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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba es your name. as #2 All-Time Japanese Film Worldwide

As of this week, the your name.'s worldwide US$357,986,087 earnings. Mugen Train is also now at least the second highest-earning Japanese film of all time worldwide.

Taiwanese film distributor total of 34,642,116,000 yen ($336 million), the film has now earned the equivalent of US$361.12 million from these three territories alone. (According to the Box Office Mojo website, the film also earned US$645,516 in Vietnam as of December 27.)

The film's final worldwide tally is still increasing, and the film has yet to open in China, North America, and many other territories.

increased its total box office with revival screenings in Japan last summer. According to the website The Numbers, Spirited Away's current worldwide box office total is US$383,397,782, although the currency exchange rates have varied significantly over the past 20 years.

Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train opened in Taiwan on October 30, and was the highest-earning film in Taiwan in 2020. It is now also the highest-earning animated film of all time in Taiwan.

In Japan, the film has now earned a total of 31.68 billion yen after this summer's revival screenings.)

Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train began sold 910,507 tickets and earned over 1,268,724,700 yen ($12.03 million) on its opening day alone, making it the highest weekday opening day in Japan ever. Mugen Train began holding immersive MX4D and 4DX screenings on December 26.

The main staff of the previous television anime returned for the sequel film. screen the film in theaters in North America in early 2021.

Source: Focus Taiwan via Otakomu, Screen Daily