New »Demon Slayer« film is said to receive huge global theatrical release

While the first part of the “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” trilogy already ensures a record series in Japan, international publication is also to be carried out to an unprecedented scale. We summarize.

More encouragement for anime

According to ASA SUEHIRA, Chief Content Officer at Crunchyroll, the first film of the “Infinity Castle” series is also to build on the enormous success of “Mugen Train” outside of Japan, who has become the world’s most successful anime film ever with a pick-up result of over $ 500 million.

This is to be made possible, among other things, by the significantly increased encouragement of the cinema operators for anime format, which could show the film in even more point of playing houses than its predecessor.

This is also illustrated by the figures from The Numbers from North America. While “Mugen Train” was listed in only 1605 US cinemas for his premiere in 2020, this number rose to 1949 in the compilation film “To the Hashira Training”-and there is still a lot of room for improvement, because a real blockbuster starts in around 4000 cinemas. Nevertheless, Suehira is happy about this development:

»› Infinity Castle ‹is published in a previously unique dimension. I am sure that this will be an important turning point for anime films, and see it as a task of crunchyroll to achieve strong results. «

Already on the road to success

Not only Suehira, but also numerous industry experts are convinced that the first “Infinity Castle” film can exceed the impressive income of “Mugen Train”, especially since the anime fan base has grown steadily since then.