‘Demon Slayer’ Japanese Animation Rewrites Taiwan Box Office Records
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTaiwanese audiences have lapped up Japanese anime film “Demon Slayer – The Movie: Mugen Train” in unprecedented numbers.The film was already a mega-hit in Japan, where it has been watched by 17.5 million spectators, for a 31-day earnings total of $214 million (JPY23.3 billion) on Sunday.
That makes it the fifth highest scoring film of all time in Japan.Similarly, the numbers in Taiwan would be considered huge even in non-coronavirus times.In Taiwan, where it is handled by animation specialist Muse Communication, the film opened in cinemas on Oct.
30 and has now gone on to earn NT$360 million ($12.6 million) in 17 days. That makes it the biggest film of the year in Taiwan, the territory’s top scoring Japanese.
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