It’s an unprecedented year for anime at the global box office as Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, the medium’s juggernaut, slashes its way past Hollywood superhero hits in terms of worldwide grossings. The anime feature debuted in US theaters in September 2025, garnering record-breaking wins that defied the unspoken Western constraints placed on the medium for decades.
At the time of this writing, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle sits on a worldwide box office revenue of $556 million, displacing all of 2025’s Marvel productions in returns. The film is also poised to surpass DC’s Superman, which grossed $615 million, as Infinity Castle is currently projected to accumulate over a billion dollars in global proceeds.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Crushes MCU’s Fantastic Four At The Global Box Office, Poised To Beat DC’s Superman
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is absolutely crushing it at the global box office with a trailblazing path that is redefining anime’s universal purview. With profound returns that shocked even Hollywood analysts, anime might be the key ingredient to a revolutionary change in the entertainment industry.
Astonishingly, Infinity Castle has outclassed all of the MCU’s 2025 feature films, taking advantage of the cinematic universe’s recurring slump offset by the Avengers: Endgame paradoxical effect. Consequently, Infinity Castle has topped Thunderbolts* worldwide profits of $382 million by $174 million, a substantial margin.
It also eclipses Captain America: Brave New World ($415 million) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps ($520 million) in box office takings. Currently, in the superhero box office ranking, Infinity Castle is sandwiched between The Fantastic Four: First Steps and James Gunn’s Superman in box office rewards, with a propensity to outstrip the latter.
According to reports, Infinity Castle is set to premiere in Chinese theatres on October 8th, scaling the blockbuster to an estimated billion-dollar yield at the box office. Based on this hair-raising prediction, Infinity Castle is poised to trump even Superman’s $615 million haul.
In Revenue, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Outshines Every 2025 Hollywood Superhero Blockbuster
Infinity Castle’s revenue is unhinged. Crunchyroll and Ufotable collaborated on the anime feature, which had a $20 million budget. With the modest $20M budget and a staggering $556M gross, the film delivered over 2,000% return on investment — a jaw-dropping 27.8x return.