The movie "Kimetsu no Yaiba" topped 20 billion yen in box office revenue in 24 days, ranked 5th in history on November 9, 13:52
The animated movie "Theatrical Version" Kimetsu no Yaiba "Infinite Train Edition" based on the popular manga has exceeded the box office revenue of 20 billion yen within 24 days of its release.
This is the sixth movie to be screened in Japan with box office revenue exceeding 20 billion yen, and it has surpassed "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" released in 2001 to become the fifth-largest movie in history.
Based on the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba", "Theatrical version" Kimetsu no Yaiba "Infinite Train Edition" is a story about a boy who is the main character fighting against enemy demons in Japan during the Taisho era. The continuation of the broadcast TV animation is drawn.
According to Toho, which distributes the movie, the number of spectators was 15.37 million and the box office revenue reached 20.4 billion yen in the 24 days from the release on the 16th to the 8th of last month.
This is the sixth movie that has been screened in Japan with box office revenue exceeding 20 billion yen, and "Theatrical Version" Kimetsu no Yaiba "Infinite Train Edition" was released in 2001 with "Harry Potter". It overtook the "Philosopher's Stone" and became the 5th place in history.
In addition, the 24th, which took to break through 20 billion yen, was the fastest in history, surpassing the 59th record of Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" released in 2001.