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The debut expands ‘Demon Slayer’s’ global momentum and has distributors seeing dollar signs with two more titles from the franchise’s final trilogy to come.
Rising global anime demand lifts ‘Infinity Castle’ past Western superheroes, reshaping box office trends and studio franchise strategies.
‘Infinity Castle’ tops $555 million worldwide to become the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film ever. It also took the top lifetime anime spot in the U.S.
Crunchyroll will release the film in U.S. theaters in September.
The company owed ¥137 million in unpaid taxes.
The anime title has grossed an estimated $36.6M to the Disney film’s $43.4M.
Last year’s highest-grossing animated feature will finally release in North America.
In other news: Pixar’s “Soul” has opened in China to a modest $5.5 million.
The manga spin-off took $44 million in its first three days in Japan, more than doubling the previous record.