Weekend movie attendance rankings announced

According to the July 25-27 movie attendance rankings (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) released on July 28, the new Demon Slayer: Koyoharu Gotouge Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns (directed by Haruo Tonozaki), based on the popular anime manga " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba " by Koyoharu Gotouge, topped the list for the second consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted approximately 2.121 million viewers and grossed approximately ¥3.099 billion. Within eight days of its release, it surpassed the ¥10 billion mark, breaking the previous record held by the previous highest-grossing film in Japan, " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie : Mugen Train ," making it the fastest film to reach the ¥10 billion mark in Japanese box office history. In the first 10 days of its release, it has attracted a cumulative total of 9.1 million viewers and grossed ¥12.87 billion.

Among the debutants, "Fantastic 4: The First Step" (directed by Matt Shakman), which depicts the team of four who built the foundation for Marvel's heroes, ranked third. It attracted approximately 205,000 viewers and grossed approximately 351 million yen in the three days since its release on July 25th. "Haunted Property Zoku: Scary Floorplan" (directed by Hideo Nakata ), starring popular group Snow Man's Shota Watanabe , debuted in fourth place, attracting approximately 199,700 viewers and grossing approximately 277 million yen in the three days since its release on July 25th.

In fifth place is the special effects drama double feature " Kamen Rider Gavv the Movie : Invaders of the House of Snacks/ No.1 Sentai Gozyuger ," and in sixth place is "The Army on the Tree," a film adaptation of a stage play based on an original story by Inoue Hisashi, directed by Shinichi Tsutsumi and starring Tsutsumi Shinichi and Yuki Yamada, which made its debut.

Now in its eighth week of release, "National Treasure" (directed by Lee Sang-il) remained in second place, as it was the previous week, attracting approximately 283,000 viewers over the three-day weekend and grossing approximately 419 million yen. Cumulative totals have reached 5.38 million viewers and box office revenue of over 7.5 billion yen. Now in its 12th week of release, the animated film " Uta no Prince-sama Taboo Night XXXX" has risen one place from the previous week to seventh place, attracting a cumulative total of 1.04 million viewers and grossing over 1.7 billion yen.

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie : Infinity Castle Arc Arc Chapter 1 - Akaza Returns 2. National Treasure 3. Fantastic 4: First Step 4. Haunted Property Zoku: Scary Floor Plan 5. Kamen Rider Gavv the Movie: Invaders of the House of Snacks/ No.1 Sentai Gozyuger the Movie: Resurrection of Tega Sword 6. The Treetop Army 7. Uta no Prince-sama: Taboo Night XXXX 8. Lilo & Stitch 9. Dollhouse 10. F1