Notes

Demon Slayer:Kimetsu no Yaiba. The Social phenomenon.

Wanted to put a single thread collecting every record demon slayer broke. this will include both Manga & Movie along with some trivia.

**Please be aware that this is not a full list**. a lot of records might not be in here as well as Trivia. there has been an immense amount of them so a lot of them simply might not have been noticed/recorded by people outside of japan. Especially trivia like the one below.

**Edit: i have put four new trivia below it'll be bolded as new. Otherwise there is no other update as im busy and have lost interest in tracking anime industry/financial stuff (As well as no longer watch/read much new things nowadays if at all). There was a ton more after i have originally written ( and a ton i didn't include before already) this but won't be including them,So for anyone interested Google will be your best option afterwards.It may be updated in extremely rare conditions but may likely never will.**


#Trivia:

Japanese Politicians have tried to use Demon slayer related materials in order to gain support for themselves in election (Source [1](https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/07-1/japanese-politicians-get-in-a-mess-for-using-demon-slayer-designs-on-campaign-posters), [2](https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-politician-piggybacks-on-demon-slayer%E2%80%99s-popularity-by-exploiting-copyright-loophole))

Prime Minister Of Japan Yoshihide Suga referenced Demon slayer in a governmental meeting. ([1](https://twitter.com/PeachTjapan2/status/1323132617579847682),[2](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-11-03/prime-minister-suga-quotes-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-in-national-diet/.165941),[3](https://web.archive.org/web/20210830204941/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASNC24V5ZNC2UTFK011.html))

**[New]** Current prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, said that he had read all the volumes of the series, commenting as well that he would improve the conditions of the anime and manga industry [[Source](https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/339307)]


Demon slayer movie helped the entire theater industry to not collapse ([Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary](https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19085714/))

Demon Slayer accumulated over 8.75 billion (1 Trillion Yen) as of 2020 in revenue.

It also helped save struggling canned coffee firms in Japan ([Source](https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210524/p2a/00m/0bu/016000c))

According to Poll, Japanese Kids Admire Tanjiro More Than Their Parents ([Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-12-10/according-to-poll-japanese-kids-admire-tanjiro-more-than-their-parents/.167251), [Full poll result](https://soranews24.com/2020/12/06/moms-vs-demon-slayers-japanese-grade-schoolers-asked-who-do-you-respect-most-and-why/))

In Taiwan,The Vice president quoted Demon Slayer in his thanks message to japan for the vaccines And Taiwanese politicians have been cosplaying Demon slayer characters ([Source](https://www.facebook.com/chingte/posts/4614827708534212),[Cosplay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrOV2d5hzz8))

In South Korea Demon slayer has topped the selling charts despite an ongoing trade war between Japan-South Korea. ([Source](https://preview.redd.it/wn18afsryhw61.jpg?width=1073&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0da6d89ce154a5d4d88f0b1e593c76cf7771cc7c) National media)

Demon Slayer have been used to increase blood donations and it worked for the red cross! ([Source](https://screenrant.com/demon-slayer-blood-drive-ads-anime-donations/))

Demon Slayer Has been popular with every demographic. from children to teens to young adults and adults to elderly,Men and Women ([Source](https://imgur.com/a/hiEtq5T)).It's extremely rare/impossible for a manga let alone a battle shounen to be able to do this.

Demon slayer has been about the only manga to break into Kid's toys section and top the charts. which has always been dominated by Kamen raider and Pretty cure (Toynes ranking)

**[New]** Demon Slayer S2 PV reactions have made Demon slayer trend with over 2.7M+ combined tweets. [[Images](https://imgur.com/a/lFOgG9Y)]

**[New]** Demon Slayer Season 2 Yuukaku-hen TV rating has reached above 20% which is exceptional for an anime. as well as it airing late at night on a weekday night [[Source](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/kawamurameikou/20211219-00273006)],Demon slayer Mugen Train Reruns Have made all other programs ratings in other major channels go down heavily while airing [[Source](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/suzukiyuji/20210913-00258022)]

**[New]** According to Charabiz, a database for character licensing business in Japan, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the best franchise of 2020, surpassing others well-known franchises such as Anpanman, Pokémon and the Mickey Mouse and Snoopy (Peanuts) franchises [[Source](https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?article_id=12007)]


A Monk has written a 222 page dissertation of the Buddhist themes in the series,a Japanese professor have also done a lecture to discuss some of the story themes ([1](https://kokura.keizai.biz/headline/2105/),[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOy314bLQI),[3](https://i.imgur.com/L7EtqiX.jpeg))


Its Togashi's (Hunter X Hunter, Yu Yu hakusho) favorite manga, he recommended it on Volume 4"" (Hope: Despair) ≒ (Hatred: Love) It's the golden ratio of works that I love. This is...my favorite." And said he was keeping close eye on it and reading it as of his 2017 interview.
Kinoko Nasu (Fate Author) have also recommended it on the 10th volume and said it has his favorite new manga. and discussed it on depth later on. Osamu Akimoto (KochiKame) have also praised the series. as well as the popular and awarded novelist Naoki Matayoshi.
(Source [1](https://ddnavi.com/news/339567/a/),[2](https://i.imgur.com/TffXsNA.jpg),[3](http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/188470),[4- Nasu goes in depth about Kimetsu](https://mangahelpers.com/forum/threads/weekly-shonen-jump-2021-discussion-and-toc-talk.3017861/page-85#post-5424031),[5](https://i.imgur.com/FQ1jbjl.jpg),[6](https://twitter.com/oricon/status/1257986616666152961))


A lot of tourist spots have popped up for Kimetsu and have been very popular. (Source [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Ee99MgDjY),[2](https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/k0ljn4/cracked_rock_resembling_one_in_hit_anime_demon/))


It had collaborations with practically everything on Japan,from Dojo's to Restaurants to Gacha to Clothing lines to Candy & Toys To All National sports teams (Basketball,football,Baseball).


To commemorate Kimetsu no Yaiba's final Volume 23 release, Mainichi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, and Nihon Keizai Shimbun, all Japanese Newspapers, will be publishing different advertisement pages.([Source](https://twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1334518781318737922))

Demon Slayer Final volume stock has also been dubbed as "The Great KNY Wall". it had lengthy lines outside every store selling it. and the newspapers above have also been selling out with it. every demographic from kids to adults to elderly. Male and Female were buying it. (Video [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-DVH2PI2s),[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3yMhbcdz0). [Pictures](https://imgur.com/a/Es0O2u5).There's a lot of this but these are a sample.) the first print of 3.95M copies has ran out before it was released and had an immediate reprint.


It also increased the manga industry massively,With Gege Akutami and Murata saying it created new manga fans and contributed to the industry massively ([Source](https://i.imgur.com/8oFZ9in.png)) This also is in line with new manga getting 20 million+ sold in an Oricon year when it was impossible and unthinkable to do so before.In fact there has been only one who did so before which is One Piece. It also brought a lot of new people in other countries into manga like Taiwan and South Korea. 2020 also saw the smallest decline due to Kimetsu ([Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-25/print-market-in-japan-decreases-only-1-percent-in-2020-partly-due-to-demon-slayer-boom/.168786))


The manga was the fastest to break 100M circulation on a short amount of time (4 years and 7 months) ([Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-25/print-market-in-japan-decreases-only-1-percent-in-2020-partly-due-to-demon-slayer-boom/.168786))

It made the print market for manga and digital sales hit highs and growth never seen since records began in 1978 ([source](https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14282699)) , The manga has also helped lead to a consecutive two year increase in book sales across the board, including sales of novels & magazines. Even physical book sales saw their lowest decline (1%) in 16 years. ([Source](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODZ251I20V20C21A1000000/))



Demon Slayer S1 Special Re-runs had a Household TV rating of 16.7% and viewership rating of 11.2% ( over 14 Million Japanese people have watched it). which brings it to be one of the highest ever despite being a recap. ([Source](https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190316/dde/018/200/012000c))


Demon Slayer Season 2 Yuukaku-hen announcement had over 14 trending hashtags, 5 of which are on top 10 and Demon slayer S2 at 1# (Source [1](https://twitter.com/ladder_pillar/status/1360942029686009861),[2](https://getdaytrends.com/2021-02-14/14/),[3](https://i.imgur.com/uX31DOh.jpeg),[4](https://i.imgur.com/n957RLS.jpeg))

Demon Slayer Season 2 will have the widest TV release for an Aniplex title at 30 channels previous record was Season 1 at 21 channels ([Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZDIOxrAZ9Q))

Demon slayer Economy impact has helped offset The Olympics delay losses. (Source [1](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/05/business/demon-slayer-economic-impact/),[2](https://www.nippon.com/en/news/ntv20201130003/),[3](https://i.redd.it/82omjwweimj61.png))

Demon slayer S1 Opening Gurenge by LiSA have played at the closing ceremony of The olympics ([Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-08-08/tokyo-olympics-ends-with-lisa-demon-slayer-opening-song-as-ska/.176025)) Some athletes have also played some demon slayer themes while competing.

Originally, there is a famous term called "Sazae-san Syndrome", symptoms of feeling down after watching Sunday evening animes and realizing that Sunday is coming to an end.“ ‘KnY syndrome’ is already a hot topic. People are saying, ‘I have to switch to work mode after watching it,’ and ‘Mondays will be hard’ since Kimetsu S2 is going be aired on Sunday nights.” ([Source](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2206093/))

According to a Poll by Oricon in 2020,over 90% of the Japanese public is familiar with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba; 40.5% said that they were "very familiar", 57.3% said that they were "familiar with the name", indicating that 97.8% knew the existence of the series. Of the 1,558 respondents who said that they were "very familiar", 1,182 respondents "like" or "very liked" the series. To the question of "what part of the series do you like?", the series' story was the most popular aspect with 76.4% votes, followed by the setting with 49.3% and the relatability of the characters with 45.3% votes. 31% of the fans said that they owned the manga, and of the 66.1% of those fans said they owned every volume. According to multiple respondents, the series helped them treasure and connect with their families and allowed people of different generations to connect even in the workplace and beyond.

Multiple respondents commented on how the series helped them treasure and connect with their family. A woman in her thirties said, "I would never have thought that at my age I would have a conversation about anime with my mother, who is in her sixties." A woman in her forties said that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was the first time she, her spouse, and their child watched a film together in the cinemas. A man in his sixties that said he was enjoying the series while letting his son explain it to him. ([Source with more detailed information and respondents response](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-12-14/oricon-poll-over-90-percent-of-japanese-public-is-familiar-with-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba/.167415),The poll was responded from November 18–24 by 3,848 members of Oricon Monitor Research, ranging from people in their teens to their sixties )

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#Demon Slayer : the Manga - Record of Slayed Records List (All credits to [Iscariote](http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2277708#p2277708) @ worldofkj for collecting them) Last updated as of March 05 2021
Note:i'll be putting pictures and add some stuff in there to compliment it. Also Oricon started tracking sales since April 2008.



- Best Year in Oricon's history : 2020 with 82,345,447 sales. ([Picture](https://i.imgur.com/AebxWxS.jpeg) For reference the next highest record is One piece in 2011 at 37M)

- Best Half-Year in Oricon's history : first half-year 2020 with 45,297,633 sales ([Picture](https://i.imgur.com/3kLCzEO.jpeg)).
- Best Month in Oricon's history : [December 2020](https://i.imgur.com/sA7wzFC.png), from November 30th to December 27th 2020, with 12,885,121 sales in 4 weeks versus [October 2020](https://i.imgur.com/hYMWiRB.png) with 11,571,206 sales in 5 weeks.
- Best Week in Oricon's history : Week #02 of 2021, (from November 30th 2020 to December 6th 2020) with 4,774,972 sales.

- Best new volumes by series sold in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba with 21,358,372 in 2020.
- Best backlog by series sold in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba with 60,987,075 in 2020.
- Best backlog volume sold in a year : Kimetsu no yaiba #01 with 3,703,309 additional sales in 2020.
The previous record holder was Attack on titan #08 in 2013 with 1,339,845 additional sales (missing number for the limited editon).

- Kimetsu no Yaiba Volume 23 has sold around 2.855.000 copies in its first week, becoming the largest first week ever for a volume in Oricon's history. Volume 23 Special Edition has sold around 576.000 copies, making a combined total of 3.431.000 copies ([Source](https://biz-m.oricon.co.jp/article/1129/))

- First manga in Oricon's history to have each and every volume sell 3,000,000 copies.
- First manga in Oricon's history to have each and every volume sell 4,000,000 copies.
- First manga in Oricon's history to have each and every volume sell 5,000,000 copies.
- First manga in Oricon's history to have each and every volume sell 6,000,000 copies.


- First volume in Oricon's history to sell 5,000,000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 with 5,029,069 from June 3rd, 2016 to December 27th, 2020
- First volume in Oricon's history to sell 5,000,000 in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 5,046,130 in 38 days (with week #0 but two weeks missing for the limited edition).
- First volume in Oricon's history to sell 4,000,000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 with 4,017,245 from June 3rd, 2016 to September 27th, 2020.
- First volume in Oricon's history to sell 4,000,000 in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba #18 with 4,019,701 from December 4th 2019 to October 18th 2020.

- Fastest volume in Oricon's history to sell 5,000,000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 5,046,130 in 38 days (with week #0 but two weeks missing for the limited edition).
- Fastest volume in Oricon's history to sell 4,000,000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 (limited edition included but missing one week of data) with a bare minimum of 4,313,706 from December 4th 2020 to December 20th 2020.
- Fastest volume in Oricon's history to sell 3,000,000 : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 3,431,296 in 3 days, from December 4th 2020 to December 6th 2020.

- Best selling volume in Oricon's history : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 5,403,722 (nine weeks missing for the limited edition). Ongoing.
- Best selling volume in a year : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 5,403,722 (nine weeks missing for the limited edition). Ongoing.
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #02, #14 and #15 with 73 weeks.
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon for a volume: Kimetsu no Yaiba #15 with 90 weeks (ongoing).

- Biggest 1st week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with 3,431,296 in 3 days.
- Biggest 3rd week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with a minimum of 587,016 additional sales (missing the limited edition number)
- Biggest 4th week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #22 with a minimum of 325,762 additional sales (missing the limited edition number).
- Biggest 5th week for a volume : Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 with a minimum of 308,807 additional sales (missing the limited edition number).

- The franchise was the first since 2008 to dominate both Oricon's annual general book ranking and annual manga ranking in the same year. ([Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-08/3-demon-slayer-manga-volumes-are-1st-since-2008-to-sell-5-million-each-in-print/.168203))


Fanbook records



- Best selling fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 1,683,319 (ongoing).
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 11 weeks.
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon rankings for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 35 weeks.

- Biggest 1st week for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook #02 with 1,005,655 in 4 days.
- Biggest 2nd week for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook #02 with 264,035 additional sales.
- Biggest 3rd week for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook #02 with 117,880 additional sales.
- Biggest 4th week for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook #02 with 76,368 additional sales.
- Biggest 5th week for a fanbook : Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook with 49,616 additional sales.



Limited edition records



- Best selling limited edition for a volume in Oricon's history : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 with 1,637,005 sales.
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 limited edition with 8 weeks.
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #21 limited edition with 11 weeks (ongoing).

- Biggest 1st week for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 limited edition with 904,092 in 5 days.
- Biggest 2nd week for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #21 limited edition with 183,826 additional sales.
- Biggest 3rd week for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #21 limited edition with 96,433 additional sales.
- Biggest 4th week for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #21 limited edition with 67,820 additional sales.
- Biggest 5th week for a limited edition : Kimetsu no Yaiba #20 limited edition with 98,274 additional sales.




Gaiden records



- Best selling Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 2,183,726 sales in 87 days (ongoing).
- Best number of consecutive apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 12 weeks
- Best number of apparitions in the top 50 weekly Oricon ranking for a Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 12 weeks

- Biggest 1st week for a Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 858,751 in 3 days.
- Biggest 3rd week for a Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 306,924 additional sales.
- Biggest 4th week for a Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 176,205 additional sales.
- Biggest 5th week for a Gaiden : Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden with 284,097 additional sales.




Other records



- First manga to monopolise the first 18 spots of the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 to #18 from January 27th to February 2nd 2020.
- First manga to monopolise the first 19 spots of the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 to #19 from February 10th to February 16th and a second time from April 27th to May 3rd 2020.
- First manga to monopolise the first 22 spots of the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings : Kimetsu no Yaiba #01 to #22 from October 19th to October 25th 2020.
- First manga to have its 17 first volumes present 42 weeks in a row in the Oricon top 50 weekly rankings, from November 18th of 2019 to September 06th 2020.
- Limited editions excluded, Kimetsu no Yaiba only missed 13 out of the 1051 possible spots in the 2020 weekly Oricon rankings , from november 18th 2019 to november 22nd 2020.




All Kimetsu volumes finally sold more than 5 000 000 copies, the record holder volume #23 even had an impressive thirteenth week with a little more than 70 000 copies sold!




#Trivia/Other records:

Due to lack of stock there has been a lot of scalping and counterfeit manga. ([Picture](https://i.redd.it/o5wkdcz4rfj61.jpg))




Kimetsu no yaiba is one of the highest sold manga per volume at 6.5M+ per volume (Japan Numbers only)* for comparison Naruto is 3.47M (Worldwide included,Japan only is 2M) One Piece is at 4.9M (WW+Jap) Japan only at 4.04M. Dragon ball circulation number has high uncertainty (explained below) but if it was at 300M then its at 7.14M (WW+Jap) Japan only at 3.809M+


*There's only two that could be higher,Dragon ball and Devilman. Dragon ball circulation has a lot of uncertainty (it ranges from 260M to 350M to over 400M if included the bootleg copies) Devilman although at 10M per volume hasn't published the WW/JP distribution. It is very likely that Kimetsu is third or second. and these are Japan's only numbers and in few years compared to the decades others had.


The manga was also the second in oricon history to break the 100M circulation, as well the fastest to do it on a short amount of time (4 years and 7 months) ([Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-25/print-market-in-japan-decreases-only-1-percent-in-2020-partly-due-to-demon-slayer-boom/.168786))

It made the print market for manga and digital sales hit highs and growth never seen since records began in 1978 ([source](https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14282699)) The manga has also helped lead to a consecutive two year increase in book sales across the board, including sales of novels & magazines. Even physical book sales saw their lowest decline (1%) in 16 years. ([Source](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODZ251I20V20C21A1000000/))

The Light novel adaption has been the fastest selling in Jump History. has dominated the 2020 charts (Source [1](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2154916/),[2](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-29/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2020/.166845),[3](https://i.imgur.com/Qr9m7JT.jpg))

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#Demon Slayer: Mugen Train - Record of Slayed Records List (All credits go to [Corpse](http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2288618#p2288618) @ Worldofkj) Last updated as of October 15, 2021

**Note that if it achieved a new record in anything, and then did it again by beating the previous record not held by itself a second time (or more), I've noted all of them with Second Biggest/Highest, Third Biggest/Highest, etc. Because it rebroke some previous records not held by itself more than once, and took until week four of its release before it even fell to the previous record levels before itself.**

There are many records that it broke, and then broke again (and again), or had other days that broke the original records OR had other days that broke its own record. When you see Biggest, Second Biggest, Third Biggest and so on, that means it holds the record for Biggest X Record, along with the Second, Third, etc. place positions behind that.

It's only ranking behind ITSELF and above everything else in these instances.

I listed one example yesterday, but another example is that it broke the Biggest Single-Day Record (twice, once over the original record and then beat itself), and went on to acquire the Biggest 7 Single-Days behind that to hold the entire Top 8 of the Biggest Single-Days ever.

And here we go! 190 strong (at least) when including records it broke more than once, or ranked only behind itself, breaking the previous film records.

A massive list of records, and there's of course going to be other records it broke or set that aren't as trackable. The film completely decimated the record books. You could say it IS the record book now.

Stated this many times during its run, and while Japan is a "never say never" market, SO many of these are likely to hold for a really, REALLY, long time, if not forever, unless the population crisis gets under control in the coming decades.


This also excludes Weekly Records. And it holds A LOT of them.

I may add them in the future, but it's a good bit of work outside of the obvious or likely ones in its first 3/4 months and some later ones in its 7th-9th months. I'm thinking something like 15 or more Weekly Records. Of its first 12 weeks, I think it holds 9 or 10 of them. And then it holds many later in its run throughout its mid-20ths to early-30th weekends. And it holds the biggest 41st weekly record, too, and is the only known film to rank inside the Top 10 in its 41st weekend of release.



**ALL-TIME RECORDS:**

- Highest-Grossing Film Ever [¥40,326,120,350 ($385.3 million)]

- Most Attended Film Ever [29,040,541]


**WEEKEND STATISTIC RECORDS:**

- Highest Screen Count (1,400+)

- Highest Nationwide Theater Seating Share (57.8%)

- Highest Showtime Count (22.4 avg. per theater)

- Highest Number of Seats Per Screen (254.4) - Third Weekend

- Highest 2-Day Patrons Per Theater Avg. (6,228)

- Highest 3-Day Patrons Per Theater Avg. (8,488)

- Highest 2-Day PTA (¥8.32 million ($78,900))

- Highest 3-Day PTA (¥11.47 million ($108,700))

- Second Highest Nationwide Theater Seating Share (55.6%) - Second Weekend

- Second Highest Showtime Count (21.1 avg. per theater) - Second Weekend

- Second Highest Number of Seats Per Screen (253.1 avg. per showing) - Second Weekend

- Second Highest 2-Day Patrons Per Theater Avg. (5,640) - Second Weekend

- Second Highest 2-Day PTA (¥7.55 million ($72,100)) - Second Weekend

- Third Highest Nationwide Theater Seating Share (53.4%) - Third Weekend

- Third Highest Number of Seats Per Screen (252.4 avg. per showing)

- Third Highest Showtime Count (20.5 avg. per theater) - Third Weekend

- Third Highest 2-Day Patrons Per Theater Avg. (5,032) - Third Weekend

- Third Highest 2-Day PTA (¥6.20 million ($59,300)) - Third Weekend

- All-Time IMAX Record [Figure Unknown]

- Biggest IMAX Opening Weekend [¥238 million ($2.3 million); ¥6.26 million ($59,600) avg. per screen]

- Second Biggest IMAX Weekend [¥216 million ($2.0 million); ¥5.69 million ($54,200) avg. per screen]

- Biggest 4DX Opening Weekend [Figure Unknown]

- First (Only) Japanese Film to Top the Global Weekend Box-Office (Week 42/52, 2020)

- First (Only) Japanese Film to Top the Global Weekend Box-Office Twice (Week 45/52, 2020)

- First Japanese Film to Top the Global Yearly Box-Office! (2020) (Also it [seems](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-09/demon-slayer-is-now-the-no.1-film-from-2020-worldwide/.172584) to be the only one in cinema history to do so that isn't a Hollywood film)

**WEEKEND RECORDS:**

- Biggest Weekend Ever (¥3,354,392,750 ($31.9 million))

- Second Biggest Weekend Ever (¥3,041,448,750 ($29.1 million))

- Third Biggest Weekend Ever (¥2,498,667,150 ($23.9 million))

- Biggest Animated Film Opening Weekend

- Biggest Animated Film Weekend

- Second Biggest Animated Film Weekend (behind itself)

- Third Biggest Animated Film Weekend (behind itself)

- Fourth Biggest Animated Film Weekend (behind itself)

- Biggest October Opening Weekend

- Biggest October Weekend

- Second Biggest October Weekend (behind itself)

- Third Biggest October Weekend (behind itself)

- First (Only) Film To Ever Achieve Five Weekends Above ¥1 Billion

- First (Only) Film To Ever Achieve Six Weekends Above ¥1 Billion

- First (Only) Film To Ever Achieve Seven Weekends Above ¥1 Billion

- Biggest 2-Day Opening Weekend (¥3,354,392,750 ($31.9 million))

- Biggest 3-Day Opening Weekend (¥4,623,117,450 ($43.9 million))

- Biggest 2-Day Opening Weekend Admissions (2,509,986)

- Biggest 3-Day Opening Weekend Admissions (3,420,493)

- Biggest Second Weekend (¥3,041,448,750 ($29.1 million))

- Biggest Second Weekend Admissions (2,272,836)

- Biggest Third Weekend (¥2,498,667,150 ($23.9 million))

- Biggest Third Weekend Admissions (2,028,283)

- Biggest Fourth Weekend (¥1,772,925,900 ($17.1 million))

- Biggest Fourth Weekend Admissions (1,295,783)

- Biggest Fifth Weekend (¥1,521,657,050 ($14.5 million))

- Biggest Fifth Weekend Admissions (1,147,404)

- Biggest Sixth Weekend (¥1,032,345,100 ($9.9 million))

- Biggest Sixth Weekend Admissions (748,041)

- Biggest Seventh Weekend (¥1,004,503,750 ($9.6 million))

- Biggest Seventh Weekend Admissions (712,048)

- Biggest Ninth Weekend (¥939,411,200 ($9.1 million))

- Biggest Ninth Weekend Admissions (655,310)

- Biggest Eleventh Weekend (¥907,618,200 ($8.8 million))

- Biggest Eleventh Weekend Admissions (575,643)

- Biggest Twenty-Third Weekend (¥170,040,650 ($1.6 million))

- Biggest Twenty-Third Weekend Admissions (112,000)

- Biggest Twenty-Fourth Weekend (¥237,102,600 ($2.2 million))

- Biggest Twenty-Fourth Weekend Admissions (153,000)

- Biggest Thirty-First Weekend (¥21,197,150 ($0.19 million)

- Biggest Thirty-First Weekend Admissions (13,800)

- Biggest Forty-First Weekend (¥48,374,250)

- Biggest Forty-First Weekend Admissions (31,500)


**SINGLE-DAY RECORDS:**

- Biggest Opening Day

- Biggest Single Day (First Saturday)

- Biggest Second Single Day (First Sunday) (behind itself)

- Biggest Third Single Day (Second Sunday) (behind itself)

- Biggest Fourth Single Day (Second Saturday) (behind itself)

- Biggest Fifth Single Day (Third Tuesday) (behind itself)

- Biggest Sixth Single Day (Third Sunday) (behind itself)

- Biggest Seventh Single Day (First Friday) (behind itself)

- Biggest Eighth Single Day (Third Saturday) (behind itself)

- All-Time Presales Record

- Second Highest Presales Record (behind itself)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 1 Million Admissions in One-Day (First Saturday)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 1 Million Admissions for a Second Day (First Sunday)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 1 Million Admissions for a Third Day (Second Saturday)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 1 Million Admissions for a Fourth Day (Second Sunday)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 1 Million Admissions for a Fifth Day (Third Sunday)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 900,000 Admissions in One-Day (First Friday)

- First (Only) Film to Sell Over 900,000 Admissions for a Second Day (Third Tuesday)

**BIGGEST DAY RECORDS:**

- Biggest Friday (¥1,268,724,700 ($12.0 million))

- Biggest Saturday (¥1,701,723,350 ($16.2 million))

- Biggest Sunday (¥1,652,669,400 ($15.7 million))

- Biggest Tuesday (¥1,230,000,000 ($11.8 million))

- Biggest Wednesday (¥635,000,000 ($6.0 million))

- Biggest Thursday (¥470,000,000 ($4.5 million))

- Second Biggest Monday (¥820,000,000 ($7.8 million))

- Second Biggest Friday (¥700,000,000 ($6.7 million)) (behind itself)

- Second Biggest Saturday (¥1,500,944,600 ($14.3 million)) (behind itself)

- Second Biggest Sunday (¥1,540,504,150 ($14.7 million)) (behind itself)

- Third Biggest Saturday (¥1,212,312,550 ($11.6 million)) (behind itself)

- Third Biggest Sunday (¥1,286,354,600 ($12.3 million)) (behind itself)


**MONTHLY RECORDS:**


- Biggest Month for a Single Film (October)

- Biggest October for a Single Film

- Biggest November for a Single Film

- Biggest Single-Day in October

- Second Biggest Single-Day in October

- Third Biggest Single-Day in October

- Fourth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Fifth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Sixth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Seventh Biggest Single-Day in October

- Eighth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Ninth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Tenth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Eleventh Biggest Single-Day in October

- Twelfth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Thirteenth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Fourteenth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Fifteenth Biggest Single-Day in October

- Biggest Single-Day in November

- Second Biggest Single-Day in November

- Third Biggest Single-Day in November



**FASTEST RECORDS (Revenue):**

- Fastest to ¥1 Billion (1-Day)

- Fastest to ¥2 Billion (2-Days)

- Fastest to ¥3 Billion (3-Days)

- Fastest to ¥4 Billion (3-Days)

- Fastest to ¥5 Billion (4-Days)

- Fastest to ¥6 Billion (6-Days)

- Fastest to ¥7 Billion (7-Days)

- Fastest to ¥8 Billion (9-Days)

- Fastest to ¥9 Billion (9-Days)

- Fastest to ¥10 Billion (10-Days)

- Fastest to ¥11 Billion (11-Days)

- Fastest to ¥12 Billion (13-Days)

- Fastest to ¥13 Billion (15-Days)

- Fastest to ¥14 Billion (16-Days)

- Fastest to ¥15 Billion (17-Days)

- Fastest to ¥16 Billion (18-Days)

- Fastest to ¥17 Billion (19-Days)

- Fastest to ¥18 Billion (20-Days)

- Fastest to ¥19 Billion (23-Days)

- Fastest to ¥20 Billion (24-Days)

- Fastest to ¥21 Billion (26-Days)

- Fastest to ¥22 Billion (30-Days)

- Fastest to ¥23 Billion (31-Days)

- Fastest to ¥24 Billion (34-Days)

- Fastest to ¥25 Billion (38-Days)

- Fastest to ¥26 Billion (40-Days)

- Fastest to ¥27 Billion (44-Days)

- Fastest to ¥28 Billion (49-Days)

- Fastest to ¥29 Billion (54-Days)

- Fastest to ¥30 Billion (59-Days)

- Fastest to ¥31 Billion (66-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥32 Billion (72-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥33 Billion (75-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥34 Billion (79-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥35 Billion (82-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥36 Billion (93-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥37 Billion (112-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥38 Billion (135-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥39 Billion (164-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to ¥40 Billion (219-Days)

**FASTEST RECORDS (Admissions):**

- Fastest to 1 Million Admissions (2-Days)

- Fastest to 2 Million Admissions (2-Days)

- Fastest to 3 Million Admissions (3-Days)

- Fastest to 4 Million Admissions (5-Days)

- Fastest to 5 Million Admissions (7-Days)

- Fastest to 6 Million Admissions (9-Days)

- Fastest to 7 Million Admissions (10-Days)

- Fastest to 8 Million Admissions (11-Days)

- Fastest to 9 Million Admissions (13-Days)

- Fastest to 10 Million Admissions (16-Days)

- Fastest to 11 Million Admissions (17-Days)

- Fastest to 12 Million Admissions (18-Days)

- Fastest to 13 Million Admissions (19-Days)

- Fastest to 14 Million Admissions (22-Days)

- Fastest to 15 Million Admissions (24-Days)

- Fastest to 16 Million Admissions (28-Days)

- Fastest to 17 Million Admissions (31-Days)

- Fastest to 18 Million Admissions (34-Days)

- Fastest to 19 Million Admissions (38-Days)

- Fastest to 20 Million Admissions (44-Days)

- Fastest to 21 Million Admissions (50-Days)

- Fastest to 22 Million Admissions (58-Days)

- Fastest to 23 Million Admissions (65-Days)

- Fastest to 24 Million Admissions (73-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to 25 Million Admissions (78-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to 26 Million Admissions (87-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to 27 Million Admissions (115-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to 28 Million Admissions (150-Days)

- Fastest (Only Film) to 29 Million Admissions (230-Days)



**Other movie records**:

- It's the 1# Anime of all-time in [Russia](https://deadline.com/2021/06/quiet-place-part-ii-conjuring-3-f9-cruella-demon-slayer-china-global-international-box-office-1234770121/),[Taiwan](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-17/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-film-is-no.1-film-in-taiwan-in-2020-no.1-all-time-animated-film-in-taiwan/.166426),[Malaysia](https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2021/03/24/demon-slayer-the-movie-slays-malaysia-box-office-becomes-no1-anime-film), [Middle East](https://w.atwiki.jp/kimetsunoyaiba/pages/56.html)(SA and UAE), [Singapore](https://w.atwiki.jp/kimetsunoyaiba/pages/56.html) and [Thailand](https://theaterist.blog/2020/12/14/thailand-box-office-%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AA-111/).

- 2# in [USA](https://deadline.com/2021/05/spiral-demon-slayer-weekend-box-office-1234762411/) only behind pokemon.

- It is the first anime movie to break the half-billion barrier. (Over 500M) closest is Spirited away at 395M. (this is without a china release and very limited EU release for Demon slayer)



- The blu-ray has recorded the highest day 1 sales ever at over 800K sold. current numbers are around 1.5-1.6M. these do not include ufotable webshop. despite physical media being in general decline since 2010's.

- Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Helped Keep Physical Media Afloat for Anime in Japan in the 1st Half of 2021 ([Source](https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/08/20-1/demon-slayer-mugen-train-helped-keep-physical-media-afloat-for-anime-in-japan-in-the-1st-half-of-2021?utm_source=community_cr&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=news_en&referrer=community_cr_twitter_news))

- Adjusting for population. Demon slayer Japanese Box office is comparable to over 1 billion box office in US only (Not domestic, just US) For reference Avengers Endgame Domestic (US+Canada) was 858 Million. Highest domestic box office (US+Canada) was Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens at 936 million. It is higher then both.