North American weekend box office: "Devil's Blade: Infinity Train" won the first place

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 (China News Service) -- Since the simultaneous release of "Mortal Kombat" and "Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train" on April 23, the North American box office has ushered in a rare "two-strong competition" situation during the epidemic. In this weekend's second round of "Battle", "Devil's Blade: Infinity Train" replaced the opponent with a slight margin of nearly $200,000, becoming the new North American weekend box office champion.

According to data released by the North American box office statistics website boxofficemojo.com on May 2, the second weekend of release, the Japanese animated film "Devil's Blade: Infinite Train" was released in 1905 theaters in North America. Although it fell 69.7 percent at the box office, the well-received film topped the North American weekend box office charts with nearly $6.4 million. Since its release, the film has grossed nearly $34.12 million in North America, making it the third-highest-ever Japanese animated film on the North American film market. To date, the film has grossed more than $428 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing Japanese animated film of all time. Devil's Blade: Infinity Train grossed $368 million in Japan, making it the highest-grossing film on the country's film market.

The last weekend box office winner, Mortal Kombat, was released in 3,114 theaters in North America this weekend, dropping 73.4 percent at the box office to $6.2 million, dropping to second place on the North American weekend box office charts. At present, the Warner Bros. film has grossed $34.1 million in North America and $66.9 million worldwide.

Under the "two strong competitions", "Godzilla vs King Kong", which recently achieved the "triple crown" of the North American weekend box office, continued to rank third this weekend. On its fourth weekend of release, Godzilla vs. King Kong received $2.74 million from 2,573 theaters in North America, a box office drop of 36.1 percent. Since its launch in North America, warner Bros. the film has grossed more than $90.3 million and grossed $415.4 million worldwide.

At number four on the charts is a new film from Pioneer Pictures, Separation. On the opening weekend, the film was screened in 1,751 theaters in the North American market and grossed $1.831 million. The supernatural thriller was directed by William Brent Bell and starred Rupert Flanders, Madeleine Brewer and others. As of the evening of the 2nd, the film had 19 film critic reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", receiving a low score of 11%, and more than 100 viewers only gave a 33% rating.

"Raya and the Last Dragon," which has achieved "triple crowns" in the North American weekend box office charts, fell 23.3 percent in its ninth weekend of release and continued to rank fifth on the charts at $1.335 million. Since its release, "Dragon Quest" has grossed more than $41.58 million in North America and $100 million worldwide. (End)

Source: China News Network