Refresh for up-to-date…: Continuing its ascendance, Japanese juggernaut Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle has slashed its way to further milestones. With an estimated $555M+ globally, it is not only the highest grossing anime movie ever worldwide, but also the biggest Japanese film of all time at a global level.
Note that the $555M estimate is likely to increase once actuals are tallied on Monday. It’s also worth recalling that exchange rates have shifted greatly since the last Demon Slayer feature, Mugen Train. That movie did almost 41B yen in Japan, while Infinity Castle is at nearly 40B yen, but coming in much higher in dollars.
Regardless, this is a success to be hailed as anime’s popularity has grown significantly outside of its traditional bases.
The Toho/Aniplex release from Ufotable in Japan is handled by Crunchyroll/Sony in most other markets with the latter’s tally at $269M to date.
This weekend added $36M from 62 overseas Crunchyroll/Sony markets ($53.3M including North America). Offshore expanded to German-speaking and French-speaking hubs with record starts. Infinity Castle was the No. 1 anime opening of all time across each new territory. France debuted with $8.6M, and Germany launched to $8.2M.
Note that Korea and Taiwan, which are not part of the Sony release, are respectively at $37.3M and $25M.
The leading 5 Crunchyroll/Sony overseas markets are: Mexico ($15.1M), Hong Kong ($12.4M), India ($8.1M), UK ($7.5M), Indonesia ($7.3M).
Elsewhere, and equally something to celebrate, New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: Last Rites has become the biggest movie ever in the Conjuring universe worldwide, and propelled New Line across the $1B mark globally for 2025. Quelle horreur, indeed!
The third frame added $28.3M from 75 markets for an international box office cume of $248.8M which brings worldwide to $400M through today.
Highlights include Last Rites being the biggest of the Conjuring Universe in Europe where it ranked No. 1 in 18 markets this session. In Latin America, Last Rites is the leading Conjuring title regionally as well as in 10 markets including Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile. And, it’s the leading horror title ever in nine markets including Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru.
The leading 5 so far are: Mexico ($26.4M), UK ($20.3M), Brazil ($15.3M), France ($14.6M) and Germany ($12.7M).
Japan is still to release, on October 17.
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