#Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Debuts at No.1 with Record-breaking 3.35 Billion Yen
“#Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Debuts at No.1 with Record-breaking 3.35 Billion Yen”
As expected, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train swept the Japanese box office with overwhelming force. The 117-minute film earned a gigantic 3.354 billion yen on 2.51 million admissions on its first Saturday and Sunday, hugely surpassing the distributor Toho's previous record of 1.62 billion yen marked by Yo-kai Watch: The Movie in December 2014.
The highly-anticipated sequel film to the 26-episode Tv anime in 2019 was released in 365 theaters in Japan on 16, 2020. Since the film is a theatrical version of the popular anime series, it has a high number of screenings per day at each theater. For example, my local movie theater currently shows the latest 16 films 48 times a day on nine screens, and Mugen Train is screened 21 times a day.
In each of its first three days, Mugen Train marked the highest-gross and ticket sales record for a film ever released in Japan.
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" box office record on its first three days:
- October 16 – 1,268,724,700 yen on 910,507 admissions
- October 17 – 1,701,723,350 yen on 1,270,234 admissions
- October 18 – 1,652,669,400 yen on 1,239,752 admissions
- Three-day total: 4,623,117,450 yen on 3,420,493 admissions has
Meanwhile, Kyoto Animation's Violet Evergarden The Movie dropped two positions to fifth in its fifth weekend. The 140-minute film has earned 1,454,170,500 yen, becoming the 11th top-grossing film released in Japan this year so far.
The film's official Twitter has confirmed that it has sold one million tickets. To celebrate the box office success, the theatergoers will be able to receive an A4-size clear file using a newly-drawn illustration as a bonus from October 23.
【大ヒット御礼！追加入場者プレゼント】
『劇場版 #ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン』大ヒットを御礼して、10/23(金)より描き下ろしクリアファイル（A4/全1種）を配布いたします。ヴァイオレットと繊細な花の描写は必見！ぜひ受け取ってくださいね????https://t.co/Pxio2usUeX#VioletEvergarden pic.twitter.com/gErmIr9lCT— 「ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン」公式 (@Violet_Letter) October 19, 2020
Weekend box office in Japan (October 17-18, 2020)
(ticket sales basis)
1 (new). "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" – 4.6 billion yen
2 (new). "Yoake wo Shinjite" – 180 million yen
3 (1). "TENNET" – 2.27 billion yen
4 (2). "Asadake!" – 800 million yen
5 (3). "Violet Evergarden The Movie" – 1.45 billion yen
6 (new). "Wife of a Spy" – 40 million yen
7 (5). "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" – 1.08 billion yen
8 (new). "Miotsukushi Ryori-cho"
9 (4). "Nozomi" – 200 million yen
10(6). "Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur" – 3.25 billion yen
Source: Eiga.com, Pixiin, Oricon News 1, 2
©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable
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