Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle carved out a place in North American box office history this weekend as the Japanese anime film sliced straight to No 1 – outpacing the horror sequel The Conjuring: Last Rites.

The Sony-owned Crunchyroll release shattered expectations with a mighty US$70 million (S$89.8 million) debut in North America, according to Sunday (Sep 14) estimates from Comscore. That haul marks the biggest domestic opening ever for an anime film, surpassing Pokemon: The First Movie, which opened with US$31 million in 1999.

The film extended its meteoric run, scoring the biggest anime opening of all time with a US$132.1 million weekend, according to Comscore. Crunchyroll and Sony rolled it out across North America and 49 international markets, pushing the

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