Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle First Movie Opens at No.1

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle , a new feature film from the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime franchise, opened in 452 theaters (including 59 IMAX theaters) across Japan on July 18. The franchise's second feature film, following Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train in 2020, earned 5.524 billion yen (37.6 million USD) on 3.843 million admissions in its first Friday-Sunday weekend, making a first-place debut according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The three-day gross was 119.6% of that of Mugen Train . The cumulative total box office gross for the first four days, including Monday which was a national holiday (Marine Day) in Japan, reached 7.3 billion yen (49.7 million USD) on 5.16 million admissions. This made it the second-top grossing film of 2025 in Japan, only behind Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback with 14.47 billion yen (98.52 million USD). As previously reported , the film has broken the records for the best opening, first day and single day performance in Japanese box office history to date. All of the previous records were held by Mugen Train until last weekend. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle box office results for the four days from July 18 to 21: July 18 (Fri): 1,646,054,200 yen on 1,155,637 admissions (best first-day gross) July 19 (Sat): 1,840,424,100 yen on 1,266,172 admissions July 20 (Sun): 2,037,820,200 yen on 1,421,804人 admissions (best single-day gross) July 21 (Mon): 1,791,548,300 yen on 1,320,735 admissions 3-day (July 18-20) total: 5,524,298,500 yen on 3,843,613 admissions (best opening gross) 4-day (July 18-21) total: 7,315,846,800 yen on 5,164,348 admissions Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle also ranked No.1 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 4.36/5.0 based on 8,114 reviews. RELATED: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle First Movie Breaks 3 Japan Box Office Opening Weekend Records Toi-san wa Seishun Shitai! "Baka to Smartphone to Romance to" ("Toi-san Wants to Enjoy Her Youth! 'Fools, Smartphones and Romance'"), a theatrical anime film based on VTuber boy band Strawberry Prince member Jel's short web anime series, opened in 180 theaters on July 18 and ranked seventh in its opening weekend. The film's official website reported that the film earned 120 million yen (817,000 USD) during its first four-day weekend. After disappearing from the Top 10 last weekend , Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: TABOO NIGHT XXXX , the latest third concert film in the Uta no Prince-sama anime franchise, ranked eighth in its 11th weekend. This is the second time that film has returned to the Top 10, following its ninth weekend of July 4-6 . KING OF PRISM: Your Endless Call -Minna Kirameke! Prism☆Tours- , a new feature film from the male idol-themed KING OF PRISM franchise, went up one position to ninth in its fourth weekend of release. The film didn't appear in the overall Top 10 in its first two weekends, but has stayed in the Top 10 in two recent weekends. The film's cumulative total gross has surpassed 400 million yen (2.72 million USD) on 240,000 admissions according to the KING OF PRISM franchise's official X (formerly Twitter) . The live-action movie adaptation of Hiromasa Okujima's Babanba Banban Vampire comedy manga series did not appear in the Top 10 in its third weekend. Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl , the first part of the original Virgin Punk anime project created by character designer and director Yasuomi Umetsu and animation studio Shaft, ranked fourth in Kogyo Tsushinsha's mini-theater ranking in its fourth weekend. The film took first place in the ranking in its first two weekends, then ranked sixth in its third weekend. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (July 18-20, 2025) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend ranking / mini-theater ranking , Eiga.com , Mantan Web , Filmarks , Aniplex press release, "Toi-san" anime film official website , "KING OF PRISM" franchise official X (formerly Twitter)

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