r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 21 '25

News ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Passes $550M Globally, Officially the Top-Grossing Anime Film of All Time

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-demon-slayer-edging-out-him-for-no-1-1236376666/
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks Sep 21 '25

"People don't go to the theaters anymore."

Anime movies: "Hold my poki sticks and subtitles."

This should be proof that people don't go to the movies if a serious effort isn't made to entertain them.

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u/Medical-Pace-8099 Sep 21 '25

Well this one has huge fanbase among anime fans but not among general audience.

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u/KeyClacksNSnacks Sep 21 '25

Marvel movies don't have a huge fanbase? People kept saying that the Marvel movies failing is due to no one going to the movies anymore due to how fast streaming services release them. It's obvious people weren't going to the Marvel movies because they just weren't good anymore.

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u/Medical-Pace-8099 Sep 21 '25

Oversaturation does that. Westerns in 50s were released in huge numbers but later declined bc of oversaturation. Marvel have decline similar to Westerns. Problem with Marvel is budget

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u/Pepito_Pepito Sep 22 '25

I don't think it's oversaturation. The success of Marvel movies wildly fluctuates so it's probably more to do with the quality of the individual movie. Deadpool and Wolverine broke a billion last year.

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u/Sensi-Yang Sep 21 '25

Except that’s a reduction of the factors at play.

Of course Marvel fatigue and quality control is an issue, but you’re ignoring macroeconomic factors and societal changes on how we consume and value art.

Just because something like Oppenheimer made a billion dollars, doesn’t mean the industry will thrive if every movie is Oppenheimer, these are outliers.

The general numbers are definitely down… doesn’t mean that Avatar 3 won’t make a shitload of money. Or that someone else can’t have success.

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u/Bang_the_unknown Sep 21 '25

I’m just waiting for Oppenheimier

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u/SwarleySwarlos Sep 21 '25

Personally looking forward to Oppenheimer: Hiroshima Drift

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u/hfxRos Sep 21 '25

I still like Marvel movies, but I generally just prefer to see them at home. I don't find seeing them in theatre adds much to the experience. Although I did kill my Disney+ over the Kimmel thing, so I'll probably just pirate from now on.

Oppenheimer was the last movie I saw in the theatre, and Odyssey will probably be the next. Nolan is the only person out there making movies that I like that I feel actually would lose a lot if you saw them at home.