The official Twitter account for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba reported today that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train, which only opened in Japan 17 days ago, has brought in over 15.7 billion yen at the Japanese box office, exceeding the entire lifetime run of Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You, the biggest film in Japan in 2019.
This makes Demon Slayer: Mugen Train the 10th highest-grossing film in Japan ever.
With this many tickets sold, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is the 15th most attended film of all time in Japan, just behind Toho’s 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla at 12.55 million tickets sold.