Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie Garners 2.6 Billion In 3 Days, Becomes 2nd Highest Grossing Film

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 took over theatres in Japan on Friday, Dec 24, and the response has been super. The film has surpassed an enormous determine of two.6 billion yen up to now 3 days, making it the second-highest 3 days opening in Japanese field workplace historical past.

JJK 0 toppled Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix‘s gross sales of two.2 billion yen to that place. A complete of 1.9 million individuals watched the film. It was the second-biggest opening weekend Saturday and Sunday since 2015.

Moreover, with its 24-hours gross sales standing at 1.05 billion yen, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 additionally turned the second highest grossing anime film. It fell wanting 2020’s Demon Slayer: Mugen Practice‘s 1.2 billion yen gross sales.

The film, nevertheless, exceeded the gross sales of August 2021 launch, My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission of 320 million yen. 

JJK 0 now additionally holds the title for the best day 1 gross promoting film in 2021, regardless of being launched in opposition to Hollywood titles like Matrix: The Resurrection and Spiderman: No Approach Residence.

It’s possible that Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will meet TOHO Animation’s 10 billion yen objective for the movie.

In commemoration of the movie’s launch and success, numerous employees members put out illustrations. This included Director Park Sunghoo, Chief AD of anime and KA of the film Sayaka Koiso, and character designer Tadashi Hiramatsu.

TOHO Animation additionally revealed a couple of character settings for characters who weren’t within the manga’s story however appeared within the film as a bonus. Followers had not anticipated MAPPA so as to add bonus scenes that had been canon.

Excessive demand for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 had earlier pushed theatres to extend screenings. The identical mirrored in manga gross sales after the movie began airing as all of the volumes ranked within the High 50 for Shoseki for Dec 25.

Launched on Christmas Eve, Dec 24, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is the prequel to the occasions of the present timeline. It follows Okkotsu Yuta, who’s haunted by a cursed spirit who was as soon as his childhood pal Rika.

To manage and free Rika, Okkotsu be part of Tokyo Jujutsu Excessive on the phrase of Gojo and meets the opposite first-years. Their peaceable life meets disruption due to a villain they don’t know: Geto Suguru. And his eyes are set on buying Rika, at any price.

What occurs once they conflict? Jujutsu Kaisen 0 ties collectively some ends to reply some mind-boggling questions from the anime’s season 1.

Supply: Jujutsu Kaisen official Twitter, MAPPA official Twitter, Crunchyroll