Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle First Movie Stays at No.1 in 4th Weekend

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle added 1.919 billion yen (12.99 million USD) on 1,309,500 admissions in its fourth weekend of August 8-10 at the Japanese box office, and stayed in first place for a fourth weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The film's fourth weekend gross was down 22% from last weekend, but 170% of the opening weekend gross of Jurassic World: Rebirth , the seventh installment of the Jurassic Park film series. Five weeks after its release in the U.S., the film starring Scarlett Johansson made a second-place debut with 1.133 billion yen (7.67 million USD) in Japan last weekend. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise's official X (formerly Twitter) reported that the film's cumulative total gross by August 11, which was the Mountain Day national holiday in Japan, reached 2,207,2191,500 yen (149.35 million USD) on 15,698,202 admissions in 25 days since its release on July 18. Although growth has slowed, Infinity Castle 's four-week gross still surpassed that of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train , which earned 20.4 billion yen (138 million USD) by its fourth weekend and later became the all-time highest-grossing film in Japan. Now, Infinity Castle ranks sixth in the all-time box office ranking in Japan and has also become the fourth top-grossing Japanese animated film to date, behind Mugen Train , Spirited Away and Your Name. . RELATED: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Takes 6th Place in Japan All-Time Box Office Chart in 25 Days Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Cho Karei! Shakunetsu no Kasukabe Dancers ("Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers"), the 32nd feature film from the Crayon Shin-chan anime franchise, opened in 372 theaters on August 8 and earned 450 million yen (3.05 million USD) on 363,000 admissions in its first three-day weekend, making a fourth-place debut. The film's official website reported that the film's first four-day gross between Friday and Monday reached 633,278,100 yen (4.29 million USD) on 516,186 admissions. The latter was 100% of that of the previous 31st film in 2024, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Ora-tachi no Kyoryu Nikki ("Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary"), the highest-grossing film in the franchise with the total domestic gross of 2.69 billion yen (18.2 million USD). The film also ranked #5 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3.73/5.0 based on 695 reviews, which was also higher than Jurassic World: Rebirth 's 3.60/5.0 on 6,308 reviews. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (August 8-10, 2025) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend ranking , Eiga.com , " Filmarks , "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" official X (formerly Twitter) , "Crayon Shin-chan" film official website

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