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"Demon Slayer" 1st Japanese film to top 40 billion yen at box office
"Demon Slayer -- Kimetsu No Yaiba -- The Movie: Mugen Train" became the highest grossing Japanese film on Dec. 26, 72 days after it was released in October, raking in 32.12 billion yen and surpassing Oscar-winning Japanese anime creator Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away," which earned 31.68 billion yen.
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A man wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walks past a poster for an animated movie 'Demon Slayer' in front of a movie theater in Tokyo, Japan, on December 13, 2020. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
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blockbuster animated movie based on the popular "Demon Slayer" manga series has become the first Japanese movie to top 40 billion yen ($368 million) in box-office revenue, reaching 40.01 billion yen, its distributors said Monday.
"Demon Slayer -- Kimetsu No Yaiba -- The Movie: Mugen Train" became the highest grossing Japanese film on Dec. 26, 72 days after it was released in October, raking in 32.12 billion yen and surpassing Oscar-winning Japanese anime creator Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away," which earned 31.68 billion yen.
It has also been slaying box-office records in the wider Asia-Pacific region and continuing its record-breaking streak in the North American market with a $21,144,800 opening in April, the biggest debut by a foreign-language film in US box-office history, according to U.S. distributors of the film.
The global hit manga series on which the movie is based is set in Japan around 100 years ago and tells the story of an adolescent boy fighting human-eating demons in search of a cure for his demon-turned sister. It has been translated into several languages.
The film centers on the efforts of hero Tanjiro Kamado, along with his sister and fellow demon slayers, to save the lives of passengers aboard a train. In all, it has earned 51.7 billion yen worldwide so far, according to Aniplex Inc., which distributes the movie with Toho.
Amassing over 10 billion yen in its first 10 days in Japanese cinemas, the most ever, "Demon Slayer" also drew record weekend audiences for 14 weeks in total and still sat within the top 10 as of Sunday, according to the movie ranking reported by Kogyo Tsushinsha.
The movie directed by Haruo Sotozaki is based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotoge that was published on the Weekly Shonen Jump between 2016 and 2020.
