Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Film: Infinity Citadel – Chapter 1: Akaza’s Return continues its file breaking run, formally changing into the first Japanese film in historical past to surpass 100 billion yen in worldwide field workplace income.
The film reached a cumulative worldwide whole of 106,370,568,950 yen (roughly USD 686.8 million) as of Nov. 16, pushed by 89,177,796 admissions. The second highest incomes Japanese movie, which is Mugen Prepare, has in the meantime earned USD 486 million together with the 2025 launch.
In Japan alone, the Infinity Citadel film recorded 26,045,587 admissions, incomes over 37.927 billion yen (roughly USD 245.4 million) in 122 days since its July 18 launch. This home whole locations it because the second highest-grossing movie of all time in Japan, trailing solely its predecessor.
Infinity Citadel had outpaced Mugen Prepare on the Japanese Field Workplace in nearly each part. Nonetheless, it nonetheless hasn’t caught as much as the 40 billion yen mark which the latter earned.
In line with the numbers on Field Workplace Mojo, the film (as of Nov. 17) has a world gross of over USD 729 million, making the fifth highest-grossing film of 2025.
The film’s earnings had been boosted over the weekend on account of its launch in China, the place it opened with a powerful USD 52.5 million. This robust efficiency within the nation is predicted to push the film over USD 1 billion mark ultimately.
Following the film’s spectacular run in theatres, Crunchyroll is planning an enormous push for the film at Oscars.
Akaza’s Return is the primary of a deliberate trilogy of movies adapting the climactic ultimate saga of Koyoharu Gotoge’s manga. The movie picks up instantly after the Hashira Coaching Arc, with the Demon Slayer Corps lured into the titular Infinity Citadel by Muzan Kibutsuji, forcing them right into a collection of determined one-on-one battles.
As of July 2025, the Demon Slayer manga, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Soar from 2016 to 2020, had surpassed 220 million copies in circulation worldwide, together with digital variations, making it top-of-the-line promoting manga ever.
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