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Demon Slayer Anime Film Earns 39.7 Billion Yen in Japan
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film has sold a total of 28.76 million tickets for 39.7 billion yen ($367.4 million) in Japan as of Sunday. The film ranked at #5 in its 27th weekend.
After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train dropped to #2 during the January 9-10 weekend, its 13th weekend. The film had ranked in the top three spots weekly in Japan since then, until its 22nd weekend.
The film has sured Spirited Away as the #1 highest-earning Japanese film of all time worldwide.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train began sold 910,507 tickets and earned over 1,268,724,700 yen ($12.03 million) on its opening day alone, making it the highest weekday opening day in Japan ever.
The main staff of the previous television anime returned for the sequel film. screen the film in theaters in North America starting on April 23, and will release the film digitally on June 22.
Sources: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Kōgyō Tsūshin
