TOKYO: The animated movie “Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” became the fastest film in Japan to reach 10 billion yen in box-office revenue, its distributors said Monday.

The film, based on the smash-hit Japanese manga series “Demon Slayer,” had about 10.7 billion yen in box-office revenue in the first 10 days of its Oct. 16 premiere, Toho Co. and Aniplex Inc. said.

A total of some 3.42 million people watched the “Mugen Train” animation movie from the manga series at theaters across Japan over the first three days from Friday, with three-day revenue amounting to 4.6 billion yen, its distributor, Toho Co., and others said Oct. 19.

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The movie attracted an audience of some 910,000 and earned 1,268.72 million yen on the first day, with both figures marking record highs for a weekday for any movie in the nation.

The combined number of audience and that of revenue on Oct. 17-18 came to 2.51 million and 3,354.39 million yen, respectively, both hitting all-time highs for a weekend.

The Demon Slayer movie is now being shown at 403 theaters across the country. The cumulative circulation of the original manga series, created by Koyoharu Gotoge, has recently topped 100 million copies, including electronic books.

JIJI Press