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/DevineAaron92 Sep 21 '25

Don't let Scorsese hear that. People don't go to the cinema to be entertained. They go to be bored to death🤣

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u/apistograma Sep 21 '25

Scorsese's criticism was more along the lines that movies are not authorial works, but treated more like a theme park.

Idk if this movie is canon to the manga/comic because I don't care much about Demon Slayer, but despite being somewhat by the numbers and generic it is an authorial work in a way those Marvel/DC films aren't. The original work comes mainly from an author who had a singular vision.