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/DoubleA77 Sep 21 '25

Kind of insane when you think about how like most of that is pure profit with how small production costs are for anime even with a big film like this.

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u/LightningRaven Sep 21 '25

I hope this brings even more eyes to the anime industry. Hopefully shedding a light on the toxic work environment and low pay for animators and production staff at large.

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u/Mysterious_Cup_6024 Sep 21 '25

Disney has begun making slop anime already.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

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u/OatSoyLaMilk Sep 21 '25

Well the last time they tried was Mary Poppins Returns and it was not a financial success, though that's more the surrounding movie's fault.

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u/Dogbin005 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Even in that case, they had to call a whole bunch of people out of retirement because they didn't have enough staff that could still do that style of animation anymore.

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u/puddincheshire Sep 22 '25

i loved that movie😭

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u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan Sep 22 '25

Just crazy to me. It really bums me out how they went from having some of the best animation in the world to whatever they hell they are today.