Funimation reported on Saturday that Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train is now the #2 highest-earning anime film ever at the U.S. box office. As of Friday, the film has earned US$43,956,487 — edging out Pokémon 2000 – The Movie which had U$43,758,684 (unadjusted for inflation) 21 years ago. Only Pokémon: The First Movie stands ahead of Mugen Train with US$85,744,662.
Mugen Train began screening in Japan on October 16. The film was the highest-earning film worldwide from 2020, earning US$477 million. Mugen Train is the first non-Hollywood or non-American film to top the yearly box office worldwide since the beginning of cinema over a century ago.
In Japan, the Demon Slayer film has sold a total of 28.93 million tickets for 39.97 billion yen (about US$366.1 million) as of May 16. After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, Demon…
