It’s an unprecedented year for anime at the global box office as Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle , the medium's juggernaut, slashes its way past Hollywood superhero hits in terms of worldwide grossings. The anime feature debuted in US theaters in September 2025, garnering record-breaking wins that defied the unspoken Western constraints placed on the medium for decades.

At the time of this writing, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle sits on a worldwide box office revenue of $556 million , displacing all of 2025’s Marvel productions in returns. The film is also poised to surpass DC’s Superman , which grossed $615 million, as Infinity Castle is currently projected to accumulate over a billion dollars in global proceeds.

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