Jujutsu Kaisen 0is now the 64th highest-earning film in Japanese box office history after selling 6,288,404 tickets for ¥8,576,429,150 (roughly US$74.9 million).
The filmcurrently ranks 2nd at the Japanese box officeafter coming in at #1 in its first two weeks. The recent numbers put the film ahead ofBack to the Future Part III,Shin Godzilla, andStand By Me Doraemonin Japanese box office earnings.
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0isoutpacingEvangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, which was last year’s highest-earning film in Japan. The film ended its run at the Japanese box office having earned ¥10.22 billion (roughly US$88 million).
Gege Akutami’sJujutsu Kaisen 0(renamed fromTokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School) manga ran in Shueisha’s Jump GIGA magazine from April-July 2017. The series serves as a prequel to Akutami’s popularJujutsu Kaisenseries, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 2018. The series has amassed 18 collected volumes throughout its run so far. A free-to-play RPG developed by Sumzap was announced in June 2021, though nothing new regarding the project has been disclosed since.
MAPPA animated a 24-episodeanime adaptation of the mangafrom October 2020-March 2021, with Sunghoo Park (Banana Fish,The God of High School) directing and Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan,Dorohedoro) serving as screenwriter.
MAPPA returned to animateJujutsu Kaisen 0, alongside Park and Seko. The film stars Megumi Ogata (Evangelion’sShinji Ikari,YuYu Hakusho’sKurama) as Yuta Okkotsu,with Kana Hanazawa(Steins;Gate’sMayuri Shiina,Psycho-Pass’Akane Tsunemori) voicing Rika Orimoto.
VIZ Media licenses the manga in English alongsideJujutsu Kaisen 0. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and VIZ Media owns the home video rights.
