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1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Earns US$42 Million in S.E. Asia

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced on Monday that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, earned a total of US$4.3 million over the August 29-31 weekend in nine territories in the Southeast Asian market, and has earned a cumulative total of US$42 million in those territories as of the latest weekend.

The film is the highest-earning anime film of all time in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In Thailand, the film is the highest-earning anime and animated film of all time, and the country's top film of the year. The film is also the top-grossing film in Hong Kong this year so far, having earned US$9.4 million there.

The film has so far sold 21.10 million tickets for a cumulative total of 29,983,483,800 yen (about US$201 million) in Japan. The film has now surpassed Titanic to become the #3 highest-earning film of all time in Japan.

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").

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