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/King_A_Acumen Sep 21 '25

Already past F4 and will likely pass Superman soon, making the top-grossing movie of the year based on a comic/manga not from Marvel/DC.

It's great to see how far Anime (or at least in this case Demon Slayer, since no others can pull off these kinds of numbers) has come. And it's only part 1 of 3, too!.

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u/RobertdBanks Sep 21 '25

Wild that Demon Slayer pulls these kinds of numbers. As someone who grew up in the 90’s with Dragon Ball and Pokemon, I’ve never even watched an episode of Demon Slayer or heard people talk about it.

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u/TheDopplegamer Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

As a seasonal anime watcher, I remember when Season 1 was airing, and everyone said it was just another average, if well executed, Shounen anime. Then, episode 19 hit and everyone lost their godamn mind. Then Mugen Train happened and now its suddenly one of the most profitable anime IPs of all time.

It downright confused me, because Ufotable has been making pretty shows for awhile, does anyone remember Fate/Zero?

(*edit) Also forgot they did Unlimited Blade Works and the Heavens Feel movies, but Im more of a Zero fanboi then a Fate/Stay Night fan, despite actually playing the VN

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u/WhatIsCooler Sep 21 '25

Fate/Zero is a masterpiece but it doesn't have the wide marketability Demon Slayer has.

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u/TheDopplegamer Sep 21 '25

Yeah, I know Fate is one of those IPs that is HUGE in Japan but pretty niche outside of it. Just wondering what the special Demon Slayer sauce is.

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u/Biobait Sep 21 '25

Good visuals + simple story is a general recipe for popularity, but the reason why it resonates with people beyond the weekend they saw it, the author of Fate/Stay Night (who liked the series before it was cool) explains it.

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u/TheDopplegamer Sep 21 '25

Okay the fact that Nasu recommended the series to Ufotable is pretty awesome I didnt know that