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‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ slashes 26-year box office record
and tops weekend box office
By Auzinea Bacon, CNN
Updated:
1:01 PM EDT, Sun September 14, 2025
Source: CNN
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – the Movie Infinity Castle”
shattered the record for biggest opening weekend domestic gross for an
anime movie, hauling in an estimated $70 million.
“Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle,” which is distributed in North
America by Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned Crunchyroll, raked in $33
million on Friday alone, surging past Warner Bros. Pictures’ 1999
anime hit “Pokémon: The First Movie,” which grossed $31 million in
its opening weekend. Warner Bros. Discovery is the parent company of
CNN.
“Infinity Castle” is also the best opening for a “Demon Slayer”
movie, after FUNimation Entertainment’s “Demon Slayer: Mugen
Train” ($21 million) in 2021 and Sony’s “Demon Slayer: To the
Hashira Training” ($11.5 million) in 2024.
“We can easily call this a surprise hit,” said Paul Dergarabedian,
head of marketplace trends at Comscore, adding that, “to have this
one dominate the (domestic box office), I don’t think anyone could
see this coming.”
Dergarabedian called “Infinity Castle” a “box office
juggernaut,” noting that it’s the sixth-largest September opening,
according to Comscore data. It’s just the fifth anime film to be
released domestically in the last three years, according to Box Office
Mojo.
But Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founder of
analytics firm Box Office Theory, said the genre has “been building
to a performance like this for several years.”
“That’s really crescendoing into this blockbuster-level type of box
office that kicks off the final trilogy,” he said, adding that the
genre’s fanbase has continued to grow domestically, especially among
Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
The No. 2 movie at the box office this weekend was Warner Bros.’
“The Conjuring: Last Rites,” which earned $26.1 million, followed
by Focus Features’ “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” the final
installment of the Downton Abbey franchise, which earned $18.1 million.
Lionsgate’s “The Long Walk,” an adaptation of the 1979 Stephen
King book, came in fourth with $11.5 million.
This weekend continued a trend of movies that court audiences of all
ages and various genres, although horror has been a highlight leading
into the fall season.
Dergarabedian said the “well-curated” slate of movies this month
could lead to strong ticket sales in the coming weeks, with Universal
Pictures’ and Jordan Peele’s “Him” opening next weekend and
expected to boost mid-September sales.
The busy box office is a good sign for theaters, which are coming off a
lackluster end to the summer season.
“For many years, we would see strong Augusts and slow Septembers.
It’s reversed this year in a lot of ways. That kind of feeds into the
theory that there’s always an ebb and flow,” Robbins said.
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