#Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Opens to No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand

Not content with just being the most popular film in Asian markets, Madman Entertainment, the distributor of the film in the countries, announced today that Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train came in at number one in both Australia and New Zealand on the anime films opening day. While the full box office results for Demon Slayer’s first day (and weekend) won’t be released until next week, it seems that the fiery train is blazing its way through yet another market.

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, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese theaters ever, and currently the second highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film worldwide. You can read our review of the film here. A limited one-week Oscar-qualifying showing of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train will be held at one cinema in Miami from February 26.

The Ufotable-produced anime film continues to adapt the manga series by Koyoharu Gotouge, which saw a TV anime series adaptation in 2019. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV anime series streamed on Crunchyroll as it aired. The second season of the TV anime series, subtitled “Entertainment District arc”, will premiere sometime in 2021 on Japanese TV.

Source: Madman Entertainment 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.