“Civil War: America’s Last Days” starts at No. 1 in Japan, achieving 199 million yen in opening weekend | THE RIVER

Directed by Alex Garland, “Civil War: America's Last Days” will open its first day in Japan on October 4, 2024, with opening weekend sales of 199.68 million yen and 122,538 attendees, ranking first overall in the weekend attendance rankings. did. It won against strong local titles such as anime and Japanese movies.

Among A24 films released in Japan, this record surpasses that of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,'' which won seven awards at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. “Mad Max: Furiosa'' was the only Western live-action film released in 2024 to take first place on the weekend rankings.

A24, which is now taking the world by storm, has invested the largest production budget in history to produce this shocking work depicting the civil war that occurs in the United States. The man behind the film was Alex Garland, who wrote the screenplay for “28 Days Later'' and won the Visual Effects Award at the 88th Academy Awards for his feature debut, “Ex Machina.'' At its premiere at South by Southwest in March, the film was “absolutely speechless,'' “It's a masterpiece. My heart was pounding the whole time and my jaw hit the floor by the final act,'' and “I've never seen it before.'' “It's unlike any other work. It keeps you sweating from beginning to end. It's insanely tense,” he said.

“Civil War: America's Last Days'' is currently being released as a huge hit.