″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity War,″ one of the most talked-about films of the second half of the year, has surpassed ″Zombie Daughter″ to take the top spot in advance ticket sales. According to the integrated computer network for movie tickets on the 4th, as of 11:00 AM, ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity War″ recorded a 20.6% advance ticket sales rate and 91,087 tickets sold. This figure surpasses ″Zombie Daughter″ (19%), which surpassed 1 million viewers in just four days and is leading this summer’s box office success. ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity War″ has been showing a steep rise in advance ticket sales since its release two weeks ago. With special theater formats like IMAX, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema selling out one after another, a fierce ticketing war is raging.

Following ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Arc,″ Yoona’s comeback film ″The Devil Has Moved In″ ranked third overall with a 12.7% pre-sale rate. Following it, ″F1 The Movie″ (10.2%) and ″Ballerina″ (7.4%) also topped the pre-sale rankings. The anime ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba″ is based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotoge, which has sold over 220 million copies. The story follows Kamado Tanjiro, a boy whose family is murdered by demons, as he enlists in the Demon Slayer Corps to restore his younger sister, Nezuko, who has now been turned into a demon.

This film is the first chapter of a three-part series and foreshadows the climax of the ″Demon Slayer″ series. The ″Demon Slayer″ series, which premiered in April 2019 with the first season, ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kamado Tanjiro’s Ichiban-hen,″ has enjoyed immense popularity, continuing through four seasons. This success has earned it a significant fan base in Korea. As a leading anime series, creators are often seen imitating the costumes of the main characters in the series.

Thanks to this popularity, the 2021 Korean release of ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train″ attracted 2.18 million viewers. ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen-hen,″ which premiered in Japan on the 18th of last month, created a sensation with its unprecedented box office success. The film, which topped the Japanese box office immediately after its release, earned 5.52 billion yen (approximately 51.6 billion won) and attracted 3.84 million viewers in just three days, setting a new record for the highest opening score for a Japanese film. Afterwards, ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train″ surpassed 10 billion yen (approximately 93.6 billion won) in box office revenue in just eight days, setting a new record for the fastest time a Japanese film has ever reached the mark. This achievement surpassed the previous record set by ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train″ (10 days) by two days.

″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train″ garnered significant attention, breaking the previous record (25 days) held by Hayao Miyazaki’s ″Spirited Away″ after 19 years. With ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train″ surpassing this record, much anticipation is focused on its domestic release. Audiences have also been enthusiastic. On Japanese film review sites Filmarks and eiga.com, ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Arc″ has garnered 4.3 and 4.2 points, respectively, maintaining the highest rating among currently showing films.

Audiences have raved, praising the film with comments like, ″The grandeur of Infinity Arc must be seen in theaters,″ ″The animation technology has reached a new level, and I was overwhelmed by the stunning cuts and intricate depictions,″ ″This is a film you experience with your whole body,″ ″No film can surpass Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,″ and ″Even knowing the ending of the manga brought me to tears.″ Having achieved unprecedented success for a Japanese anime film in Korea, ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Arc″ is poised to continue its box office success this year. It is garnering considerable attention from both anime fans and theatergoers. Even before its domestic release, ″Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Arc″ has broken numerous records and even reached the top spot in advance ticket sales. It will be released in theaters on the 22nd of this month.