{"id":49733,"date":"2026-01-01T22:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/?p=49733"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:18:26","slug":"demon-slayer-infinity-castle-box-office-beats-superman-marvel-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-box-office-beats-superman-marvel-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel and DC Left in the Dust: Demon Slayer Overtakes Superman to Become 2025's Top Comic Book Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2025, American superheroes bled, and a Demon Slayer’s blade was responsible. In a historic milestone for pop culture, the first part of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle<\/strong> officially surpassed Superman<\/em> (James Gunn’s DC reboot) and Marvel’s entire slate to become the highest-grossing comic book-based movie of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a staggering global gross of $757 million<\/strong>, Ufotable’s animation proved that global audiences are shifting their priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ilustrative Image: Demon Slayer<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tanjiro vs. The Avengers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The list of casualties in Tanjiro Kamado’s wake is extensive and heavy. The anime outperformed giants like Thunderbolts<\/em>, Captain America: Brave New World<\/em>, and the highly anticipated Fantastic Four<\/em> reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Hollywood grapples with superhero fatigue, Demon Slayer<\/em> capitalized on years of flawless narrative buildup. The Infinity Castle arc, eagerly awaited by fans, brought an animation quality that turned movie theaters into stadiums, generating a collective experience that Western live-action films failed to replicate this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian Dominance at the Box Office<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Demon Slayer<\/em>‘s success also places it at #5 on the overall 2025 box office chart, beating F1<\/em> (starring Brad Pitt) and the live-action How to Train Your Dragon<\/em>. Interestingly, the movie holding the #1 overall spot for the year is also an Asian animation: China’s Ne Zha 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scenario paints a clear picture: the axis of cinematic power is shifting to the East, driven by passionate storytelling and innovative visuals that Western audiences have fully embraced.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Em 2025, os super-her\u00f3is americanos sangraram, e a l\u00e2mina de um Ca\u00e7ador de Dem\u00f4nios foi a respons\u00e1vel. Em um marco hist\u00f3rico para a cultura pop, a primeira parte de Demon Slayer: Castelo Infinito (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinity Castle) ultrapassou oficialmente Superman (o reboot da DC de James Gunn) e todo o calend\u00e1rio da Marvel para … Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[334,329,117,326,311,327,328,332,333,330,335,331],"class_list":["post-49733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geek","category-filmes-e-tv","tag-anime-movies","tag-box-office-2025","tag-cinema-trends","tag-demon-slayer","tag-fantastic-four","tag-infinity-castle-arc","tag-kimetsu-no-yaiba","tag-marvel-vs-anime","tag-ne-zha-2","tag-superman-legacy","tag-thunderbolts","tag-ufotable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49737,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49733\/revisions\/49737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}