Box Office Round-Up ~ 9/22/25

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle retained the top spot at the box office in what was admittedly a very low-key weekend at theaters. Last weekend’s anime record-setter brought in $17.3 million, which was enough to put it ahead of the one new release in the top five. Football horror flick Him - from producer Jordan Peele - debuted in second place with $13.2 million. It’s a decent number for a mid-budget thriller, but Demon Slayer clearly has taken box office by surprise.

Him may have also suffered from a crowded field of horror and thriller titles at the box office. The Conjuring: Last Rites took third place with $12.2 million (putting it at $150 million total), while The Long Walk took fifth with $6.2 million. Sandwiched in between them was Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which cleared $31 million overall with a third-weekend gross of $6.4 million.

The final weekend of September sees a trio of new very different new releases. The Strangers: Chapter Two represents another horror release in an already crowded field heading into the Halloween season, while Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie brings the hit animated series from Netflix/DreamWorks Animation to the big screen. The biggest new arrival will be Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which Warner Bros. hopes will be another in a string of big hits this year, as well as the opening splash of Hollywood’s awards season.

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle ($17.3 MM)
Director: Haruo Sotozaki, Hikaru Kondô
Writers: Koyoharu Gotouge, Hikaru Kondô
Cast: Zach Aguilar (Dean Panaro Talent)
Johnny Yong Bosch (Osbrink Talent Agency)
Griffin Burns (CESD Talent Agency)

2. Him ($13.2 MM)
Director: Justin Tipping (UTA)
Writers: Zack Akers (WME), Skip Bronkie (WME), Justin Tipping (UTA)
Cast: Tyriq Withers (CAA)
Marlon Wayans (UTA)
Julia Fox (WME)

3. The Conjuring: Last Rites ($12.2 MM)
Director: Michael Chaves (CAA)
Writers: Ian Goldberg (WME), Richard Naing (IAG), David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (CAA), James Wan (CAA)
Cast: Vera Farmiga (CAA)
Patrick Wilson (CAA)
Ben Hardy (UTA)

4. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale ($6.4 MM)
Director: Simon Curtis (UTA)
Writers: Julian Fellowes (UTA)
Cast: Michelle Dockery (WME)
Joanne Froggatt (Paradigm)
Hugh Bonneville (Gordon and French)

5. The Long Walk ($6.2 MM)
Director: Francis Lawrence (CAA)
Writers: JT Mollner (UTA)
Cast: Cooper Hoffman (CAA)
David Jonsson (CAA)
Garrett Wareing (WME)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers