Oricon projects that since Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train added about 900 million yen (about US$9 million) this past week, it may be able to surpass Spirited Away this week.
The film is only 520 million yen (about US$5.03 million) away from surpassing Hayao Miyazaki’s 2002 Spirited Away, its last rival for all-time highest earnings in Japanese box office history.
Mugen Train is the first film since Hayao Miyazaki’s 2002 Spirited Away film to earn more than 30 billion yen at the Japanese box office.
Mugen Train is also the fastest to reach the milestone, since Spirited Away took 253 days to reach it.