The movie "Jujutsu Kaisen" grossed over 1 billion yen on its first day in North American theaters

The latest animated film "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" from the popular anime "Jujutsu Kaisen" debuted in North American theaters on March 18. Its popularity is no less than that of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" that year. The box office exceeded 1 billion yen on the first day, setting a new record.

•The story of the new animated film "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" will revolve around Yuta Otsutsuki as the protagonist. It tells the story of Yuta Otsutsuki who is possessed by the cursed spirit of his childhood sweetheart Rika and is miserable. He seeks death every day to be freed from it. One day, Gojo Satoru, who is known as the strongest sorcerer, appears and persuades Yuta Otsutsuki to join the Jujutsu High School. He can no longer bear the harm to his relatives around him because of Rika's cursed spirit, so Yuta Otsutsuki is determined to learn sorcery to break Rika's curse.

•According to the latest statistics as of last weekend, the animated film "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" had grossed more than 17.69 million U.S. dollars in its first week in North American theaters in three days, which is not much different from the more than 21.23 million U.S. dollars of the previously popular "Demon Slayer" animated film. Currently, the top two Japanese animated films in the North American box office records are "Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back" and "Demon Slayer" (49.5 million U.S. dollars).