At the end of the day, box-office success isn’t measured solely by opening-weekend numbers.
Sometimes it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
As proof, you need look no further than the newly reversed fortunes of Mortal Kombat and Demon Slayer: Mugen Train.Last weekend, the two new releases battled tooth-and-nail all the way to the finish line, with Mortal Kombat narrowly edging out Demon Slayer: Mugen Train.
But now, just a week later, the two films have swapped positions in another box-office nail-biter.
And this time, it was FUNimation Entertainment’s anime adventure Demon Slayer that came out on top by the narrowest of margins.Already a bonafide blockbuster overseas, the R-rated Demon Slayer pulled in $6.4 million in its second weekend in North America.
And despite nose-diving -69.7% from the previous frame, the film managed a $3,359 per-screen average in 1,905 theaters.
More impressive is how the film has performed abroad,
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