Weekend movie attendance rankings announced

According to the September 5-7 movie attendance rankings (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) released on September 8, the new film adaptation of the popular anime " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba" series, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns" (directed by Haruo Tonozaki), based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge, topped the list for the eighth consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted approximately 501,000 viewers and grossed approximately ¥804 million. Cumulative totals have reached 22 million viewers and ¥31.4 billion. This film is the fastest Japanese film to gross ¥10 billion in just eight days and ¥20 billion in just 23 days. It also surpassed the previous record of ¥30 billion, previously held by " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba no Yaiba the Movie : Mugen Train," which took just 59 days to reach the milestone, achieving the milestone in just 46 days.

Among the films making their debut, "Karada Sagashi THE LAST NIGHT" (directed by Eiichiro Hasumi), the sequel to the hit horror film released in 2022, ranked fourth. It attracted approximately 117,000 viewers and grossed approximately 148 million yen in the three days since its release on September 5th. Coming in sixth is "How to Train Your Dragon," a live-action adaptation of the popular DreamWorks animation by director Dean DeBlois, while "Distant Mountains," a film adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro's human mystery set in his birthplace of Nagasaki and directed by Kei Ishikawa, made its debut in eighth place.

"Exit 8" (directed by Genki Kawamura), which debuted in second place last week, maintained its second place position, drawing approximately 466,000 viewers and grossing approximately 667 million yen over the three-day weekend. Cumulative totals reached 1.48 million viewers and over 2 billion yen. "National Treasure" (directed by Lee Sang-il), in its 14th week of release, maintained its third place position, drawing approximately 275,000 viewers and grossing approximately 406 million yen over the three-day weekend. Cumulative totals reached approximately 9.46 million viewers and grossed approximately 13.3 billion yen, placing it 30th on the all-time box office rankings.

1st place: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba the Movie : Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 - Akaza Returns 2nd place: Exit 8 3rd place: National Treasure 4th place: Body Search: The Last Night 5th place: Tokyo Mercy: The Movie - The Running Emergency Room - South Seas Mission 6th place: How to Train Your Dragon 7th place: Jurassic World: Resurrection 8th place: Light on the Distant Mountains 9th place : Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers 10th place: The Karate Kid: Legends