Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle First Movie Stays No.1 for 5 Straight Weekends

In its fifth weekend of August 15-17, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle earned 1.875 billion yen (12.67 million USD) on 1,218,000 admissions — only 2.23% down from the previous weekend — and kept its first place position at the Japanese box office now for five straight weekends, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The film's cumulative total gross reached 25,782,656,600 yen (174.27 million USD) on 18,272,941 admissions in 31 days since its release on July 18, according to the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise's official X (formerly Twitter) . The five-week gross of Infinity Castle is 110.3% of the franchise's previous film in 2020, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train , which earned 23.3 billion yen (157.47 million USD) by the end of its fifth weekend. Infinity Castle has now become the fourth top-grossing film of all-time in Japan , overtaking Frozen (25.5 billion yen / 2014) and Makoto Shinkai's Your Name. (25.17 billion yen / 2017). The movies currently ranked higher than Infinity Castle are Mugen Train (40.75 billion yen / 2020), Spirited Away (31.68 billion yen / 2001), and Titanic (27.77 billion yen / 1997). RELATED: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Takes 4th Place in Japan All-Time Box Office Chart in One Month After making a fourth-place debut last weekend, 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, went down one position to fifth in its second weekend with 309 million yen (2.09 million USD) on 246,000 admissions. The film's two-week gross of 1.3 billion yen (8.79 million USD) on 1.06 million admissions was equal to the previous 31st film in 2024, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Ora-tachi no Kyoryu Nikki ("Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary"), which is also the highest-grossing film in the franchise. Cho Karei! also became the eighth 2025 Japanese animated film to surpass the one billion yen mark. STUDIO 4℃'s new original anime movie ChaO , which won the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June, opened in 301 theaters across Japan on August 15 and did not debut in the overall box office Top 10. The film ranked second in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3.66/5.0 based on 355 reviews. Summer Pockets - Kamome Kushima Arc , the first of the four-part compilation film for the Summer Pockets TV anime, was released in 26 theaters on August 15. Although it did not appear in the overall Top 10, the movie ranked first in Kogyo Tsushinsha's mini-theater ranking . The remaining three parts will also screen weekly until September 11. Following the first part Dangan Shissou-hen ("Bullet Dash Chapter") on July 25, BULLET/BULLET: Dangan Kecchaku-hen ("Bullet Conclusion Chapter"), the second of the two-part compilation film of the 12-episode BULLET/BULLET anime series, also opened in 47 theaters on August 15. As with the first part, the second part did not appear in either the overall Top 10 nor the mini-theater ranking. While KING OF PRISM: Your Endless Call -Minna Kirameki! Prism☆Tours- fell out of the Top 10 after its fifth weekend of July 25-27, the movie still ranked #11 in its eighth weekend, according to Oricon News . The film will also begin screening in large formats such as SCREENX, 4DX and ULTRA 4DX starting August 22. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (August 15-17, 2025) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend ranking / mini-theater ranking , Eiga.com , " Filmarks , "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" official X (formerly Twitter) , Oricon News

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