Refresh for latest … It was only a matter of time, and what a time it is. After making record-breaking waves in Japan this summer, and rolling out in staggered fashion elsewhere, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle finally reached a big suite of overseas markets, and the U.S., this weekend via Sony/Crunchyroll.

The latter are reporting a new high for the biggest anime opening of all time with a $132.1M global weekend. That breaks down to $70M in North America, plus $29M from Latin America, $17.4M from Europe, $6M from Middle East, $5.2M from India and $3.2M from Australia as well as some smaller markets.

Note that, along with Japan, Sony does not have Korea, Taiwan or China. In Korea , Infinity Castle is already at $34.7M through today, and is the No. 3 movie of th

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