster; so let's talk about a different kind of ride- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- Infinity Castle!
Despite the best efforts of the competition, the Sotozaki Haruo-helmed adaptation of the bestselling manga by Gotouge Koyoharu retained its #1 spot at the domestic box office, grossing $17.3 million in its second weekend.
In the process, it not only became the first animated film this year to cross the $100 million mark domestically (admittedly been a strange year for it theatrically); it became the first anime film ever to clear that benchmark, finally breaking the 26-year record held by 1999's "Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back."
To date, the movie (which is the first in a trilogy to adapt the manga's final arc) has made over $556 million worldwide; becoming the most successful Japanese-language film ever. It is only a question now of how big it will get from here.
One last thing- though I will take something of a mini-hiatus at the beginning of October; I will seriously consider checking the movie out once I can scrape up the money for it. Whether it's dubbed or subbed, it should be interesting to address (not quite caught up with the anime, but I have read the manga enough to know and understand the plot). That's all for now, take care.
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