Why "Jujutsu Kaisen 0"'s Box Isn't Much of a Surprise

• Jujutsu Kaisen 0

  , the adaptation of the manga and prequel to the series, was released in French theaters on Wednesday and won at the top of the box office, ahead of

  Notre-Dame brule.

• Dragon Ball Super

  ,

  Demon Slayer

  ,

  My Hero Academia

  … More and more Japanese anime films are being successfully released in a large number of theaters.

• Confirmation that fans exist, are numerous, and are mobilizing.

It was Wednesday's cinema event.

The exit of

on the fire of the cathedral in 2019?

Yes but no.

Jean-Jacques Annaud's new feature film filled theaters, with 270,000 admissions out of 750 copies, but was stung off the head of the box office by another film.

And not just any.

has in fact accumulated nearly 300,000 admissions on half as many copies, just under 400. From its first day of operation, it had already collected 110,000 admissions, more than half of which were previews.

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Successful manga adaptations

Previews, let's talk about them.

The screening of

at the Grand Rex in Paris and its crazy atmosphere created controversy and divided fans, as reported by BFM TV.

It must also be said that fans of Japanese anime had until now to be satisfied with these previews or occasional screenings to discover their favorite works on the big screen.

And no, we're not talking about Studio Ghibli or Mamoru Hosoda films, but adaptations of successful manga, and more particularly of shônen à la

or

.

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“Demon Slayer”, “My Hero Academia”, “Jujutsu Kaisen”… The pass of three

Moreover, the situation has really changed in French cinemas with the release of

in 2019. The most recent films in the saga had only been entitled to event-based exploitation in CGR cinemas, but

is released on 300 prints for a total of 600,000 admissions.

phenomenon

has confirmed that Japanese anime has its place in theaters, and even at the top of the box office with 730,000 admissions out of 400 prints.

The movie,

, is Japan's highest grossing of all time, ahead

by Hayao Miyazaki.

The chain of releases, too, made it possible to realize that something was really happening, with also the 250,000 entries for

last January.

The success of

in the cinema is therefore less a surprise than a confirmation.

A confirmation that the fans exist, are numerous, and are mobilizing.

They are a general public, the general public.

Before this first film,

was already the best manga launch from its French publisher Ki-oon, as well as the best launch for an anime series on the Crunchyroll streaming platform.

However, the creation of mangaka Gege Akutami is nothing revolutionary, with a fantastic universe, a demon story and fights against monsters.

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But it obeys a double movement which agitates and energizes current manga, with a return to good old shônen which takes into account the demographic evolution of the readership.

Its French publisher Ahmed Agne summed it up on BFM TV as follows: "It's a series that is aimed both at young readers who want to follow adventures a little above their age group, and also to an adult audience that still loves shonen, but wants to get excited about more mature characters and less naïve stakes than what the genre usually offers”.

will begin its second week of operation, following in the footsteps of the

film and waiting for the wave to come with the next

scheduled for this summer.

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