00:00anime has taken over the box office once again and demon slayer infinity castle just made history
00:07with a jaw dropping 33 million dollars opening day it's officially the biggest anime debut ever
00:14in north america and that's just the beginning infinity castle smashed past the previous anime
00:20record of 10.9 million set by dragon ball super superhero tripling it in a single day and remember
00:29pokemon's legendary run back in 1999 infinity castle just toppled that too claiming the biggest anime
00:37opening weekend of all time and it's not just america worldwide infinity castle has already
00:44hauled in over 279 million dollars with more than 200 million from japan alone making it the third
00:52highest grossing movie in japanese history even eight weeks later it's still number one at the
00:59japanese box office cron carol and sony are rewriting the rules for anime at the box office
01:06back in 2021 mugen train stunned theaters with a 20 million dollars debut now infinity castle is on
01:14track to triple that and could even beat sony's biggest hollywood opener of the last two years
01:21while demon slayer rules the weekend it's not the only new arrival downtown abbey the grand finale
01:28charmed its way to nearly nine million dollars on opening day the long walk a chilling stephen king
01:34adaptation is pacing towards 11 million dollars and the cult comedy sequel spinal tap to join the party
01:42too but make no mistake infinity castle is the true box office monster critics are raving fans are
01:50obsessed and cinemasker is giving infinity castle and a grade imax alone brought in 6.4 million dollars
01:58on friday proving anime isn't just niche anymore it's mainstream power so the question is will infinity
02:06castle become the biggest anime movie of all time or is this just the beginning of demon slayer's reign at
02:13the global box office one thing's for sure anime isn't just back it's on top
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