Cinema admissions and box-office revenue in Japan took a historic dive in 2020, due to delays in major releases and people staying home because of the coronavirus outbreak, a film industry body said Wednesday.
An animated movie based on the blockbuster “Demon Slayer” manga series, however, provided a silver lining for the country’s movie industry, earning about 22 percent of total revenue, according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan.
Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210128/p2g/00m/0et/021000c