Demon Slayer Infinity Castle India box office: Anime beats Baaghi 4, Jaat with ₹40 crore opening; tops US charts too

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle has performed better than big films like Baaghi 4 at the Indian box office, breaking new ground for anime.

Updated on: Sep 15, 2025, 09:56:16 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Demon Slayer Infinity Castle box office: It's anime's time to shine in India. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is currently creating havoc at the box office, beating many Bollywood and Tollywood heavyweights in the process. The film also had its North American debut this weekend and promptly became the number one film in the US.

Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle box office numbers are soaring worldwide.

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle India box office

Infinity Castle is the first of a planned trilogy of films that concludes Demon Slayer's Kimetsu no Yaiba arc. The film has already broken several box office records in Japan, when it was released there in July. On Friday, the film released in more international markets, including Asia and North America. Sacnilk reported that Infinity Castle earned an estimated ₹40 crore net in India in its opening weekend, higher than what Tiger Shroff's Baaghi 4 managed just last week. The big-budget actioner earned ₹31 crore net in India in its opening weekend.

Even Sunny Deol's Jaat, a box office success earlier this year, managed only ₹23 crore. An anime film doing better than the marquee films of big action stars in the domestic market is an unheard-of phenomenon, one that certainly bodes well for the future of the genre in India.

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle US box office

In the US, too, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle has broken the bank. According to Box Office Mojo, the film earned $70 million gross in North America in its opening weekend, registering the best-ever opening for an anime film in the US. It beat the long-standing record of Pokémon: The First Movie, which opened with $31 million way back in 1999. It is also the number 1 film at the North American box office this weekend, beating The Conjuring: Last Rites and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

The global haul of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle now stands at almost $353 million, making it one of the most successful films of the year.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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