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!
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%).
Audience Engagement
3,413 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 98th percentile among Japan films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 57m runtime, production spent $135K per minute on screen and earned $4.3M per minute back.
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
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![Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3bI8db4tIPtgFY8mOqp3AB0YXGi.jpg)
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
★ 8.0 · 2014
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train itself).
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
Among 500 Japan films we catalog from this window, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train places #56 — near the top of its class.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4171st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mutilation · 2
- taisho · 2
- psychology · 2
- survival · 28
- historical · 28
- dark fantasy · 14
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- adult animation · 101
- supernatural · 89
- magic · 84
- coming of age · 78
- family · 74
- fight · 60
- gore · 51
- demon · 45
- shounen · 42
- based on tv series · 37
- tragedy · 33
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 |