In a record-shattering efficiency, the upcoming Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel film has reportedly turn out to be the highest-grossing anime movie in India primarily based on pre-sales alone.
The extremely anticipated film has already surpassed the lifetime field workplace collections of earlier anime hits days earlier than its scheduled theatrical debut on Sep 12, 2025.
The field workplace information comes from consumer mejat32 on X (previously Twitter), who has been monitoring the movie’s pre-release ticket gross sales. Tickets went dwell in India on Sept. 5 for choose IMAX and 4DX places, and inside 24 hours, the movie had already bought roughly 60,000 tickets.
Inside three days, advance ticket gross sales crossed ₹5 crore, prompting theaters to schedule particular IMAX screenings as early as 5 a.m.
By Sep 8, the movie had crossed ₹15 crore (roughly $1.8 million) in pre-sales, with greater than two days nonetheless remaining earlier than its official launch.
This determine is anticipated to develop, with the consumer’s projections suggesting the ultimate pre-sales might exceed ₹25 crore.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel has already surpassed the earlier top-grossing Japanese movies within the nation, Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari and Jujutsu Kaisen 0, each of which earned roughly ₹10 crore throughout their complete theatrical runs.
The movie surpassed this milestone by means of pre-sales alone, indicating a large and unprecedented demand from Indian audiences. The gross sales have been sturdy not only for the opening weekend but in addition for subsequent weekdays, as many common cinema screens had but to even open their bookings.
The movie’s extraordinary efficiency in India is reflective of a bigger international development of record-breaking success for the franchise. In its house nation of Japan, Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel Arc just lately turned the quickest movie to gross over 30 billion yen and is on monitor to doubtlessly surpass the all-time file set by its predecessor, Mugen Practice.
The film has additionally smashed field workplace information in a number of different Asian territories throughout its theatrical run. Moreover, this success extends to the West, the place the movie additionally broke pre-sale information in the USA, because it turns right into a worldwide box-office juggernaut.
The Infinity Citadel Arc is among the remaining and most action-packed sagas within the Demon Slayer story. It follows the Demon Slayer Corps as they launch their remaining, all-out assault on the continuously shifting fortress of their final nemesis, Muzan Kibutsuji, and his remaining Higher-Rank demons.
The upcoming movie is the primary a part of a deliberate film trilogy that can adapt this climactic arc.
