US Edition'Demon Slayer' tops North American box office with $17.3M
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle achieved a global box office record with $665 million, driven by strong franchise appeal and Sony's distribution through Crunchyroll.
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle topped the North American box office last weekend with $17.3 million in its second U.S. week.
- This success follows an opening weekend over $70 million and marks the film's rollout from Asian markets to the U.S. after its Japan premiere nine weeks ago.
- Infinity Castle became the highest-grossing anime film domestically, surpassing the 1999 Pokémon record of $85 million and earning a global total of approximately $665 million.
- Paul Dergarabedian called this performance "somewhat unprecedented," while Shawn Robbins noted the film's younger audience buzz could either fade quickly or expand further.
- The film’s unexpected success has prompted the industry to reconsider Japanese animation’s theatrical potential, with future Demon Slayer installments planned but not yet dated.
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Hollywood has long regarded anime as a modest but constant genre in the national box office. But the unexpected success of “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” has forced the industry to rethink the potential of Japanese animation...
'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' sets a box office record, while 'Big Bold Beautiful Journey' flops
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