Ashwin Kumar’s ‘Mahavatar Narsimha’ earned ₹250 crore in India within 53 days. Simultaneously, ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle’ debuted strongly with ₹41 crore but experienced a significant drop on Monday, settling at ₹44.5 crore overall. Globally, the film’s IMAX release grossed USD 20 million, with North America contributing USD 13 million.
If on one side Ashwin Kumar’s animation film Mahavatar Narsimha has clocked in Rs 250 crore in 53 days in India, on the other side anime giant Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle had taken a confident start at the box office by clocking in Rs 41 crore at the box office. But the film crashed by over 75 % on Monday where it clocked in just Rs 3.5 crore thereby taking the overall collection of the film to Rs 44.5 crore. As per Sacnilk , the film had collected Rs 13.25 crore on Friday and Saturday and on Sunday the film saw a slight jump to Rs 14.5 crore. But on Monday the film came crashing down to just Rs 3.5 crore. The performance of the film is in sharp contract to it’s performance across the globe. Take for example just the IMAX release of the film, as per statement shared by the company the film has minted USD 20 million over the weekend the globe while just in North America the film minted USD 13 million. The IMAX version has contributed up to 19 % of the total domestic collection of the film. Following its rollout in Japan and across Asian markets, “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” expanded this weekend to more than 600 IMAX screens across North America, Latin America, Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. The film has earned $58.5 million in IMAX across more than 70 markets worldwide to date and is the highest grossing Japanese release of all time in IMAX.The worldwide collection of the film stands at USD 391 million.
Helmed by Haruo Sotozaki, the film, ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle,’ is about a demon king, Muzan. He launched an attack on Tanjiro and his team in the Demon Slayer Corps to pull him into the dangerous maze of Infinity Castle.It would be interesting to see how the film fares from here on, anime has a huge fan following in the country like India but the reach of it is limited to urban centers. For the film to have long legs, it would need to penetrate the Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. DISCLAIMER: The box office numbers in this article are compiled from our proprietary sources and diverse public data. While we strive for accuracy, all figures are approximate unless explicitly mentioned, offering a fair representation of the project’s box office performance. We are open to feedback and suggestions on toientertainment@timesinternet.in
