#Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film Surpasses Weathering with You with Over 15.7 Billion Yen Gross in 17 Days
“#Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film Surpasses Weathering with You with Over 15.7 Billion Yen Gross in 17 Days”
The official Twitter account for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba reported today that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train, which only opened in Japan 17 days ago, has brought in over 15.7 billion yen at the Japanese box office, exceeding the entire lifetime run of Makoto Shinkai's Weathering with You, the biggest film in Japan in 2019.
劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限列車編、公開17日間で観客動員 1189万1254人（興行収入 157億9936万5450円）と連日大変多くの方に映画館へ足を運んでいただいており本当にありがとうございます。お一人おひとりのご観劇への感謝と共にこれからも興行を続けて参ります。何卒よろしくお願い致します。#鬼滅の刃
— 鬼滅の刃公式 (@kimetsu_off) November 2, 2020
The total amount Demon Slayer: Mugen Train has made in the Japanese box office since the anime opened on October 16 is 15,799,365,450 yen (US$150.8 million), which surpasses the total takings of Makoto Shinkai's Weathering with You, which made 14.19 billion yen (US$135.5 million), and even the lifetime gross of Jame Cameron's Avatar, and its re-release, which grossed 15.60 billion yen (US$148.9 million) in Japan. This makes Demon Slayer: Mugen Train the 10th highest-grossing film in Japan ever.
We previously reported on Saturday that Demon Slayer: Mugen Train had sold 10 million tickets. Today, that total is 11,891,254, which has cleanly surpassed Avatar's 10.10 million tickets sold and even surpasses Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which sold 11 million tickets. With this many tickets sold, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is the 15th most attended film of all time in Japan, just behind Toho's 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla at 12.55 million tickets sold.
From here on out, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train can only make more and more money, slowly working its way through the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time in Japan – an amazing feat for a once late-night anime series, though now is being re-broadcast all over Japan in prime-time slots.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train opened in Japanese cinemas on October 16 and had the best opening weekend in Japanese cinema history. You can read our review of the film here. The Ufotable-produced anime film continues to adapt the manga series by Koyoharu Gotouge, which saw a TV anime series adaptation in 2019. The film is scheduled to be released in the west in early 2021. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV anime series streamed on Crunchyroll as it aired.
Source: Demon Slayer on Twitter
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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
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