All aboard the Demon Hunter Train.
The feature film is based on a popular Shonen anime, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the movie: Mugen Train, broke North American box office records and grossed approximately $ 21.1 million on the opening weekend. In comparison, the film hardly followed that Mortal Kombat Reboot, which grossed $ 23.3 million on its debut weekend.
The film is the No. 1 foreign-language debut in US box office history, according to a publication by Funimation and Aniplex of America. However, this should go hand in hand with the caveat that the film will be shown with both a subtitle version and a dubbed English version. Still, it’s impressive that the film could break such a record amid a global pandemic.
The film, which premiered in Japan in late October, had a strong presence in the Asia-Pacific regions. It became the top grossing Japanese film of all time (animated and live) and grossed around $ 350 million at the box office. This broke Hayao Miyazaki’s record Spiritually gone.
Set in early 20th century Japan, the film follows Tanjiro Kamado, a young warrior who tries to save his sister from a demon curse. While the movie is between the first and second seasons of the show, you don’t have to watch the show to understand the movie. If you’d like a taste of the show beforehand, Funimation has prepared three special episodes of Demon Hunter that recaps it all up to the point of the film.
If you want to see what all the hype is about, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the movie: Mugen Train is in theaters now.
