“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle” reigned on the box office, making his debut to a powerful $ 70 million and establishing a record for the biggest opening of all time for an anime film. Its transport has more than doubled the reference of $ 31 million which had been set by “Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo strikes back” from 1999.
“Infinity Castle”, the first episode of what is supposed to be a serial ceiling trilogy for the property, is to play in subtitled and lined versions. It also manifests itself in many superior quality theaters such as IMAX, which wear more abrupt ticket prices and add to its transport. “Infinity Castle” has already won more than $ 300 million worldwide, including more than $ 200 million in his native Japan where he has become the third highest liberation in the country of all time.
Sony’s anime distribution banner, Crunchyroll, supported the film and gave the studio a great success after a relatively calm summer which saw it out of the failures as “captured of theft” and more modest performers such as “Karate Kid: Legends” and “I Know What You Adof Summer”. “Infinity Castle” also beat “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” ($ 56.5 million) to become Sony’s largest domestic opening match in more than two years.
The champion of last weekend, Warner Bros. And “The Conjuring: Last Rites” by New Line, settled in second place, lowering 69% to win 26.1 million dollars. This brings the national film total to $ 131.1 million.
“The Conjuring: Last Rites” and “Infinity Castle” broke the projections, raising the September box office, which was to be slow, while strengthening the exhibitors hope for a stronger fall than expected after a disappointing summer season. It was a topsy turvy period with multiplexes, filled with emerging as “weapons”, as well as franchises like Marvel who no longer behave at their old levels.
“Infinity Castle” was not the only new wide version. There is “Downton Abbey: The Grand Final”, intended to say goodbye to a franchise that has generated a television program and several adventures on the big screen. Released by the features of Universal’s specialized label, “The Grand Final” achieved $ 18.1 million. It is an improvement in relation to the anterior entry into the major houses and series of servants and aristocrats who filled them, “Downton Abbey: A New Era”, which made its debut at $ 16 million in 2022. The public of “The Grand Final” was extremely female (72%), white (73%) and older (57%at the age of 55).
Other new versions include the adaptation of Stephen King of Lionsgate “The Long Walk”, which launched fourth place at $ 11.5 million, and “Spinal Tap I: The End continues” by Bleecker Street, a series of a beloved cult comedy which won $ 1.7 million while taking tenth place.
The opening “The Long Walk” is silent. However, the film, which was directed by Francis Lawrence (“The Hunger Games”) and features arrivals like Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson, only cost $ 20 million to produce, minimizing the studio’s financial risk. Lionsgate had an damaged section at the box office, aligning failures like “Americana”, “Hurric Tomorrow” and “Ballerina”. But salvation can be in sight, with Lionsgate releasing an adaptation of the bestseller “The Housemaid”, the Comédie Aziz Ansari “Good Fortune” and “Now You See Me: Now, you are not” in the half-Demi of 2025. “The Long Walk” attracted an audience which was 59% of men and 71% at the age of 25.
Disney’s reissue of “Toy Story” reached $ 3.5 million in $ 2,375 theaters. The reissue of the 30th anniversary of Pixar’s first feature seeks to complete the first five.
On the Arthouse front, Mubi released “The History of Sound”, a historic romance with Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, in four rooms, where he won $ 85,786 for an average per screen of $ 21,446
The success of “Infinity Castle” led to one of the best weekends in September of all time with an estimated total for all films of around 145 million dollars, which represents an improvement of 50% the same weekend a year ago when “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” exceeded the charts during his second week of release.
