wow, this is no joke.
when a movie's meanings and messages can resonate with people well and actually affect and change the way people thinking, acting in society, then it is really something.
i can say how much the praticality of the movie meanings, messages, values,.... contributing in big part in its success in box office run in general.

Regarding Friday's seating, just remember that it doesn't correlate with how a film might debut or hold. It sort of just sets a limit, but that limit is usually out of reach in most cases anyway. Also, Friday seating tends to favor openers, so the weekend seating will likely be reduced slightly for the openers, and increase slightly for some holdovers.

And for Demon Slayer, it's obviously going to be down a lot this upcoming weekend. You don't see a 43% increase and manage a good hold the next, no matter the film. In these rare cases, the following weekend tends to drop like 35/40%+. It's probably going to drop ~40% or more given how significant last weekend's giveaway was compared to the previous two.

And given this, I think theaters allocated the seating this weekend quite well. There was no reason to keep Demon Slayer on so many seats this weekend since it's not going to need them. This has allowed for enough seats for all three wide openers to more or less perform to their full potential if they're able. This also lets theaters see which of the openers meet/exceed expectations or possibly disappoint, so that they can allocate the seating appropriately for future weekends.

Demon Slayer: Mugen Train - Daily Performance Tracker

10/16 - Fri.: ¥1,268,724,700 ($12.0 million) / 910,507
10/17 - Sat.: ¥1,701,723,350 ($16.2 million) / 1,270,234
10/18 - Sun.: ¥1,652,669,400 ($15.7 million) / 1,239,752
10/19 - Mon.: ¥735,000,000 ($7.0 million) / 545,000
10/20 - Tues.: ¥545,000,000 ($5.1 million) / 395,000
10/21 - Wed.: ¥635,000,000 ($6.0 million) / 505,000
10/22 - Thur.: ¥465,000,000 ($4.5 million) / 340,000
10/23 - Fri.: ¥700,000,000 ($6.7 million) / 510,000
10/24 - Sat.: ¥1,500,944,600 ($14.3 million) / 1,115,182
10/25 - Sun.: ¥1,540,504,150 ($14.7 million) / 1,157,654
10/26 - Mon.: ¥620,000,000 ($5.9 million) / 460,000
10/27 - Tues.: ¥410,000,000 ($3.9 million) / 300,000
10/28 - Wed.: ¥575,000,000 ($5.5 million) / 430,000
10/29 - Thur.: ¥390,000,000 ($3.7 million) / 285,000
10/30 - Fri.: ¥555,000,000 ($5.3 million) / 405,000
10/31 - Sat.: ¥1,212,312,550 ($11.6 million) / 887,893
11/01 - Sun.: ¥1,286,354,600 ($12.3 million) / 1,140,390 *Discount Day*
11/02 - Mon: ¥820,000,000 ($7.8 million) / 605,000 *Holiday Boosted*
11/03 - Tues.: ¥1,185,000,000 ($11.3 million) / 900,000 *Holiday*
11/04 - Wed.: ¥350,000,000 ($3.3 million) / 260,000
11/05 - Thur.: ¥230,000,000 ($2.2 million) / 170,000
11/06 - Fri.: ¥325,000,000 ($3.1 million) / 240,000
11/07 - Sat.: ¥863,827,750 ($8.3 million) / 628,614
11/08 - Sun.: ¥909,098,150 ($8.8 million) / 667,179
11/09 - Mon.: ¥315,000,000 ($3.0 million) / 230,000
11/10 - Tues.: ¥220,000,000 ($2.1 million) / 160,000
11/11 - Wed.: ¥295,000,000 ($2.8 million) / 230,000
11/12 - Thur.: ¥200,000,000 ($1.9 million) / 145,000
11/13 - Fri.: ¥310,000,000 ($3.0 million) / 225,000
11/14 - Sat.: ¥795,343,500 ($7.6 million) / 611,418
11/15 - Sun.: ¥726,313,550 ($6.9 million) / 535,986
11/16 - Mon.: ¥265,000,000 ($2.5 million) / 195,000
11/17 - Tues.: ¥165,000,000 ($1.6 million) / 120,000
11/18 - Wed.: ¥240,000,000 ($2.3 million) / 185,000
11/19 - Thur.: ¥165,000,000 ($1.6 million) / 120,000
11/20 - Fri.: ¥240,000,000 ($2.3 million) / 170,000
11/21 - Sat.: ¥439,606,550 ($4.2 million) / 314,726
11/22 - Sun.: ¥592,738,550 ($5.7 million) / 433,315
11/23 - Mon.: ¥460,110,250 ($4.4 million) / 357,741 *Holiday*
11/24 - Tues.: ¥125,000,000 ($1.2 million) / 90,000
11/25 - Wed.: ¥160,000,000 ($1.5 million) / 120,000
11/26 - Thur.: ¥120,000,000 ($1.1 million) / 85,000
11/27 - Fri.: ¥195,000,000 ($1.9 million) / 130,000
11/28 - Sat.: ¥556,443,300 ($5.3 million) / 392,017
11/29 - Sun: ¥448,060,450 ($4.3 million) / 320,031
11/30 - Mon.: ¥140,000,000 ($1.3 million) / 105,000
12/01 - Tues.: ¥170,000,000 ($1.6 million) / 145,000 *Discount Day*
12/02 - Wed.: ¥125,000,000 ($1.2 million) /100,000
12/03 - Thur.: ¥x95,000,000 ($0.9 million) / x70,000
12/04 - Fri.: ¥145,000,000 ($1.4 million) / 105,000
12/05 - Sat.: ¥319,013,550 ($3.1 million) / 225,976
12/06 - Sun.: ¥336,505,700 ($3.2 million) / 239,874
12/07 - Mon.: ¥100,000,000 ($1.0 million) / x75,000
12/08 - Tues.: ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million) / x55,000
12/09 - Wed.: ¥115,000,000 ($1.1 million) / x90,000
12/10 - Thur.: ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million) / x60,000
12/11 - Fri.: ¥115,000,000 ($1.1 million) / x80,000
12/12 - Sat.: ¥588,408,200 ($5.7 million) / 407,286
12/13 - Sun.: ¥351,003,000 ($3.4 million) / 248,024
12/14 - Mon.: ¥120,000,000 ($1.2 million) / x85,000 *est.*
12/15 - Tues.: ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million) / x60,000 *est.*
12/16 - Wed.: ¥110,000,000 ($1.1 million) / x80,000 *est.*
12/16 - Thur.: ¥75,000,000 ($0.7 million) / x55,000 *est.*

63-Day Cumulative Total: ¥30,679,307,700 ($292.7 million) / 22,819,385

Note: Mon.-Fri. are estimates (excluding Holiday Mondays), therefore adding up each day won't equal the actual total.

Is there still any chance the movie will be released in China?

Nope. I don't think it will release in China any more.

What about this article?
it is saying that board will check demon slayer again and it can get released in February or March

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... -exclusive

I mean I would be happy if it did January would be best for release but I would still be happy even if it is March.

Weird that the article says this:
"the film will release on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan sometime in late January"
That...doesn't seem likely at all.

They're probably just assuming the same theatrical window that Hollywood films typically get. Domestic films, especially a phenomenon like Demon Slayer, can usually stay in theaters much longer before they see a home release.

Yea I thought that Japanese movies released blu ray later so it was weird they probably assumed.

This weekend, I expect ¥425mn-¥475mn ($4M-$4,5M). What do you think ?

400m

Demon Slayer : the Manga - Record of Slayed Records List

- Best Year in Oricon's history : 2020 with 82 345 447 sales.
- Best semester in Oricon's history : first semester 2020 with 45 297 633 sales.
- Best Month in Oricon's history : October 2020, from September 28th to November 1st with 11 571 206 sales.
- Best Week in Oricon's history : Week #02 of 2021, (from November 30th 2020 to December 6th 2020) with 3 688 476 sales.

- First volume in Oricon's history to sell 4 000 000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 with 4 017 245 from June 3rd 2016 to September 27th 2020.
- First volume in Oricon's history to sell 4 000 000 in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba #18 with 4 019 701 from December 4th 2019 to October 18th 2020.
- Fastest volume in Oricon's history to sell 4 000 000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #22 (limited edition included) with 4 041 316 from October 2nd 2020 to November 22nd 2020.
- Fastest volume in Oricon's history to sell 3 000 000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 3 431 296 in 3 days, from December 4th 2020 to December 6th 2020.

- Best selling volume in Oricon's history : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 with 4 828 091 (ongoing).
- Best selling volume in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 (limited edition included) with 4 396 467.
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #02, #14 and #15 with 70 weeks (ongoing).
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon for a volume: Kimetsu no Yaiba #15 with 81 weeks (ongoing).

- Best selling fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 1 298 071.
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 11 weeks.
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon rankings for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 31 weeks.

- Best selling limited edition for a volume in Oricon's history : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 with 1 637 005 sales.
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 limited edition with 8 weeks.
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #21 limited edition with 11 weeks (ongoing).

- First manga to monopolise the first 18 spots of the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 to #18 from January 27th to February 2nd 2020.
- First manga to monopolise the first 19 spots of the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 to #19 from February 10th to February 16th and a second time from April 27th to May 3rd 2020.
- First manga to monopolise the first 22 spots of the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 to #22 from October 19th to October 25th 2020.
- First manga to have its 17 first volumes present 42 weeks in a row in the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings, from November 18th of 2019 to September 06th 2020.
- Limited editions excluded, Kimetsu no Yaiba only missed 13 out of the 1051 possible spots in the 2020 weekly Oricon rankings , from november 18th 2019 to november 22nd 2020

- Biggest first week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 3 431 296 in 3 days.
- Biggest third week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #22 with 312 449 additional sales.
- Biggest fourth week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #22 with a minimum of 325 762 additional sales (missing the limited edition number).
- Biggest fifth week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #22 with a minimum of 194 335 additional sales (missing the limited edition number).


Here is the updated list of records for the manga, with the numbers from week #03 of 2021 (from December 7th,2020 to December 13th, 2020).
Another fantastic week for Kimetsu no Yaiba : only volume #21 sold less than 100 000 ; week after week, the longevity and scale of this boost keeps getting more and more incredible.

I still can't get over how fast the last volume reached 3M. What a record. 3 days!!! I thought it was the whole week from Nov 30 to Dec 6.

Demon Slayer: Mugen Train - Daily Performance Tracker

10/16 - Fri.: ¥1,268,724,700 ($12.0 million) / 910,507
10/17 - Sat.: ¥1,701,723,350 ($16.2 million) / 1,270,234
10/18 - Sun.: ¥1,652,669,400 ($15.7 million) / 1,239,752
10/19 - Mon.: ¥735,000,000 ($7.0 million) / 545,000
10/20 - Tues.: ¥545,000,000 ($5.1 million) / 395,000
10/21 - Wed.: ¥635,000,000 ($6.0 million) / 505,000
10/22 - Thur.: ¥465,000,000 ($4.5 million) / 340,000
10/23 - Fri.: ¥700,000,000 ($6.7 million) / 510,000
10/24 - Sat.: ¥1,500,944,600 ($14.3 million) / 1,115,182
10/25 - Sun.: ¥1,540,504,150 ($14.7 million) / 1,157,654
10/26 - Mon.: ¥620,000,000 ($5.9 million) / 460,000
10/27 - Tues.: ¥410,000,000 ($3.9 million) / 300,000
10/28 - Wed.: ¥575,000,000 ($5.5 million) / 430,000
10/29 - Thur.: ¥390,000,000 ($3.7 million) / 285,000
10/30 - Fri.: ¥555,000,000 ($5.3 million) / 405,000
10/31 - Sat.: ¥1,212,312,550 ($11.6 million) / 887,893
11/01 - Sun.: ¥1,286,354,600 ($12.3 million) / 1,140,390 *Discount Day*
11/02 - Mon: ¥820,000,000 ($7.8 million) / 605,000 *Holiday Boosted*
11/03 - Tues.: ¥1,185,000,000 ($11.3 million) / 900,000 *Holiday*
11/04 - Wed.: ¥350,000,000 ($3.3 million) / 260,000
11/05 - Thur.: ¥230,000,000 ($2.2 million) / 170,000
11/06 - Fri.: ¥325,000,000 ($3.1 million) / 240,000
11/07 - Sat.: ¥863,827,750 ($8.3 million) / 628,614
11/08 - Sun.: ¥909,098,150 ($8.8 million) / 667,179
11/09 - Mon.: ¥315,000,000 ($3.0 million) / 230,000
11/10 - Tues.: ¥220,000,000 ($2.1 million) / 160,000
11/11 - Wed.: ¥295,000,000 ($2.8 million) / 230,000
11/12 - Thur.: ¥200,000,000 ($1.9 million) / 145,000
11/13 - Fri.: ¥310,000,000 ($3.0 million) / 225,000
11/14 - Sat.: ¥795,343,500 ($7.6 million) / 611,418
11/15 - Sun.: ¥726,313,550 ($6.9 million) / 535,986
11/16 - Mon.: ¥265,000,000 ($2.5 million) / 195,000
11/17 - Tues.: ¥165,000,000 ($1.6 million) / 120,000
11/18 - Wed.: ¥240,000,000 ($2.3 million) / 185,000
11/19 - Thur.: ¥165,000,000 ($1.6 million) / 120,000
11/20 - Fri.: ¥240,000,000 ($2.3 million) / 170,000
11/21 - Sat.: ¥439,606,550 ($4.2 million) / 314,726
11/22 - Sun.: ¥592,738,550 ($5.7 million) / 433,315
11/23 - Mon.: ¥460,110,250 ($4.4 million) / 357,741 *Holiday*
11/24 - Tues.: ¥125,000,000 ($1.2 million) / 90,000
11/25 - Wed.: ¥160,000,000 ($1.5 million) / 120,000
11/26 - Thur.: ¥120,000,000 ($1.1 million) / 85,000
11/27 - Fri.: ¥195,000,000 ($1.9 million) / 130,000
11/28 - Sat.: ¥556,443,300 ($5.3 million) / 392,017
11/29 - Sun: ¥448,060,450 ($4.3 million) / 320,031
11/30 - Mon.: ¥140,000,000 ($1.3 million) / 105,000
12/01 - Tues.: ¥170,000,000 ($1.6 million) / 145,000 *Discount Day*
12/02 - Wed.: ¥125,000,000 ($1.2 million) /100,000
12/03 - Thur.: ¥x95,000,000 ($0.9 million) / x70,000
12/04 - Fri.: ¥145,000,000 ($1.4 million) / 105,000
12/05 - Sat.: ¥319,013,550 ($3.1 million) / 225,976
12/06 - Sun.: ¥336,505,700 ($3.2 million) / 239,874
12/07 - Mon.: ¥100,000,000 ($1.0 million) / x75,000
12/08 - Tues.: ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million) / x55,000
12/09 - Wed.: ¥115,000,000 ($1.1 million) / x90,000
12/10 - Thur.: ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million) / x60,000
12/11 - Fri.: ¥115,000,000 ($1.1 million) / x80,000
12/12 - Sat.: ¥588,408,200 ($5.7 million) / 407,286
12/13 - Sun.: ¥351,003,000 ($3.4 million) / 248,024
12/14 - Mon.: ¥120,000,000 ($1.2 million) / x85,000 *est.*
12/15 - Tues.: ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million) / x60,000 *est.*
12/16 - Wed.: ¥110,000,000 ($1.1 million) / x80,000 *est.*
12/16 - Thur.: ¥x75,000,000 ($0.7 million) / x55,000 *est.*
12/16 - Fri.: ¥x90,000,000 ($0.9 million) / x65,000 *est.*

64-Day Cumulative Total: ¥30,769,307,700 ($293.6 million) / 22,884,385

Note: Mon.-Fri. are estimates (excluding Holiday Mondays), therefore adding up each day won't equal the actual total.

Friday Opener Estimates:

¥85-90 million ($0.8-0.9 million) - The Promised Neverland
¥55-60 million ($0.5-0.6 million) - Wonder Woman 1984
¥40-45 million ($0.4 million) - Kamen Rider Zero-One: REAL×TIME

Decent first day for The Promised Neverland. It's a little hard to determine the age-group(s) of its fanbase, but if it skews a bit toward young adults/teens like most Shonen manga series' do, then this would be a solid first day since it'll perform noticeable better over the weekend frame. It's probably heading for ¥250-300 million ($2.5/3 million) over the weekend frame. I'd consider anything over ¥250 million as satisfactory, and anything over ¥300 million as impressive.

Not too good for Wonder Woman. The DC films, and superhero films in general, are pretty fanbase-driven and don't normally improve a significant amount on Saturday from their Friday start. It's probably hoping to hit ¥200 million ($2 million) over the weekend frame, which would be down about 25% versus the first film, but could just miss that mark.

Kamen Rider is also tough to predict. This looks like a pretty good start, as the Kamen Rider films are more of weekend films due to their younger fanbase, and there aren't many comparisons to past films since they normally open on Saturdays. I'm going to assume it'll more than double Friday's take tomorrow and on Sunday, so let's say it's also aiming for ¥200 million ($2 million) or a bit more. Not bad if it lands there, but hoping for closer to ¥250 million so it get it closer to the average opening the series tends to see.

If all three films get above ¥200 million (or at least as an average), it'll be a good weekend. Demon Slayer and New Interpretation Record of the Three Kingdoms will fend all three of them off though to remain as #1 and #2, respectively.

All these past weekdays have been very strong for Demon Slayer.
And in the race for the 1# spot, DS has been trailing Three Kingdoms very close, just -5/15% behind every day (except for monday wich was obviously benefited by spillovers from the giveaway).

With Friday just -3/4% short from Three Kingdoms, will be a tête à tête till the last second, but Demon Slayers is in shape to claim its 10th consecutive weekend as 1#.

Demon Slayer has the advantage over Three Kingdoms to remain at #1 since it'll play better over the weekend frame, so I'd be surprised if it doesn't achieve ten-weeks at #1. And it's unlikely that Pokemon will dethrone it next weekend as it's the last giveaway weekend (and its 4DX expansion) so it'll experience a big increase, therefore 11 and also 12 weeks at #1 are quite likely. I do think Gintama on Jan. 8th will dethrone it though.

I'll have the Weekend Forecast posted later this evening.

If Gintama does dethrone it, that'll be extra funny since Gintama is doing a...well...Demon Slayer giveaway for its first week. Yep.

It takes a Demon Slayer to defeat a Demon Slayer

@Corpse, you think next weekend we could see a big increase for DS, but by what degree ? 20% / 30% / 50% ?

It's hard to say at this time, but given it jumped 43% last weekend, I'd have to believe something similar at least is likely next weekend. It depends on a few factors: 1. What it earns this weekend. 2. How many seats it's on next weekend. 3. What the final giveaway is.

It'll also receive a bump to its average ticket price from the 4DX showings beginning next week.

Going to crush the all time record. 25% looks out of reach but maybe it won’t finish that far away. This is why for me it’s an unquestioned most impressive run in the market.

25% would require +¥42 billions. Seems to high.
¥37/38 billions would give it close to 22/23%, and that is already would destroy the current record.

But with this movie, who knows!! The sky is the limit