The Newest ‘Demon Slayer’ Film is One other Document-Breaking Hit

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle got here to the US this weekend, and it’s doing numbers nicely forward of projections.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, the movie—the primary of a trilogy meant to carry the shonen fantasy collection to an in depth—made an estimated $70 million home, double the $35-40 million predicted by analysts. However Sony’s been aggressive with advertising and marketing it, to not point out the anime itself is fairly widespread by itself. It’s the most important opening ever for an anime movie in North America, the biggest-ever animated debut for a September movie, and with a further $30 million from worldwide audiences, brings Infinity’s field workplace to an estimated $468 million worldwide.

Being a cash maker isn’t new for Demon Slayer: in 2022, Sony launched the movie adaptation of the Mugen Train arc, which was probably the most succssful opening for a overseas movie on the time. Whereas it wasn’t the highest film that weekend, it helped reinvigorate U.S. theaters within the aftermath of the early COVID-19 pandemic and was 2020’s highest-grossing movie.

In the meantime, The Conjuring: Last Rites from September 5 fell by 69% domestically and got here in behind Infinity Citadel. With a brand new home whole of $131.1 million and an additional $60.5 million abroad, its newest whole is $332.9 million. It’s now the second highes-grossing film within the franchise behind the primary Nun film ($366 million) and forward of The Conjuring 2 ($322.8 million).

As for The Long Walk, the weekend’s different massive style launch, it made an estimated $11.5 million home. Primarily based on Stephen King’s 1979 novel, the Francis Lawrence-directed movie stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, and Mark Hamill, and has had eavy advertising and marketing in current weeks. In comparison with different variations of King’s work, that home open is under The Monkey and Physician Sleep, in response to Deadline. However at time of writing, its worldwide numbers aren’t out, and we’ll replace after they’re disclosed.

Replace (9/13/2025 @ 4:23 PM ET): This story has been up to date with more moderen numbers for Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel.

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