'Mortal Kombat' Wins Box Office With $22.5M in Surprise Battle With 'Demon Slayer' | THR News - video Dailymotion

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In the surprise box office battle between 'Mortal Kombat' and the anime film 'Demon Slayer the movie: Mugen Train,' Warner Bros.' video game-inspired film emerged victorious over the weekend.

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00:00It's a birthmark.

00:02What do you mean?

00:03He was born with it.

00:04It's not a birthmark, Cole.

00:06It means you've been chosen.

00:09In the surprise box office battle between Mortal Kombat and the anime film Demon Slayer The Movie Mugen Train,

00:15Warner Bros. video game inspired film emerged victorious over the weekend.

00:19Mortal Kombat topped the North American box office chart with $22.5 million from 3,073 locations,

00:26while Demon Slayer followed with an estimated $19.5 million from 1,605 theaters.

00:31That's by far the biggest domestic debut of all time for a foreign language film.

00:41As Hollywood and theaters struggled to emerge from the pandemic,

00:44the strong opening of both movies was more good news following the huge box office showing of Godzilla vs Kong,

00:50which roared past the $400 million mark over the weekend.

00:53The myths are real.

00:55There was a war.

01:01And they're the last ones standing.

01:03Like Godzilla vs Kong and all other 2021 Warner Bros. titles,

01:06Mortal Kombat debuted simultaneously on HBO Max.

01:10As for Demon Slayer, the film, which was released in Japan late last year,

01:13is the top grossing movie of all time in that country at more than $361 million.

01:19It's also the biggest anime ever.

01:21Through Sunday, the movie is earned well north of $400 million.

01:24For the latest box office news and numbers, go to THR.com.

01:28For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:30For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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