Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train debuted in Japan with a record-breaking $44 million its opening weekend. In addition to becoming the best performing film in the world this weekend, the action-adventure anime film has also scored the biggest opening gross of any film in Japan, foreign and domestic.
Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, Mugen Train serves as a direct sequel to the Demon Slayer anime series based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotōge, with the main Japanese and English cast returning to voice their respective characters. The story follows Tanjiro Kamad and the Demon Slayer Corps as they investigate a series of mysterious disappearances aboard the Infinity Train. Unbeknownst to them, the investigation puts them in the line of a trap set by the last member of a group of twelve powerful Demons.
While Japan typically releases films on Saturday/Sunday sessions, Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train opened on 403 screens starting on the morning of October 16th, earning $12 million on its first day. Per Variety, its three-day total gross of $44 million was amassed from 3.42 admissions. These figures exceed the $30 million three-day gross of Disney’s Frozen II in 2019 and the $15.6 million debut of Weathering with You. The Demon Slayer film has also surpassed the $36 opening weekend intake of Confidence Man JP: Princess, which is currently the third highest-grossing Japanese film of 2020.
The high demand for Demon Slayer tickets resulted in TOHO cinemas lifting the capacity restrictions for all of its theaters during the film’s opening weekend. The anime film will next be released in Taiwan on October 30 before debuting in additional overseas markets. In North America, Aniplex of America and Funimation will handle distribution, with a release date set for early 2021.
The box office success of Demon Slayer The Movie could be a positive sign for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie, the two-part anime film slated for a theatrical release on January 8 and February 11, 2021. While the Sailor Moon film was originally scheduled to be released in September, it became one of many projects to be postponed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unfortunately, North American theaters aren’t likely to fare as well in the coming weeks due to a lack of new blockbusters. With the postponement of the James Bond film, No Time Time to Die, and the second wave of the pandemic underway, many theater chains found themselves with no option but to close their doors again.
Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train will be released in theaters in North America in 2021.
Source: Variety
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