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For the first time ever, an anime film has topped the U.S. box office for two weekends as Sony/Crunchyroll’s “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” has stayed No.1 with $16 million in its second weekend.

Despite a 76% drop from its record $70 million domestic opening — highest ever for an anime film — “Demon Slayer” is holding on against Universal/Monkeypaw’s “Him,” which is No. 2 with a $13.5 million opening from 3,168 theaters.

While Crunchyroll’s latest film is proving to be as frontloaded as all of the anime distributor’s offerings — two-thirds of the opening weekend tickets for “Demon Slayer” came from presales — the fanbase for this shonen franchise is so massive that…

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