With the recent releases of some of the greatest anime movies from the biggest anime franchises in the world, the Japanese anime industry has taken the world by storm. Movies like Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump, and Demon Slayer To The Hashira Training have shattered major box office records.
These movies have been generating huge revenues that were unexpected and are truly portraying the wave of anime that has changed the entire scenario of the entertainment industry. These movies have indicated that the general Superhero movies have become old news and anime is the only future for the theaters.
The major credit for this success goes to the performance of the Haikyu and Demon Slayer movies that were recently released and have taken the first and the third spot on the Japanese Box office collection list and have maintained that spot since their release. While the Demon Slayer movie premiered on 2nd February, the Haikyu movie saw its release on 16th February 2024.
Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump Japanese Box Office Collection
After generating a substantial amount of income in its first ten days of release, the movie Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At The Garbage Dump maintained an outstanding run at the Japanese box office.
The film was the first installment in the two-part Haikyu!! Final sequel film project, and it remained at number one at the Japanese box office even in its second week. According to AnimeNewsNetwork, throughout the weekend, the movie brought in 1,120,105,990 yen (about US$7.44 million) from the sale of 781,000 tickets, for an overall total of 2.9 million tickets distributed and 4,180,733,200 yen (around US$27.77 million).
As of right now, the movie has the greatest opening weekend of any movie released in Japan this year. Although there hasn’t been any word about an international release for the Haikyu movie, when the movie hits international theaters, it is bound to become a success and break many records set in the past.
Demon Slayer To the Hashira Training Box Office Collection
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To The Hashira Training is most likely one of the best anime films to be produced in 2024. With total receipts of $13.3 million in the US and Canada and $21.6 million in other markets, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training has one of the largest openings of any anime film ever, grossing $34.9 million worldwide.
AnimeNewsNetwork has reported that in Japan, the film remained at number three even after its fourth weekend. In total, 1.24 million tickets have been sold for a total of 1,777,791,627 yen (about US$11.81 million), with 155,000 of those tickets sold during the screenings from Friday to Sunday for 229,514,510 yen (around US$1.52 million).
The huge earnings and rankings of these movies are a strong indication that the anime industry is slowly getting stronger and soon it will take over major box offices around the world, making them one of the biggest movie art forms in the world, leaving other movie industries behind.
