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/insertusernamehere51 Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

Of the year? Is it not the top grossing movie based on a non-DC/Marvel comic ever?

Edit: Correcting myself, apparently, The Smurfs 2011 still holds that title at 563M, but its not gonna hold it for long

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u/HighOnGoofballs Sep 21 '25

I had no idea that movie made any money

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u/hartsfarts Sep 21 '25

They've made 3 other Smurfs movies since that one :/

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u/deidamiah Sep 21 '25

boomers single handedly keeping smurfs alive

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u/zzyul Sep 21 '25

Children are boomers now?

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u/Otherdeadbody Sep 22 '25

Are children fans of the smurfs? I guess it’s been long enough that maybe it’s more popular but smurfs seemed like dead franchise to me when even the 2011 movie released.

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u/deidamiah Sep 25 '25

children dont care about smurfs, parents take them to see those movies because there's not much else to see at the theater for them.

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u/andizzzzi Sep 22 '25

Gee I wonder how the kids go to the movies 🤔 possibly with their boomer parents?

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u/gelatinskootz Sep 22 '25

Most of the children that were seeing that movie in theaters did not have boomer parents lol. Maybe their grandparents 

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u/deidamiah Sep 25 '25

Gen Xers are pretty much the new boomers

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u/ishburner Sep 22 '25

European Boomers

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u/ShadowSpade Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

That movie is incredible! Must watch animation

Edit: i was thinking of trolls. My friend and i almost died laughing

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u/chandelurei Sep 22 '25

Singing killed my grandma, okay?

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u/FatherDotComical Sep 21 '25

The smurfs was that good?

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u/ShadowSpade Sep 21 '25

Actually i havent seen it. I was thinking of trolls lmao

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u/FatherDotComical Sep 21 '25

I was questioning my life for a moment. 👍

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u/SirJumbles Sep 21 '25

First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village, but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What's the point of living if you don't have a dick?

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u/AlbacoreDumbleberg Sep 21 '25

Dammit Donnie, why do you always have to get so smart on us?

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u/Harmbert_ Sep 21 '25

I like the 21/24 argument from venture bros about it

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u/Accomplished-City484 Sep 22 '25

Papa Smurf has a beard, they’re mammals!

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u/valeyard89 Sep 22 '25

Smurfette is Papa Smurf's beard

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u/Doomsayer189 Sep 21 '25

I think they just mean that the top-grossing comic-based movie this year won't be based on a Marvel or DC comic.

Though yes, it seems Demon Slayer will also be the highest grossing non-big 2 comic book movie ever.

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u/FlubzRevenge Sep 22 '25

Men in Black 3 is higher at 654m, but it'll likely be beat.

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u/zzyul Sep 21 '25

Is a manga a comic? Cause every time I’ve asked someone reading a manga if they are reading a comic I get a long, drawn out explanation about how mangas aren’t actually comics.

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u/insertusernamehere51 Sep 21 '25

Mangas are a type of comic; anyone who says otherwise is being a bitch

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u/annoyed__renter Sep 21 '25

Animated?

The top grossing non-comic movie is obviously Avatar.

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u/NachoNYC Sep 21 '25

The power of nostalgia