Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has reportedly sold 5,671,950 tickets, amassing ¥7,714,084,650 (roughly US$66.91 million) since it first opened on December 24. The impressive 18-day performance makes the film the 80th highest-earning film in Japanese box office history.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 reportedly earned ¥2,694,128,150 (roughly US$23.5 million) in its first three days, topping the Japanese box office during its opening weekend.
The film is outpacing 2021s Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, which stood as the year's highest-earning film. The fourth and final entry in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series earned ¥6,078,211,750 (roughly US$55.49 million) and sold 3,961,480 tickets in its first three weeks at the box office.
The film is based on Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen 0 manga, a prequel to the popular Jujutsu Kaisen manga series. Initially named Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 ran in Shueisha’s Jump GIGA magazine from April-July 2017.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie was animated by MAPPA, with Sunghoo Park (Banana Fish, The God of High School) directing and Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Dorohedoro) serving as screenwriter. The film stars Megumi Ogata (Evangelion’s Shinji Ikari, YuYu Hakusho’s Kurama) as Yuta Okkotsu, with Kana Hanazawa (Steins;Gate’s Mayuri Shiina, Psycho-Pass’ Akane Tsunemori) voicing Rika Orimoto.
Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen manga began serialization in 2018, running in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. The series has amassed 18 collected volumes throughout its run so far, and as of December 2021 had over 60 million copies in circulation. MAPPA animated a 24-episode anime adaptation from 2020-2021, with Park and Seko serving as director and screenwriter, respectively.
VIZ Media licenses the manga in English alongside Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and VIZ Media owns the home video rights.
Source: Anime News Network