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Eventually, we’re going to stop talking about Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, but only when it stops breaking box office records and expectations. Not only has it become the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time, but it now appears to be carrying Sony’s slate of movies in the US. As it continues to reign at the box office and add to its impressive total, it already accounts for more than 20% of Sony’s box office total for 2025.

The stat comes from Luminate Data’s latest newsletter, which shows that Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’s $100 million at the US box office makes up around 20% of the total that the studio has earned from US ticket sales in 2025. The next closest films were 28 Years Later (17%), the revival of a beloved horror franchise, and Karate Kid: Legends (13%), a star-studded, nostalgia-driven film.

What this gives us is a unique situation where Sony came into 2025 with a relatively sparse box office offering. No Spider-Man. No Jumanji. No current franchise to bring people back to the cinema, making Demon Slayer their highest-grossing film of the year and the current crown jewel of the 2025 line-up.

What would be truly fascinating is if this momentum carried over to the upcoming Chainsaw Man movie release in October. While no one expects it to repeat the success of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle at the US box office, there is a very real possibility that the two highest-grossing films Sony releases in 2025 will both be anime movies.

Let that sink in for a moment.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is in theaters now. Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc will be released in the US October 24. 

Each week, Popverse's resident anime expert Trent Cannon runs down the latest and, dare we say "greatest," in anime and manga in Popverse Jump. Some recent columns have included... 

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