Box-office: the film Demon Slayer panics Hollywood and offers a record start
We thought the American rooms numbed, waking up only for horrifying meetings such as Evanouis and Conjuring. It was without counting on Demon Slayer: the infinite fortressand the big community of anime fans that rushed into theaters this weekend. Result: the film exploded the expectations and offers a historic launch at the American box office.
Anime fans at the rendezvous
With $ 70 million collected during its first operating weekend, Demon Slayer: the infinite fortress Much more than simply distance competition. The adapted anime of the series, itself based on the manga of Koyoharu Gotoge, simply signs the best start of the story for an anime, outclassing the previous record held so far by Pokémon The film: Mewtwo counterattack in 1999 (31 million).
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The film Demon Slayer has just returned to history. © Crunchyroll / Sony
The feature film co-directed by Haruo Sotozaki E Hikaru Kondô is also the 10th best launch of the year 2025, between Thunderbolts (74 million) and Impossible mission: The Final Reckoning (64 million), and even the 6th best start of a film released in September, just behind the Shang-chi ($ 75.3 million) from Marvel. A score that a lot of studio would like to have for their productions.
Such a card is explained among other things by the global popularity of the franchise Demon Slayerwhich has existed in manga since 2016, and by a community strongly committed and aware of the event. For information, 55% of the American public saw the film in Japanese subtitled. It is also a success for the Crunchyroll and Sony platform that distribute the film. The film has also been the biggest success in the studio in two years.
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The latest Conjuring film fell heavily at the box office. © Warner Bros. Pictures
In the rest of the box office, Conjuring: judgment time Naturally falls in second place and underwent a heavy loss of its audience (-68.9%), with 26.1 million dollars harvested in the second weekend. This brings its total US to 131 million, and its cumulative world already at 332.8 million.
This allows Judgment time to be already the second biggest success of the horrific franchise, ahead Conjuring 2 (321.3 million) and just behind The nun (366 million). There is no doubt that the film will pass him in front of next week. A cardboard in good and due, especially given its average budget of 55 million.
The third Downton Abbey film was released this weekend in the United States. © Carnival Films
This weekend finally saw the arrival of two new films. The first of these was Downton Abbey III: The Grand Finalwhich starts at $ 18.1 million. This bar of honor does better than the previous one Downton Abbey IIwhich had generated 16 million in 2022.
Walkingthe other novelty begins in 4th place with only $ 11.5 million. A slightly disappointing launch for this adaptation of Stephen King. But his small budget of 20 million should allow him to enter his expense, without however staying in the annals.
Marche or Son, adapted from Stephen King, starts slowly in theaters. © Vertigo Entertainment
US box office from 12 to 14 September 2025 (estimates)
| MOVIE | WEEKEND | US Cumul | Cumulative world | WEEK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demon Slayer: the infinite fortress | $ 70,000,000 | $ 70,000,000 | $ 450,442,200 | 1 |
| 2 | Conjuring: judgment time | $ 26,100,000 | 131,053,084 $ | 332 853 084 $ | 2 |
| 3 | Downton Abbey III: The Grand Final | $ 18,100,000 | $ 18,100,000 | $ 30,381,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Walking | $ 11,500,000 | $ 11,500,000 | $ 11,500,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Toy story (come out) | $ 3,500,000 | $ 3,500,000 | $ 5,200,000 | 1 |
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