Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training Anime Debuts at #2 in US Box Office

The U.S. box office estimates are in for the weekend of February 23-25, putting the screening of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training — which includes the finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc and the hour-long first episode of the upcoming Hashira Training Arc — at the #2 spot.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training earned an estimated US$11,575,000 over the weekend, including a Friday opening of US$5,525,000. This put it right behind Bob Marley: One Love and ahead of Ordinary Angels (new), Madame Web and Migration. 

Aniplex and Crunchyroll released Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training in the U.S. and other regions on Friday, February 23, with more dates to follow. Showings are still happening this week, and you can grab tickets right here.  

Haruo Sotozaki directs Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at the anime studio ufotable, with Akira Matsushima as Chief Animation Director and Character Designer, and music by Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina. The Demon Slayer: KImetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc TV anime is scheduled to premiere in spring 2024 in Japan.

In the meantime, you can catch up with the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime—based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge—on Crunchyroll, which describes the series like so:

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself.

Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.