Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is breaking records, outpacing contemporaries, and redefining anime’s purview on a global scale. It’s barely been a month since Infinity Castle Part I's debut in the East, and the film already grossed $193M at the international box office, with 75% of the profits pulled in from Japan.
The Southeast Asian hit is showing signs of unprecedented success in the US, having earned roughly $10 million in 3 days of pre-sales, per Deadline. Achieving this momentous record points to Ufotable's anime dethroning 2025’s leading superhero blockbusters at the US Box Office: DC’s Superman secured a $20M pre-sales profit in 4 weeks and Marvel’s Fantastic Four in 7 weeks.
Demon Slayer’s Infinity Castle Has Just Earned An Estimated $10M From Pre-Sale Tickets, Rivaling Superman and Fantastic Four: First Steps
Once again, Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer is setting the bar high for anime’s universal excellence with Infinity Castle, after Mugen Train's inconceivable, half-a-billion-dollar success as the highest-grossing Japanese film at the international box office in early 2021. Piloting anime’s newfound global fame, Infinity Castle Part 1 competes with Western superhero blockbusters at the US box office with impressive pre-sale hits.
Ahead of its September 12 debut in US theaters, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part I rakes in immense profits as pre-sale tickets surge to $10M within just 3 days. The film’s multi-million-dollar success places it on even terms with DC’s Superman, which garnered $20M in roughly a month, and Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps in 7 weeks.
At this pace, Demon Slayer looks set to surpass the duo in pre-sales achievements over the course of its full run before its early September release. And it further establishes the franchise's transcontinental reach, as it broke through the limits of Pan-Asian markets, with an outlook that endorses Ufotable's noteworthy strategy in the entertainment industry.
Demon Slayer Is Still Going Strong In Southeast Asia, And Is Evidently Replicating Ufotable's Approach To Anime Filmmaking
Last weekend, Infinity Castle grossed a whopping $17.5M at its opening in Southeast Asia, and is already the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film of all time despite its month-long lifespan in Japanese cinemas. Disney’s Frozen took a toppling hit, as Infinity Castle’s surpassed the movie’s ¥25.50 billion earnings with a ¥25.75 billion gross that shows no sign of stopping.
Japan’s current highest-grossing movies — Mugen Train, Spirited Away, and Titanic — are all at risk of being surpassed by the Infinity Castle arc’s first installment. Ultimately, as Infinity Castle charts daunting territory across global film markets, fans and critics can’t help but ponder the movie’s closing profits in the United States and on the international theatrical stage.
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