Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Sets Record with 5 AM India Shows

The highly anticipated anime film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle is rewriting box office history in India, becoming the first anime film to feature 5 AM screenings due to unprecedented demand.

Set to hit theaters on September 13, the movie has already made history with its advance ticket sales, which kicked off on September 5.

Reports say over 100,000 tickets have been snapped up, raking in close to ₹15 crore in pre-sales—a huge feat for a non-Hollywood foreign film in India.

The Japanese 2D IMAX version is especially popular, with many shows sold out or nearly full. Big theater chains like PVR, which sold 25,000 tickets, and Cinepolis, with 6,000, are seeing a flood of bookings. BookMyShow even reported 65,000 tickets sold in just one day!

To keep up with the excitement, theaters in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, and Bengaluru have added early morning shows, with Inox Megaplex in Pune starting at 5:15 AM and Cinepolis Seawoods in Navi Mumbai at 5:20 AM.

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The film, the first of a trilogy based on the final arc of Koyoharu Gotouge’s manga, follows Tanjiro Kamado and the Demon Slayer Corps as they battle the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji in the mysterious Infinity Castle. It’s being released in five languages—Japanese (with subtitles), English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu—across over 750 screens, making it the biggest anime film release in India yet. A special Mumbai screening on September 7, attended by stars Tiger Shroff and Rashmika Mandanna, added to the hype.

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Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared on X, “#DemonSlayerInfinityCastle is the first anime film with 5 AM shows in India, and tickets are selling like hotcakes.” Experts predict the movie could hit ₹25 crore in pre-sales, topping previous anime hits like Suzume and Jujutsu Kaisen 0. With a global box office already past $300 million, Infinity Castle is proving anime’s growing popularity in India.