{"id":10027,"date":"2025-07-20T09:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10027\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:33:50","slug":"fails-to-beat-mugen-trains-16-million-sat-set-for-2-debut-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10027\/","title":{"rendered":"Fails To Beat Mugen Train&#8217;s $16 Million+ Sat, Set For #2 Debut Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1205109 koimoi-featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-box-office-day-2-japan-01.jpg\" alt=\"Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Box Office Day 2 (Japan)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/>Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Box Office Day 2 (Japan) Update!(Photo Credit \u2013Facebook\/Prime Video)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mayhem has been created at the Japanese ticket windows! Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle made a fantastic opening on July 18, 2025. Shows are selling out quickly, but unfortunately, it could not beat the historic second day collections of The Mugen Train. Scroll below for a detailed day 2 box office report!<\/p>\n<p>How much did Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle earn on Saturday in Japan?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per trade analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Luiz_Fernando_J\/status\/1946564995392663825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Luiz Fernando<\/a>, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle added an estimated $14.3 million to the kitty on day 2. This means there was around a 7% growth, which was a good sign. However, it was not enough to emerge as the highest first Saturday in the history of the Japanese box office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the unversed, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Mugen Train had created history with its whopping Saturday of $16.7 million. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/television\/demon-slayer-who-is-lady-tamayo-whats-her-connection-to-muzan-kibutsuji\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Infinity Castle<\/a> has clocked the second-biggest Saturday in Japan with 14% lower earnings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two-day total concludes around $27.6 million in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the day-wise box office breakdown below:<\/p>\n<p>Day 1: $13.3 million<br \/>\nDay 2: $14.3 million<\/p>\n<p>Total: $27.6 million<\/p>\n<p>Infinity Castle vs The Mugen Train Opening Weekend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the current pace, Haruo Sotozaki\u2019s directorial could wrap up its debut weekend around $38-$42 million in Japan. It will fail to achieve another big milestone, which is surpassing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/television\/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-part-1-sells-out-in-10-minutes-poised-to-shatter-mugen-trains-box-office-legacy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mugen Train<\/a>\u2018s record opening weekend of $43.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>More about the Infinity Castle movie<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle is based on the Infinity Castle arc of the 2016\u201320 manga series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/what-to-watch\/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-infinity-castle-release-date-update-when-is-the-anime-movie-arriving-in-indian-theatres\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba<\/a>. It is a trilogy of Japanese animated dark fantasy action films. It is directed by Haruo Sotozaki and produced by Ufotable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/category\/box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box office updates<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-box-office-japan-creates-history-with-1-opening-set-to-crush-mugen-trains-record-debut-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Box Office (Japan): Creates History With #1 Opening, Set To Crush Mugen Train\u2019s Record Debut Weekend!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Box Office Day 2 (Japan) Update!(Photo Credit \u2013Facebook\/Prime Video) Mayhem has been created at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-10027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}