Demon Slayer Infinity Castle India box office: Anime film crosses ₹50 cr in just 6 days; beats Son of Sardaar 2 lifetime

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle box office collections have crossed ₹50 crore in India, making it the most successful foreign animated film in the country.

Updated on: Sep 18, 2025, 09:30:05 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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It's anime's time in India. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the newest anime film released in India, is creating havoc at the box office, beating some Indian movies in the process. The film has outperformed all Bollywood releases during the six days it has been at the box office in India, and has now crossed ₹50 crore net collections in the country.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle box office update

Infinity Castle is the first of a trilogy slated to conclude Demon Slayer's Kimetsu no Yaiba story arc. The film earned ₹40 crore in its opening weekend in India, before registering a sharp 70% drop on its first Monday. However, the film then recovered on Tuesday and avoided a big drop on Wednesday. This has taken its total India net collections to ₹51.20 crore in six days. Impressively, over half of these earnings have come from the original Japanese version. The Hindi and English dubs have collected ₹10.60 crore and ₹9.50 crore, respectively.

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle beats Bollywood releases

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle has managed to cross the lifetime collection of Ajay Devgn's most recent release - Son of Sardar 2 - at the Indian box office. The comedy caper had earned ₹47 crore in India. The anime film is now set to cross Tiger Shroff's big-budget action thriller Baaghi 4 ( ₹52 crore) as well. Infinity Castle is now the second-highest-grossing animated film in India, leaving behind Incredibles 2, Frozen 2, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The only film ahead of it is the recent blockbuster, Mahavatar Narsimha, which has earned over ₹200 crore in India.

All about Demon Slayer Infinity Castle

The film is the first of a trilogy based on the Infinity Castle arc from the Demon Slayer manga. It has been praised for its visuals, storytelling, and strong voice performances. Infinity Castle has broken many box office records globally, minting over $384 million and becoming the second-highest-grossing Japanese film worldwide.

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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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