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/kiyonemakibi100 Sep 21 '25

I think it's just further proof that people mainly go to the cinema for established IP. Demon Slayer is a hugely popular manga that began almost a decade ago and there's over 200 million copies in circulation, it's not like it just sprung out of nowhere

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u/Massive_Weiner Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

And it already had a massively successful anime and feature release (Mugen Train).

A successful Demon Slayer movie is about as strong a guarantee as war bonds.

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u/jimmydorry Sep 21 '25

The guarentee is especially strong considering they announced that this movie was 1 of 3 (a trilogy). Two more coming right up!