Jujutsu Kaisen 0 close to records? The film continues its incredible dynamic

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Successful goal for jujutsu?

We told you before the turn of the year: three days after its theatrical release, the animated film Jujutsu Kaisen 0 shows thunderous results. In fact, they grossed 2.6 billion yen, making it the second best-grossing film in Japan and just behind Demon Slayer: The Infinity Train

. At the time, Toho was hoping for sales of 10 billion yen ($80 million). A number that was almost reached, according to Crunchyroll, which released box office numbers after the weekend of January 15-16: that’s 8.57 billion yen Jujutsu Kaisen 0 made a total of six billion in three weeks. A performance that has therefore been standardized in recent weeks: ten days ago it was reported at 5.6 billion yen. Around 2.8 billion yen (19 million dollars) are generated every week. The target of 10 billion is almost certain for Toho: a symbolic level that is equivalent to the top 40 most lucrative films in Japan.

Without being able to explain specifically what seduces the audience in the film Jujutsu Kaisen 0, we can at least give some explanations. as a reminder Jujutsu Kaisen is a manga that is a hit in Japan: It is the work that has sold the most volumes in the archipelago in 2021. It takes up the classic codes of the manga shave, a boys’ genre in which a teenager w ith supernatural powers must shoulder the fate of the whole earth on his own shoulders. A fictional universe… already created by Gege Akutami! It’s in a short story called School of Exorcism in Tokyo

that the mangaka describes it for the first time. Success obliges, he puts his pencil back to work and creates Jujutsu Kaisen. The manga is just as popular, especially since the adaptation of Mappa (Shingeki No Kyojin Season 4, god of high school) drives work to new heights.

But what relationship with Jujutsu Kaisen 0 ? Well, the film, released during the holidays in Japan, is the direct adaptation of School of Exorcism in Tokyo. The film was probably renamed on this occasion in order not to lose readers and to respect the temporality of the works: made beforehand Jujutsu Kaisen, School of Exorcism in Tokyo also takes place before the events of the latter. What about a release in France? No information was given on the dissemination of the Hexagon adaptation. We keep our fingers crossed and remain optimistic and hope for the same treatment as Demon Slayer: The Infinity Train.