1. Tokyo, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)–A movie based on the “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” popular manga series has climbed to third place in Japan’s all-time movie box-office revenue rankings, overtaking Disney film “Frozen,” Toho Co. <9602> said Tuesday.

2. Cumulative revenue of the anime movie, “Demon Slayer: Mugen Train,” which first hit screens on Oct. 16, had reached 25,917 million yen by Monday, surpassing the 25.5-billion-yen revenue of Frozen, released in 2014.

3. Among Japanese films, the Demon Slayer movie, distributed by Toho, rose to second in the country’s box-office revenue list, overtaking “Kimi no Na wa” (Your Name), a 2016 anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai of Japan that earned 25 billion yen.

4. Standing at the top of the Japanese box-office rankings for all movies and also of the rankings for Japanese movies is Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi” (Spirited Away), released in 2001. The film, which won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival, achieved revenue of 30.8 billion yen.

5. The box-office revenue of the Demon Slayer movie exceeded 10 billion yen on the 10th day of hitting screens and topped 20 billion yen on the 24th day, making it the fastest to reach the two milestones, respectively, among all movies released in the country. The film has so far drawn an audience of 19.39 million in total.

Box office revenue

Among the films that have grossed over ¥10 billion in Japan, eleven are Japanese films.

Films with earnings over ¥10 billion^[1]
Rank	Title	Gross (¥ billion)	Year	Ref
1	Spirited Away	30.80	2001	^[1]
2	Titanic	26.20	1997	^[2]
3	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train	25.9	2020	^[3]
4	Frozen	25.48	2014	^[4]
5	Your Name	25.03	2016	^[1]
6	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	20.30	2001	^[5]
7	Howl’s Moving Castle	19.60	2004	^[6]
8	Princess Mononoke	19.30	1997	^[6]
9	Bayside Shakedown 2	17.35	2003	^[7]
10	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	17.30	2002	^[7]
11	Avatar	15.60	2009	^[8]
12	Ponyo	15.50	2008	^[9]
13	Weathering with You	14.19	2019	^[1]
14	The Last Samurai	13.70	2003	^[10]
15	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	13.50	1982	^[11]
	Armageddon	13.50	1998	^[11]
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	13.50	2004	^[10]
18	Frozen 2	13.35	2019	^[1]
19	Bohemian Rhapsody	13.10	2018	^[1]
20	Jurassic Park	12.85	1993	^[11]
21	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	12.70	1999	^[11]
22	Beauty and the Beast	12.40	2017	^[1]
23	Aladdin	12.14	2019	^[1]
24	The Wind Rises	12.02	2013	^[12]
25	Alice in Wonderland	11.80	2010	^[8]
26	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	11.63	2015	^[13]
27	Antarctica	11.00	1983	^[1]
	The Matrix Reloaded	11.00	2003	^[7]
	Finding Nemo	11.00	2003	^[10]
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	11.00	2005	^[14]
31	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	10.90	2007	^[15]
32	Toy Story 3	10.80	2010	^[8]
33	Independence Day	10.65	1996	^[1]
34	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	10.32	2004	^[16]
35	Bayside Shakedown: The Movie	10.10	1998	^[17]
36	Toy Story 4	10.07	2019	^[1]
37	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	10.02	2006	^[18]
indicates the film is a Japanese production.^[1] Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 20 November 2020 in Japanese theaters.