Weekend Box-Office: DEMON SLAYER INFINITY CASTLE Becomes Highest-Grossing Japanese Film Of All Time While Horror Film HIM Fumbles Debut

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle" continued to dominate the box office while new releases underperformed. The horror film "Him", the fantasy romance "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" and the biographical sports drama "The Senior" all failed to impress, while the Japanese anime continues to break records.

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Weekend Box Office: DEMON SLAYER Scores Biggest Anime Opening of All Time

The summer movie season is over, but that doesn't mean the box office is dead. On the contrary. The September 12-14 weekend was very busy and crowded with four new releases and a few re-releases. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle" dominated with a record-breaking North American debut, while "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" and the Stephen King adaptation "The Long Walk" scored modest openings, and the mockumentary sequel "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" barely made the Top 10.

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DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA - INFINITY CASTLE (2025) - Trailer, Featurette, Images and Posters

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle" is a Japanese anime fantasy action film directed by Haruo Sotozaki and Hikaru Kondo from a script by Kondo and Koyoharu Gotouge based on the "Infinity Castle" arc of the 2016–20 manga series "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" by Koyoharu Gotouge. The film is a direct sequel to the fourth season of the anime television series as well as its fourth, fifth, and sixth film adaptations. It's also the first film of a trilogy announced in 2024.

The Japanese voice cast includes Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Hiro Shimono, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Reina Ueda, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Lynn and Yuichi Nakamura.

The English voice cast includes Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Rebecca Wang, Channing Tatum, Aleks Le, Bryce Papenbrook, Brianna Knickerbocker, Zeno Robinson, Johnny Yong Bosch and Ray Chase.

The film premiered in Japan on July 18, 2025 under the title "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle – Part 1: Akaza Returns". It grossed $279.6 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2025 in Japan and the third highest-grossing film in the country's history.

In the US, it opened in theaters on September 12, 2025.

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