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6/28/2025, 8:17:02 PM
>>280064457
Because none of them had the perfect storm Mugen Train had. Not every movie had a hyper-popular seasonal anime finale right before release. Not every movie had IMAX, 4DX, MX4D, Dolby, and fan events boosting sales. Not every movie had wall-to-wall marketing saturation the way Sonic Music did and a rabid built-in fandom. And not every movie was canon and essential viewing, unlike the filler stuff Doraemon puts out every year.
You're comparing Doraemon, a family-friendly annual drop, to Demon Slayer, a cultural juggernaut riding peak hype, at the height of a pandemic, with zero competition in theaters. That's like asking why your goldfish didn't break world records just because it was in the same water as a fucking shark.
>>280064493
This is false. It made $150M after 3 weeks. It crossed $250M by Week 7. It took 8 MONTHS to hit $365M+ in Japan. Here’s the actual data (see picrel):
>After 10 weeks
$301M
>After 16 weeks
$352M
>After 28 weeks
$368M
>After 32 weeks
$367M
>After 41 weeks
$364M (adjusted back down slightly)
Mugen Train absolutely needed those extra months and got to stay in theaters that long because nothing else was coming out. That never happens anymore. So no, it didn’t just explode in 2 weeks and vanish like a firework. It was a slow-burn monopoly with free reign.
Because none of them had the perfect storm Mugen Train had. Not every movie had a hyper-popular seasonal anime finale right before release. Not every movie had IMAX, 4DX, MX4D, Dolby, and fan events boosting sales. Not every movie had wall-to-wall marketing saturation the way Sonic Music did and a rabid built-in fandom. And not every movie was canon and essential viewing, unlike the filler stuff Doraemon puts out every year.
You're comparing Doraemon, a family-friendly annual drop, to Demon Slayer, a cultural juggernaut riding peak hype, at the height of a pandemic, with zero competition in theaters. That's like asking why your goldfish didn't break world records just because it was in the same water as a fucking shark.
>>280064493
This is false. It made $150M after 3 weeks. It crossed $250M by Week 7. It took 8 MONTHS to hit $365M+ in Japan. Here’s the actual data (see picrel):
>After 10 weeks
$301M
>After 16 weeks
$352M
>After 28 weeks
$368M
>After 32 weeks
$367M
>After 41 weeks
$364M (adjusted back down slightly)
Mugen Train absolutely needed those extra months and got to stay in theaters that long because nothing else was coming out. That never happens anymore. So no, it didn’t just explode in 2 weeks and vanish like a firework. It was a slow-burn monopoly with free reign.
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