The Jujutsu Kaisen movie, based on the popular manga by Gege Akutami (Shueisha), was released on November 7th as the Shibuya Incident Special Edition and Culling Game Advance Jujutsu Kaisen , and it has been revealed that the box office revenue exceeded 1.12 billion yen in 10 days. The movie has been a hit, with audience numbers exceeding 740,000.
Following the success of the film, it has been announced that " Jujutsu Kaisen THEATER," a dedicated screen for the film that has been open for two weeks only since its release at TOHO Cinemas Shibuya Screen 5 (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo), will be extended until November 27th. At "Jujutsu Kaisen THEATER," a total of 12 different seat covers featuring characters such as Satoru Gojo Yuji Itadori, Yuta Okkotsu , Ryomen Sukuna, Ryoumen Sukuna, and Zenin Naoya will be randomly installed as seat covers. A welcome announcement by Yuji Itadori will be played before the screening. In addition to the seat covers, special "Jujutsu Kaisen" decorations have been installed, mainly on the second floor, and photo panels featuring all the characters have also been installed.
"Shibuya Incident Special Edition x Culling Game Advance Screening" will include a special edition of the second season of the anime, "Shibuya Incident," as well as an advance screening of episodes 1 and 2 of the third season, "Culling Game Part 1."
"Jujutsu Kaisen" is a manga that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from March 2018 to September 2024. The story follows high school student Yuji Itadori, who is thrown into a world of battles over curses after a powerful "cursed object" is unsealed. The comic series has sold over 100 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime aired from October 2020 to March 2021, while the second season, "Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu/ Shibuya Incident," aired from July to December 2023. The third season, "Culling Game Part 1," will be broadcast nationwide simultaneously every Thursday at 12:26 a.m. on the MBS/TBS anime block "Super Animeism TURBO" starting January 8, 2026. The movie version, "Jujutsu Kaisen 0," a prequel to the first season, was released in December 2021 and was a huge hit, grossing approximately 13.75 billion yen in Japan and approximately 26.5 billion yen worldwide.
