Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie is an animated theatrical film adaptation of Jujutsu Kaisen Vol.0. The main content of this story is about Yuta Okkotsu when he first entered the magic academy. At this time, Geto, who was Gojou Satoru’s comrade, started acting suspiciously. Together with Maki, Toge, Panda and Gojou, Yuta will stop Geto! Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie is made by MAPPA studio. The film officially hits theaters on December 24, 2021 at Japanese cinemas.
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Most recently, the revenue statistics of this anime movie have been announced. Only in the first week of release, the movie “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” grossed 2.68 billion yen (equivalent to 23.3 million USD). The film was shown in 418 Japanese cinemas and attracted more than 1.9 million spectators. This has also helped the movie “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” become the second highest-grossing film in the first week of Japanese box office history, just behind the 2020 phenomenon of Kimetsu no Yaiba’s movie “Endless Train”. Film distributor Toho Co., Ltd. previously also raised high expectations for the movie “Jujutsu Kaisen 0”, when it set a revenue target for the film to fall at 10 billion yen (equivalent to 87 million USD).
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie has excellent quality. Most of the reviews shared on social networks Facebook, Twitter, and Tiktok all say that the film is extremely eye-catching and worth watching. The images are well done, detailed and very impressive when viewed on the big screen. The sound stage is also invested to make the film more attractive, lively and full of ghosts. Some comments praised the seiyuu who participated in voicing the film’s characters, especially Megumi Ogata, the seiyuu who voiced Yuta.
Currently, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is being shown more and more and with a denser frequency in this 2nd week. With the current signs, many viewers are seeing the path to success and a re-enactment of the anime movie phenomenon 2020 – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train. In general, it is quite difficult for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 to break the record of the Demon Slayer, but if the support effect from the audience at the present time is maintained and the epidemic situation develops better in 2022. then Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is likely to have a great success and partly do what Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train has done.
What do you think about Jujutsu Kaisen 0’s record sales of 2.68 billion yen in its opening weekend. If this anime movie can do what Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train did, please leave your comments!