Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Fort: Half 1 Akaza’s Return has earned 36.4 billion yen and drawn 25.11 million viewers in its first 88 days of launch, leaving it simply 4.3 billion yen wanting surpassing Demon Slayer: Mugen Practice’s report of 40.75 billion yen.
The movie has outpaced Mugen Practice at almost each key milestone. Infinity Fort Half 1 reached 36.4 billion yen in 88 days, whereas Mugen Practice took 101 days to surpass 36.5 billion yen.
Earlier milestones additionally spotlight this development: Infinity Fort crossed 10 billion yen in 8 days (vs. 10 days for Mugen Practice), 20 billion in 23 days (vs. 24 days), and 30 billion in 46 days (vs. 59 days). Its opening weekend set a number of information, together with highest-grossing opening day, opening weekend, and single-day income, with 5.52 billion yen earned in its first three days.
Whereas Infinity Fort continues to be trailing behind Mugen Practice in Japan, it has set new worldwide information.
The movie has earned an estimated USD128.6 million in North America, making it the highest-grossing anime movie ever within the area. It has additionally grow to be the highest-grossing non-English worldwide movie of all time in North America, surpassing 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (USD128.1 million).
Globally, the movie is the highest-earning anime movie of all time and the highest-grossing Japanese movie, with an estimated complete of USD648 million as of Oct 12. In response to Field Workplace Mojo, this makes it the fifth-highest-grossing movie of 2025.
The movie is the primary installment of a deliberate cinematic trilogy that was introduced to adapt the ultimate saga of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga by Koyoharu Gotouge.
The plot adopted the Demon Slayer Corps’ infiltration of the titular dimensional fortress to launch a closing assault on the sequence’ antagonist, Muzan Kibutsuji.