Updated: Continuing its ascendance, Japanese juggernaut Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle has slashed its way to further milestones. With an estimated $555M+ globally, it is not only the highest grossing anime movie ever worldwide, but also the biggest Japanese film of all time at a global level.
Note that the $555M estimate is likely to increase once actuals are tallied on Monday. It’s also worth recalling that exchange rates have shifted greatly since the last Demon Slayer feature, Mugen Train. That movie did almost 41B yen in Japan, while Infinity Castle is at 34B yen, but coming in higher in dollars.
Regardless, this is a success to be hailed as anime’s popularity has grown significantly outside of its traditional bases.
The Toho/Aniplex release from Ufotable in Japan is handled by Crunchyroll/Sony in most other markets with the latter’s tally at $269M to date.
This weekend added $36M from 62 overseas Crunchyroll/Sony markets ($53.3M including North America). Offshore expanded to German-speaking and French-speaking hubs with record starts. Infinity Castle was the No. 1 anime opening of all time across each new territory. France debuted with $8.6M, and Germany launched to $8.2M.
Note that Korea and Taiwan, which are not part of the Sony release, are respectively at $37.3M and $25M.
The Top 5 Crunchyroll/Sony overseas markets are: Mexico ($15.1M), Hong Kong ($12.4M), India ($8.1M), UK ($7.5M), Indonesia ($7.3M).
Elsewhere, and equally something to celebrate, New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: Last Rites has become the biggest movie ever in the Conjuring universe worldwide, and propelled New Line across the $1B mark globally for 2025. Quelle horreur, indeed!
The third frame added $28.3M from 75 markets for an international box office cume of $248.8M which brings worldwide to $400M through today.
Highlights include Last Rites being the biggest of the Conjuring Universe in Europe where it ranked No. 1 in 18 markets this session. In Latin America, Last Rites is the top Conjuring title regionally as well as in 10 markets including Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile. And, it’s the top horror title ever in nine markets including Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru.
The Top 5 so far are: Mexico ($26.4M), UK ($20.3M), Brazil ($15.3M), France ($14.6M) and Germany ($12.7M).
Japan is still to release, on October 17.
Focus/Universal’s Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale continued its rollout this weekend, adding Germany, Denmark, Norway and Austria for a total of 35 in-release markets. The openers grossed $1.6M, above Downton Abbey: A New Era.
In total, the Crawleys grossed another $8.3M (-44%) in the sophomore session, for a $27.9M overseas cume, above the previous film at the same point. The global tally is $59.5M to date.
The Top 5 markets are: UK ($13.9M), France ($2.6M), Australia ($2.4M), Netherlands ($1.9M) and Finland ($1.2M).
MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
The Bad Guys 2 (UNI): $5.6M intl weekend (80 markets); $127.5M intl cume/$207.8M global
*A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (SNY): $4.5M intl weekend (42 markets); $4.5M intl cume/$8M global
Weapons (WB): $1M intl weekend (64 markets); $113.7M intl cume/$263.4M global
Materialists (SNY): $1M intl weekend (47 markets); $67M intl cume/$103.4M global
Jurassic World Rebirth (UNI): $859K intl weekend (83 markets); $526.8M intl cume/$866.4M global
Smurfs (PAR): $750K intl weekend (38 markets); $89M intl cume/$120.1M global
The Naked Gun (PAR): $375K intl weekend (30 markets); $49.2M intl cume/$101.9M global
*HIM (UNI): $362K intl weekend (25 markets); $362K intl cume/$13.9M global
*Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie (UNI): $53K intl weekend (New Zealand only)
*Denotes New