Box Office Report: Slay!
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Anime is a safe bet at the box office. Usually, it receives a more limited release, but the fans turn out in droves regardless, and in quieter weekends, these titles can take the top spot. But I’m not sure most box office experts saw this coming.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle is the latest film connected to the Demon Slayer franchise. It’s about a teenage boy who joins the Slayer Corps after his family is slaughtered by demons and his sister is turned into one. This thing is huge. It’s one of the biggest-selling manga series ever written, and in only a decade, it’s grown into one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. In Japan, this new movie has already become both the hig