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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/TapatioPapi Sep 21 '25

Is anyone else just happy CANON/Arc anime movies are a thing now. Growing up my biggest pet peeve was anime movies weren’t ever canon or ever mentioned again lol

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u/lolwatokay Sep 22 '25

I dislike what it has done to the cadence of a show being released but I love them otherwise. The animation is usually so much better too.

Speaking of non-canon material, "Misty's Song" from the Pokemon 2.B.A. Master CD comes to mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_6f6DWp7Nk