'Mortal Kombat,' 'Demon Slayer' lead improving box office

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Japanese anime blockbuster Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train edged out video game adaptation Mortal Kombat at the weekend box office, according to Sunday estimates. Demon Slayer grossed $6.4 million from 1,925 theaters for an impressive 10-day domestic total of $34.1 million for Aniplex and Funimation, and north of $450 million globally.

Mortal Kombat film by sharing a mock-up of himself posing as one of the video game franchise’s fighters.The actor posted an advert for US phone network Mint Mobile yesterday (April 28) that sees his face stuck onto the GFX body of Johnny Cage.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCUniversal hired Jim Denney, a TiVo veteran who most recently was at Hulu, as executive VP and chief product officer of direct-to-consumer, overseeing Peacock’s global product strategy.Denney will start at NBCU next month. He will be based in New York and report to Gidon Katz, NBCU’s president of direct-to-consumer.

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Reflecting the pent-up demand to see new movies on the big screen, the weekend box office saw a spirited — and unexpected battle — between Mortal Kombat and Japanese anime pic Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train. Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat topped the North American chart with $22.5 million from 3,073 locations, while Aniplex and Fumination's Demon Slayer followed with an estimated $19.5 million from 1,605 sites.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFor the first time since the pandemic struck, not one, but two movies brought in notable ticket sales at the domestic box office. It’s the clearest indication yet that people appear ready to return to the movies after nearly a year of staying home to stream.“Mortal Kombat,” a martial arts-inspired adaptation of the popular video game, led U.S.

But Funimation’s “Demon Slayer — The Movie: Mugen Train” hit an important milestone as well with its $20 million U.S. opening.

Mortal Kombat video game franchise is missing from the new film, as spotted by eagle-eyed viewers.Some of those who have watched the film adaptation of the same name on HBO Max in the US have noticed the word is misrepresented in the subtitles.During a tense exchange between two characters, the word “fatality” is spoken but the subtitles read: “Kang speaking foreign language.”One viewer didn’t appear to mind the slip-up, writing on Twitter: “the best part of Mortal Kombat, which we watched on

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