As expected, Demon Slayer Infinity Castle has broken records for the box office this weekend, but just how much did the anime film make in its debut? Projections for the movie’s performance in its opening weekend was originally from $70 million to $85 million on the domestic front, though many traditional tracking sites believed that it would only earn somewhere around $40 million. Outside of the US and Canada, it was difficult to predict how much the film would bring in, though audiences in Europe and Latin America have eagerly made their case known. Here’s a breakdown of Demon Slayer Infinity Castle’s box office numbers both domestically and internationally in its opener.
How much did Demon Slayer Infinity Castle make in its opening weekend?
Domestically, Demon Slayer Infinity Castle has earned a solid $70 million overall and made over $132 million globally in its opening weekend, which includes the movie’s release in India, Australia, the Middle East, Latin America, and most countries in Europe.
These figures come from Deadline, which has also broken down how much the film has made in each country or region (by alphabetical order) for its opener:
- Argentina – $2.2 million
- Australia – $2.2 million
- Brazil – $4.4 million
- Central America – $2.4 million
- Chile – $2.2 million
- India – $5.2 million
- Mexico – $9.8 million
- Saudi Arabia – $2.8 million
- Spain – $3.7 million
- United Arab Emirates – $1.4 million
- UK – $4.6 million
- US and Canada – $70 million
For a handful of Asian countries where the movie has already been out for a few weeks or two, Demon Castle Infinity Castle has made $11.7 million in Hong Kong, $7.2 million in Indonesia, $7 million in Thailand, $6.5 million in Malaysia, and $6.4 million in The Philippines.
While the movie only opened in around 3,300 theaters across the US and Canada (most blockbusters like Superman tend to release in over 4,000), it still earned $33 million on Friday (September 12), $21.6 million on Saturday, and $15.4 million on Sunday.
