Japan Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train returned 31.8× its production cost, earning $503.1M against a $15.8M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限列車編
“With your blade, bring an end to the nightmare.”
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
500 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train sits at position #56.
#1Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
★ 8.9 · 2019
#2Revue Starlight: The Movie
★ 8.8 · 2021
#3Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
★ 8.8 · 2021
#4Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5Police in a Pod
★ 8.7 · 2021
#6Jujutsu Kaisen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Dr. STONE
★ 8.6 · 2019
#8The Rising of the Shield Hero
★ 8.6 · 2019
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
7 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
6 sharedMade in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
★ 7.9 · Japan
5 sharedBerserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King
★ 7.2 · Japan
5 sharedBig Fish & Begonia
★ 7.4 · China
5 sharedFate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly
★ 6.9 · Japan
5 sharedMade in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
★ 8.3 · Japan
Other Titles From ufotable
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Sibling's Bond
★ 7.9 · 2019
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-
★ 7.4 · 2023
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Tsuzumi Mansion Arc
★ 7.4 · 2022
Fate/Zero
★ 8.1 · 2011
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Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
★ 8.0 · 2014
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 57m runtime, production spent $135K per minute on screen and earned $4.3M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #260 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (94th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #115 of 1,714 (top 7%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | ufotable, Aniplex, Shueisha, TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | October 16, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11032374 |
| Official Site | demonslayer-anime.com |