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1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Stays at #1, 2025 Crayon Shin-chan Film Drops to #5

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, ranked at #1 in its fifth weekend. The film sold 1.218 million tickets and earned 1,874,709,900 yen (about US$12.71 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold 18,272,941 tickets for 25,782,656,600 yen (about US$174.9 million) in its 31 days at the box office.

With the latest box office numbers, the film has now surpassed Makoto Shinkai's your name. and Disney's Frozen to become the #4 highest-earning film of all time in Japan. By contrast, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train sold 17,505,285 tickets and earned 23,349,291,050 yen (about US$223 million at the time) after 31 days at the box office.

The film surpassed the 2003 Bayside Shakedown 2 film and entered Japan's all-time top 10 in just 17 days, on August 4.

It also surpassed One Piece Film Red as the #6 highest-earning film of all time as of 25 days at the box office.

Haruo Sotozaki is directing the anime at ufotable, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplay. Aimer is performing the song "Taiyō ga Noboranai Sekai" ("A World Where the Sun Never Rises"), and LiSA is performing 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, dropped from #4 to #5 in its second weekend. The film sold 246,000 tickets and earned 308,652,800 yen (about US$2.09 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 1.06 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 1,302,132,400 yen (about US$8.83 million).

The film opened in Japan on August 8. 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 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.

The compilation film based on the television anime of Visual Arts/Key's Summer Pockets visual novel opened at #1 in the mini-theater rankings.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise's X/Twitter account, comScore via KOFIC