India, Feb. 26 -- The highly anticipated anime film Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training dominated the US box office during its opening weekend. While it first premiered in Japan on February 2, the film made its international theatrical release on Friday, February 23. Till now, the dark action fantasy series has raked in a whopping $11.5 million, ranking second in the US box office.

It is a direct sequel to the third season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. It incorporates the Swordsmith Village and Hashira Training arcs of Koyoharu Gotouge's namesake manga series. The film also acts as a compilation movie since it includes the final episode of Season 3 and the first episode of Season 4, which is set to be broadcast later this year.

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