King of the Crop: Demon Slayer Becomes Highest-Grossing Japanese Film of All TimeAnime releases have a history of major drop-offs in their second weekends. Globally the film is over $555 million, making it not only the highest-grossing anime film of all time, but also the highest-grossing Japanese film, period. His latest credit comes on the football horror film, HIM, directed by Justin Tipping, and it left many critics stupefied. That film had a $6.8 million second weekend and a $31.1 million 10-day haul. A New Era finished with $44.1 million after having a $5.7 million second weekend.