Summary
Demon
Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train (Japanese: 劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編,
Hepburn: Gekijō-ban "Kimetsu no Yaiba" Mugen Ressha-hen), also known
as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train or Demon Slayer: Infinity Train, is a 2020
Japanese animated dark fantasy period action film, based on the shōnen
manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotōge. The film, which
is a direct sequel to the 2019 anime series, is directed by Haruo Sotozaki and
produced by Ufotable.
The film was
released on October 16, 2020 in Japan with widespread success. It became the
highest-grossing Japanese film of 2020, the second highest-grossing film of all
time in Japan, the third highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film of all
time, the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan, the
highest-grossing animated film of 2020, and the fifth overall highest-grossing
film of 2020.
Plot
Tanjiro,
Nezuko, Zenitsu and Inosuke board a train [N 1] to meet the Flame Hashira
Kyojuro Rengoku and assist him in his mission to hunt for a demon that killed
more than 40 demon slayers. Soon after boarding, the group is attacked by some
demons that Rengoku easily kills, but after having their tickets checked by the
collector, all of them fall into a deep sleep, and Enmu forces some children to
approach the asleep demon slayers and use some magic ropes to enter their
dreams with orders to destroy their spiritual cores so that they can never wake
up again.
During their
sleep, Tanjiro dreams of reuniting with his late family, Zenitsu dreams of
having a date with Nezuko, Inosuke dreams of going on a cave exploration
mission with Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Nezuko being his henchmen and Rengoku dreams
of meeting his brother. Tanjiro realizes that he is dreaming and starts looking
for ways to wake up, succeeding after being instructed by a vision of his
father to kill himself inside the dream. Nezuko uses her power to burn the
ropes and the children awake. In fear of Enmu, the children attack Tanjiro,
except for the one who entered his dream, as he was moved by the warm scenary
he found inside it and are knocked out by him.
While Nezuko
awakens the others, Tanjiro meets and confronts Enmu. Tanjiro beheads Enmu, but
the demon does not die and reveals that he fused his body with the train,
claiming that all the passengers are his food. Kyojuro instructs the others to
help Tanjiro look for the demon's neck and stays behind to protect the other
passengers. They find Enmu's real neckbone in the engine room and Tanjiro cuts
it off, killing the demon and stopping the train. Akaza, one of the Upper
Moons, appear soon after and attacks the demon slayers, with Kyojuro mortally
injured while fighting him to protect the others and eventually dies from his
wounds, but Akaza is forced to flee when the sun starts appearing, not before
being injured by Tanjiro who throws his sword at him and calls him a coward,
much to his anger. As the other Hashiras are informed of Kyojuro's death,
Tanjiro and his friends mourn him in tears.
Voice cast
|
Character |
Japanese |
English |
|
Zach Agilar |
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|
Nezuko Kamado |
Abby Trott |
|
|
Inosuke Hashibira |
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|
Zenitsu Agatsuma |
Aleks Le |
|
|
Kyōjurō Rengoku |
Mark Whitten |
|
|
Enmu |
Landon McDonald |
|
|
Akaza |
TBA |
|
|
Ruka Rengoku |
TBA |
|
|
Shinjuro Rengoku |
TBA |
|
|
Senjuro Rengoku |
TBA |
Box office
|
As of |
|||
|
23,175,884 |
December 20, 2020 |
||
|
NT$558,706,156
(US$19,836,365) |
2,319,933 |
December
13, 2020 |
|
|
US$3,754,612 |
? |
December 2, 2020 |
|
|
Vietnam |
US$383,120 |
? |
December
13, 2020 |
|
? |
? |
N/A |
|
|
Worldwide |
US$339,974,097 |
25,495,817+ |
Japan
Upon
release, the film broke the first-day record with ¥1.2 billion ($11.3
million). On its opening weekend, it grossed ¥4.6 billion ($44 million)
in Japan. It was the best three-day opening weekend ever in Japanese theaters,
and the top-grossing film worldwide for the weekend, despite several safety
measures adopted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as spaced seating limiting
admissions to about half of normal capacity or a ban on food and drinks in
sessions with full capacity. The film's record-breaking success has been
attributed to the Demon Slayer franchise's popularity in Japan, in addition to
the limited number of films available in Japanese theaters during the COVID-19
pandemic.
In ten days,
it became the fastest movie in the history of the Japanese box office to cross
¥10 billion and $100 million. It surpassed the record of Spirited
Away (2001), which had previously crossed the ¥10 billion milestone in 25 days
and held the record for 19 years. Mugen Train also set the record for the
highest-grossing second weekend. Within 17 days, it broke the ¥15 billion
and $150 million barriers. It went on to gross ¥20.4 billion (US$197.9
million) within 24 days, becoming the fastest film to cross ¥20 billion in
Japan. The film grossed ¥27,512,438,050 ($265 million) in 45 days. It
crossed the ¥30 billion milestone in 59 days, setting another record as the
fastest film to cross the ¥30 billion milestones, beating Spirited Away
which took 253 days to reach the same milestone. In 66 days, the film set
another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten
straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004).
It also set
the record for the highest-grossing IMAX release in Japan, with $14.2 million
earned from IMAX screenings by 15 November 2020, surpassing the $13 million the record previously set by Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). Mugen Train went on to
gross $18 million from the IMAX format in Japan, as of 6 December 2020.
International
In Taiwan,
Mugen Train pulled in NT$360 million (US$12.6 million) in 17 days since its
October 30 opening, becoming the year's highest-grossing film in Taiwan and
setting a new record as the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan,
surpassing the previous record holders Frozen 2 (2019) and Your Name
(2016). In 20 days, it became the first animated film to cross NT$400
million in Taiwan, before later crossing the NT$500 million milestones.
In Hong
Kong, the film topped the box office for several weekends. However, the
film's box office run came to an abrupt halt as the Hong Kong box office shut
down on 2 December 2020, amidst a new COVID-19 wave in Hong Kong. Mugen The train has also grossed US$19.3 million from the IMAX format in Japan, Taiwan,
and Hong Kong, as of 6 December 2020. In Vietnam, the film released on 11
December 2020, topping the box office in its opening weekend. The film also
released in Singapore.
The film
topped the international box office for a number of weeks, becoming the
highest-grossing animated film of 2020. It also overtook Tenet to become
the year's third highest-grossing film in international markets outside North
America and Mugen Train is the world's fifth highest-grossing film of
2020.
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