That film posted a $20.2 million five-day opening back in January 2019. Likewise, stronger-than-expected pre-sales for Demon Slayer are indicative of a quick burst, niche breakout among fans akin to Dragon Ball Super: Broly. Given the monster-versus-monster’s box office success, though, models for Kombat have shifted in some significant ways. Forecasts were considerably modest on the Kombat remake (which moved back one week from a prior April 16 target opening), while Demon Slayer‘s stateside release had only begun to appear on industry tracking radars and there has been point of comparison for what an anime release could do mid-pandemic. Prior to the former most of those three films, this weekend seemed like it might be a fairly quiet one.

Kong finally has significant competition on its hands for April’s penultimate frame as the studio opens its own Mortal Kombat reboot in tandem with Sony / FUNimation’s domestic import of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train. After three weekends atop the domestic box office, Warner Bros.’ Godzilla vs.

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