Horror had a shot to “officially” take the top spot at the box office for the sixth time in seven weeks. However, critics were not enthusiastic about the big new releases, especially the one that seemed set up to win the big game this weekend. The film that did win it, though, made news on two different fronts, one specific to this year’s animated offerings and the other in the historic drop category.

King of the Crop: Demon Slayer Becomes Highest-Grossing Japanese Film of All Time

Anime releases have a history of major drop-offs in their second weekends. Apart from Solo Leveling: ReAwakening , Crunchyroll did not have a release in 2024 that fell less than 76.7% and that is because that film did not have a second weekend. Those sophomore weekends dropped as high as 86.1%, and these w

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