Weekend movie attendance rankings announced

According to the movie attendance rankings for August 29-31 (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) released on September 1, the new film adaptation of the popular anime " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba " manga by Koyoharu Gotouge , " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns" (directed by Haruo Tonozaki), topped the list for the seventh consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted approximately 706,000 viewers and grossed approximately 1.095 billion yen. Cumulatively, it has attracted 21.1 million viewers and grossed over 29.9 billion yen.

Among the debutants, "Exit 8," a live-action adaptation of the globally successful infinite loop game directed by Genki Kawamura and starring Kazunari Ninomiya, ranked second. In the first three days of its release, it attracted approximately 672,000 viewers and grossed approximately 954 million yen. In terms of box office revenue, it started off the year as the top-grossing live-action film. "The Karate Kid: Legends" (directed by Jonathan Entwistle), the latest installment in the "Karate Kid" series, starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, opened in seventh place.

"National Treasure" (directed by Lee Sang-il), which is in its 13th week of release, dropped one place from the previous week to third place, but still managed to attract approximately 335,000 viewers over the three-day weekend, bringing its box office revenue to approximately 490 million yen. Cumulative totals have reached 8.86 million viewers and grossed over 12.4 billion yen.

In fourth place, as it was last week, is the theatrical release "TOKYO MER: The Mobile Emergency Room - Nankai Mission" (directed by Matsuki Aya), which attracted approximately 158,000 viewers over the three-day weekend and grossed approximately 219 million yen. Cumulative totals have reached 3.24 million viewers and over 4.3 billion yen. In fifth place is "Jurassic World: Resurrection" (directed by Gareth Edwards), which, in just 20 days since its release, became the fastest foreign film released this year to surpass 4 billion yen in box office revenue. Cumulative totals as of August 31st have reached 2.81 million viewers and over 4.3 billion yen in box office revenue.

Coming in sixth place was "Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers" (directed by Masakazu Hashimoto), which attracted a total of 1.65 million viewers and grossed 2 billion yen.

1st place: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 - Akaza Returns 2nd place: Exit 8 3rd place: National Treasure 4th place: Tokyo Mercy: The Runaway Emergency Room - South Sea Mission 5th place: Jurassic World: Resurrection 6th place : Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers 7th place: The Karate Kid: Legends 8th About a Place in the Kinki Region 9th place: Yukikaze 10th place: Ballerina: The World of John Wick