{"id":2019942,"date":"2025-09-13T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2019942"},"modified":"2025-09-13T20:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:18:10","slug":"anime-flick-demon-slayer-beats-downton-abbey-for-no-1-box-office-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anime-flick-demon-slayer-beats-downton-abbey-for-no-1-box-office-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime flick &#8216;Demon Slayer&#8217; beats &#8220;Downton Abbey&#8221; for No. 1 box office finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2F111298622.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fans of manga and historical period dramas spent Friday at their local cinemas, generating more than $40 million in combined ticket sales, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With $33 million in opening day box office receipts, \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimesu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d easily assumed the No. 1 spot on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first in a trilogy of films inspired by the beloved Japanese manga animated series, written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Demon Slayer: Kimesu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is the first of three films. <span class=\"credit\">IMDB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale\u201d raked in $8.85 million during its first full day in theaters \u2014 enough to take the No. 2 slot.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as the last chapter in the beloved British franchise, it failed to surpass the $14 million in first-day earnings generated by the original 2019 \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d film.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Is this the end for \u201cDownton Abbey?\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Focus Features\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pulling in another $8.4 million to claim the third-place spot is \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites,\u201d starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga\u00a0reprising their roles as paranormal investigators.<\/p>\n<p>After eight days in theaters, the film has already earned more than $113 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Vera Farmiga in \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thirty years after its original release, Disney\u2019s \u201cToy Story\u201d has returned to movie theaters, and on Friday, sold $1.1 million in ticket sales.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top 5 was \u201cWeapons,\u201d which continued to fire away with $850,000 in sales on its sixth Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of manga and historical period dramas spent Friday at their local cinemas, generating more than $40 million in combined ticket sales, according to The Numbers. With $33 million in opening day box office receipts, \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimesu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d easily assumed the No. 1 spot on Friday. 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