Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba just Became #3 All-Time Film in Japan

Mugen Train earns 25.9 billion yen as 2020's #5 film & #1 animated film worldwide

The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime has sold a total of 19,397,589 tickets for 25,917,043,800 yen (about US$247 million) in 39 days — thus earning more than Makoto Shinkai's your name. (23.35 billion yen) and Disney's Frozen (25.03 billion yen) to become the third highest-earning film of all time in Japan.

Only Titanic (26.2 billion yen) and Spirited Away (30.8 billion yen) now sit above it. Mugen Train is now also the second highest-earning anime film in Japan.

After the final totals are in, Mugen Train should top China's Legend of Deification as the highest-grossing animated film worldwide in 2020, and it should displace Dolittle as the #5 film worldwide in 2020. Starting on Saturday, participating theaters will give filmgoers one million copies of the second bonus A5-size card with an exclusive illustration (seen above) by ufotable.

Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train began screening in 38 IMAX theaters in Japan on October 16. The film had the highest opening weekend globally for the October 16-18 weekend.