Ufotable
did it again. It seems that printing money is already a natural talent for this
animation studio. The first film of the long-awaited final trilogy of Demon
Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba), baptized as Infinity Castle
- Akaza Sairai, has just put in its pocket an achievement that sounds
crazy: surpassing 40 billion yen (about 250.7 million dollars)
at the Japanese box office. And with this, it officially becomes the second
film in the history of Japan to cross that monstrous barrier.
To put
things in perspective, this monumental number was reached on March 29,
just after spending 254 days massacring the billboard and selling more
than 27.34 million tickets. The only wall he has ahead of him right now is
his own big sister, the mythical Mugen Train film that blew up
cinemas back in 2020. Since this new installment was released on July 18, 2025,
it has not let go of the accelerator at any time. In fact, by its 60th day it
had already dropped from second place in history to Hayao Miyazaki's
Spirited Away itself.
The journey
of this visual madness in Japanese cinemas has an expiration date for this
coming April 9. But to say goodbye to her properly, the production
put together special "cheer screening" screenings
for April 4 and 5, where fans will be able to scream and leave their throats
cheering for the Pillars in selected theaters. The fact that people are still
filling the theaters after eight months tells you everything you need to know
about the level of fanaticism that this work handles.
This film throws us fully into the beginning of the end. The Infinity Castle arc drags Tanjiro and the entire Demon Hunter Corps into an absurd and shifting dimensional trap. The goal is only one: to cut off Muzan Kibutsuji's head once and for all and survive the deadly clashes against the strongest Upper Moons left standing.
Although the production committee still has us in the dark about the release dates for the other two films that will complete this trilogy, the ground has already been prepared. Expectations and hype are through the roof, and seeing the numbers that the first part has just achieved, the sequels look to be a massive global event
