"Demon Slayer: Blade" hits 20 billion yen at box office and ranks among the top five Japanese movie history

" Demon Slayer: Blade Theatrical Edition Unlimited Train" poster


1905. More than 20.4 billion yen (approximately 1.3 billion yuan), with 15.37 million people watching the movie.


The film broke the 10 billion box office mark at the fastest rate in Japanese film history. Previously, the record holder was Hayao Miyazaki's classic movie "Spirited Away" (2001), which broke the 10 billion box office in 25 days.


At present, "Demon Slayer: Infinite Train" box office results have been among the top five in Japanese movie history. The first four are "Spirited Away" (30.8 billion yen) and "Titanic" (26.2 billion yen) ), "Frozen" (25.5 billion yen), "Your Name." "(25.03 billion yen).


"Blade of Demon Slayer" was created by Japanese manga artist Kotoharu Ito. The original manga was serialized in "Weekly Shonen JUMP" from February 2016 to May 2020. The cumulative circulation of manga leaflets including the electronic version has been Break through 100 million units. The animated version was launched in April 2019 and has become a phenomenon of Japanese society.