The extremely anticipated anime movie Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training dominated the US box office throughout its opening weekend. While it first premiered in Japan on February 2, the movie made its worldwide theatrical launch on Friday, February 23. Till now, the darkish motion fantasy sequence has raked in a whopping $11.5 million, rating second within the US field workplace.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training

It is a direct sequel to the third season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. It incorporates the Swordsmith Village and Hashira Training arcs of Koyoharu Gotouge’s namesake manga sequence. The movie additionally acts as a compilation film because it consists of the ultimate episode of Season 3 and the primary episode of Season 4, which is about to be broadcast later this 12 months.

Demon Slayer opened with $5.5 million on Friday, adopted by $3.5 million on Saturday, and $2.5 million on Sunday, per the figures reported by Box Office Mojo. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour 44 minutes and was distributed by Crunchyroll by way of Sony Pictures Releasing throughout 1,949 theatres. Whereas, in Japan, Demon Slayer 4 was opened by way of Toho and Aniplex.

Helmed by Japanese movie director Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training stars Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kitō, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, and Hiro Shimono because the lead voice actors. It has been produced by Ufotable, with cinematography by Yuichi Terao.

What is Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training about?

According to Crunchyroll, the outline for the movie reads, “It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a ‘demon slayer’ so that he can turn his sister back into a human and kill the demon that massacred his family.”