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2025 Crayon Shin-chan Film Debuts at #4

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, stayed at #1 in the Japanese box office in its fourth weekend. The film sold 1,309,500 tickets and earned 1,918,840,000 yen (about US$13.07 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 15,698,202 tickets for 22,072,191,500 yen (about US$148.7 million) as of Monday, its 25th day at the Japanese box office. The film has now surpassed One Piece Film Red as the #6 highest-earning film of all time in Japan.

By contrast, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train sold over 15 million tickets for over 20.4 billion yen (about US$197 million at the time) after its first 24 days. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai surpassed the 2003 Bayside Shakedown 2 film and entered Japan's all-time top 10 in just 17 days, on August 4.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai opened in Japan on July 18 and sold 3,843,613 tickets for 5,524,298,500 yen (about US$37.22 million) in its first three days. Counting the film's take for the Marine Day holiday on July 21, the film sold 5,164,348 tickets and earned 7,315,846,800 yen (about US$49.30 million) over the four-day long weekend.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai is playing on 443 screens (a franchise record) throughout Japan, including IMAX screenings. Outside Japan, Aniplex aims for the new film to play in over 150 countries and regions, which is wider than the franchise's previous world tour of over 145 countries and regions. Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Aniplex will screen the first film in theaters, including IMAX and other premium large screen formats, in the United States and Canada on September 12. The film will screen in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub.

Haruo Sotozaki directed the anime at ufotable, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplay. Aimer performs the song "Taiyō ga Noboranai Sekai" ("A World Where the Sun Never Rises"), and LiSA performs the song "Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake" ("Shine in the Cruel Night").

Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Chō Karei! Shakunetsu no Kasukabe Dancers (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Magnificent! Scorching Kasukabe Dancers), the latest anime film in the Crayon Shin-chan series, ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold 363,000 tickets and earned 450,283,700 yen (about US$3.07 million) in its first three days, and sold 516,000 tickets to earn 633 million yen (about US$4.33 million) in its first four days, which includes Monday (August 11 was the Mountain Day holiday in Japan).

The film opened in Japan on August 8.

The film is the 32nd 2D animated film in the Crayon Shin-chan series. The "series' first dance entertainment movie" takes place in India, the first time a film in the franchise takes place in the country. (The franchise is very popular in India.) Shinnosuke and the members of the Kasukabe Defense Force dance in the film.

Kento Kaku (live-action Clover, live-action Like a Dragon: Yakuza, Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom) plays Wolf, a dancing, singing Indian billionaire.

Masakazu Hashimoto, who has previously directed many films in the franchise including the 30th film Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden, directed the new film. Kimiko Ueno (Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Shinkon Ryokō Hurricane) returned to the franchise to write the screenplay.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC