>>281301239
Pre-sales =/= total box office. Infinity Castle broke pre-sale records, BUT, pre-sales measure hype, not necessarily longevity or total earnings. Many films have hot pre-sales and then frontload hard (see JJK 0 internationally). Second, work on your fucking math and look at the earnings.
>NT$5.3M = ¥26.6 million (JPY)
Total advanced screenings (so far):
>NT$5.7M = ¥28.2 million
Which is... nothing remotely near Mugen Train scale. Mugen Train made over ¥40.4B in Japan alone. Even in Taiwan, Mugen Train pulled NT$600M+ which is 100× what Infinity Castle has now in early previews.

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Also, the Taiwan Dollar (TWD) is weak as fuck against the USD and even the JPY that's collapsing. Add China-Taiwan tensions, and international distributors are cautious. Ticket prices are lower, and market saturation for anime films is rising, which limits big booms.

Third, Endgame was a global mega-event that broke presale systems because of universal appeal. Infinity Castle appeals primarily to existing anime fans. It's big, but it's still niche outside Asia. So beating Endgame presales in one country =/= beating Endgame overall. And it sure as FUCK is definitely not a Mugen Train-level moment. So even with your "record pre-sales" cope, real earnings can still underperform inflated expectations.

Btw, I won.