"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie – Infinity Castle Arc: Chapter 1 Akaza's Return" premiered on Friday, July 18. Over its first three days (July 18–20), it attracted 3,843,613 moviegoers and earned a box office revenue of 5,524,298,500 yen. It set new all-time records in three categories—opening performance, first-day gross, and single-day gross—for a film released in Japan (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha).