Here's The Release Date For ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' In Your Region As Japan Breaks More Records
The first film in the new Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle series, closing out that anime, has been breaking records daily in Japan, besting the previous ones that were…the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie.
The film has now earned 8 billion Yen in Japan alone, breaking first-day records, daily records and likely first week records from here. And while it may not do that in other regions, you may want to know when it is coming to your region, especially those of us in the US who have been following the show for years.
So, less than two months for many of us, though some regions get to go significantly earlier for distribution reasons.
Demon Slayer is a box office force to be reckoned with. The Mugen Train movie made $485 million worldwide, $435 million of that outside the US, which does not often happen with that level of a haul, which is usually domestic-dependent.
Given the records that are currently being set for Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, it stands to reason that totals may approach something like $700 million worldwide, depending on how it performs in the rest of the world outside Japan, which is a relatively small market in the grand scheme of things.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
And remember, this is only the first film in a trilogy of Infinity Castle films. The entire arc was not going to be wrapped up in two and a half hours, so in lieu of a string of episodes for a new season, we're getting this trilogy. A trilogy that Ufotable is hoping will be much more profitable than just another season, and between all those films, it's almost guaranteed they will make a billion dollars, if not closer to $1.5 billion when all is said and done.
We won't know the full scope of Demon Slayer's initial run here until 2-3 months from now when it's out in all regions. Some reports say that the other two films will be out in 2027 and 2029, respectively, but given how long this one took to make (reportedly 3.5 years), that may be a bit ambitious. Hopefully we'll hear something official on that front soon.
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