{"id":224263,"date":"2025-09-13T18:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/224263\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:57:11","slug":"demon-slayer-infinity-castle-makes-anime-history-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/224263\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Demon Slayer Infinity Castle’ Makes Anime History in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTalk about an unexpected September bloom at the box office<\/a> that continues this weekend with a cornucopia of new offerings, led by the record-smashing U.S. debut of the Japanese anime<\/a> sequel Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 the Movie Infinity Castle<\/a>. The Sony-owned Crunchyroll is handling the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tBased on a huge Friday haul of $33 million, including $11.4 million in previews, the pic is on course to score the top opening ever for an anime title at the North American box office with a weekend haul of anywhere from $56 million to $65 million (Sony is staying on the conservative side and sticking with the lower figure).<\/p>\n

\n\tHeading into the weekend, tracking suggested the Demon Slayer would open to $35 million to $40 million; others thought $50 million was far more likely. Now, it\u2019s coming in even higher after being embraced by critics and audiences alike.<\/p>\n

\n\tDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u00a0is the first feature film in the three-part cinematic trilogy representing the final battle of the hugely popular, award-winning anime shonen series from famed animation studio Ufotable.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film has likewise done record-smashing business in Japan, where it debuted in July. Its global tally is nearly $280 million to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Haruo Sotozaki, Infinity Castle adapts the final arc of Koyoharu Gotouge\u2019s best-selling manga series. Voice cast regulars Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro), Akari Kit\u014d (Nezuko), Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu) and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke) return as the Demon Slayer Corps embarks on a climactic assault against the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji. The film was co-financed by Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Group. International<\/a> distribution comes from Toho, Aniplex and Crunchyroll, with Imax releases planned in over 40 territories worldwide.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film also posted historic results for Imax Japan; ditto for Imax screens in North America.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros. and New Line\u2019s The Conjuring: Last Rites<\/a> is falling to second place in its second weekend, and is no doubt competing with Demon Slayer for younger moviegoers. Estimates show that the record-breaking movie earning between $26 million and $27 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final big screen adaptation of the beloved British show Downton Abbey looks to come in third with a debut in the $19 million or more. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale<\/a> is likewise benefiting from glowing reviews and audience.<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate\u2019s dystopian The Long Walk<\/a>, based on a Stephen King novel, is opening in fourth place with an estimated $11 million to $12 million. The pic earned a B+ CinemaScore, not unusual for the genre. Demon Slayer and Grand Finale each received an A.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pixar\u2019s seminal animated film Toy Story, Disney is rereleasing the movie this weekend to strong numbers. The pic looks to round out the top five with a pleasing $3.2 million to $3.8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tRob Reiner\u2019s sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues<\/a> is on course to open in ninth or tenth place with $1.7 million to $2 million. The sequel to Reiner\u2019s cult-classic mockumentary earned an A- CinemaScore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talk about an unexpected September bloom at the box office that continues this weekend with a cornucopia of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":224264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[207,121474,110054,171,53,118227,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-224263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-box-office","9":"tag-demon-slayer","10":"tag-downton-abbey-the-grand-finale","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-spinal-tap-ii-the-end-continues","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}