There is no doubt that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is one of the films most anticipated this year. The film premiered on July 18 in Japan, the film swept at the box office, breaking all the revenue records for the premiere weekend, as well as the historic revenue mark in a single day..
This has been confirmed aniplex Through a press release and the account of x/Twitter Anime officer Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Through a publication to celebrate the success of the film and thank the public for all the support. In just four days, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle It is already positioned as the second highest-grossing film of 2025 in Japan.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is a resounding success and sets new records
The day of its premiere, Friday, July 18, Infinity Castle Raised 1.64 billion yen (approximately $11.11 million) with 1.15 million tickets sold, achieving the record for the largest single-day premiere at the Japanese box office.
On Saturday, July 19, the film added 1.84 billion yen (12.47 million dollars) thanks to 1.26 million tickets sold.
Sunday, July 20, became the most successful day of the long weekend, raising 2.03 billion yen ($13.76 million) with 1.42 million tickets. This result set a new revenue record in a single day and consolidated the film as the most successful three-day weekend premiere in Japanese cinema history, reaching a total of 5.52 billion yen ($37.42 million) with 3.84 million tickets sold.
on Monday, July 21, taking advantage of the national holiday for the Sea day (d)umi no hi), the film added another 1.79 billion yen ($12.13 million) with 1.32 million tickets, raising the total gross of the four-day premiere to 7.31 billion yen (49.55 million dollars) and more than 5.16 million tickets sold.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle raises $49.55 million in its first 4 days
With these figures, Infinity Castle It becomes the second highest-grossing film of the year in Japan, only behind Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback, which accumulates 14.47 billion yen, achieving half of that figure in just one weekend.
Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle He has surpassed all the weekend premiere records he had set Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train, the previous delivery of the franchise. This film was released in October 2020 in Japan, amid health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with rooms operating at half capacity.
Even so, it managed to raise 4.62 billion yen (about 43.8 million dollars) in just three days, a record that remained in force until this weekend.
As we have mentioned above, the film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle It has already raised more than $49.55 million in Japan alone. The film will begin its projections outside the Asian continent from September 11 of this year. Given the enormous expectation it has generated, the first installment of this trilogy is expected to be the same internationally.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle will hit theaters in Latin America on September 11
For those fans interested in seeing the first movie of the trilogy Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, we have great news for you. Some time ago, it was confirmed that the film will hit theaters in different Latin American countries from September 11 of this year.
Next, we will provide you with the countries advertised by Crunchyroll.
- September 11: Mexico, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, the Caribbean (Jamaica, Aruba, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao), Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland (Italian-speaking), Syria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates
- September 12: India, Mongolia, Spain, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Based on the manga Koyoharu Gotoge, the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba It premiered in Japan on April 6, 2019. The series has four seasons (63 episodes total), a movie and a movie trilogy, plus several specials..
The animation studio Ufotable He was in charge of the production of the animation of the series. besides, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is legally available on platforms Crunchyroll and Netflix, and has dubbing to Latin Spanish.
Synopsis of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba:
Since his father’s death, the burden of supporting the family has fallen on Tanjirou Kamado’s shoulders. Although they live impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamados can enjoy a relatively quiet and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to earn some money by selling coal. Back at night falls, forcing Tanjirou to take refuge in the house of a strange man, who warns him of the existence of carnivorous demons lurking in the forest at night.
The next day, when he finally returns home, he finds a spooky image: his whole family has been massacred. Worse yet, the only survivor is her sister Nezuko, turned into a bloodthirsty demon. Consumed by anger and hatred, Tanjirou swears to avenge her family and stay with her only sister. Together with the mysterious group that calls itself Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjirou will do whatever it takes to kill the demons and protect the remains of humanity from his beloved sister.
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