“ Him ,” a sports thriller about a football player training to be the greatest of all time, won’t be the box office G.O.A.T. after all.

The film opened slightly behind expectations with $13.5 million from 3,168 North American venues. Earlier in the weekend, “Him” seemed on track to debut to $15 million. Either way those ticket sales weren’t enough to enough to dethrone last weekend’s champ “ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle .” After a close race for No. 1, the anime smash from Sony-owned Crunchyroll easily ruled again at the domestic box office with $17.3 million in its second frame. “Him” landed in second place.

Meanwhile this weekend’s other new release, “ A Big Bold Beautiful Journey ,” cratered in sixth place with $3.2 million from 3,330 venues. The star power of

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