Demon Slayer author Koyoharu Gotouge has made a fortune from their hit manga, which has sold over 220 million copies worldwide. With the new anime film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. A new report reveals Demon Slayer creator Koyoharu Gotouge's massive earnings makes them one of the richest manga authors of all time.
The current earnings of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle place it at the #10 spot on the list of the highest. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza's Return, grossed over 7.3 billion yen in its opening four-day weekend. In doing so, the film broke three major box office records for a film released in Japan: highest opening weekend revenue, highest opening day revenue, and highest single.
The report on Gotouge's earnings is actually an estimate made by Real Sound, based on publicly available data. With a typical 10% royalty for the author on each sale of a manga volume, and 220 million volumes of Demon Slayer in circulation, Gotouge was estimated to have made nearly 10 billion Yen ($64 million US) on physical media alone. Demon Slayer franchise box office earningsDespite taking a backseat at the box office to Bob Marley: One Love during its opening frame, Madame Web once again finds itself as the widest release in North America this weekend, as it retains (mostly by contractual obligation) its opening count of 4,013 theaters.
The superhero film starring Dakota Johnson has earned over $28 million in its first. Here is a full list of all Demon Slayer movies, including their release schedules, worldwide gross, and story. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle surpassed the worldwide earnings of Howl's Moving Castle & One Piece Film: Red at the box office.
Read updates! Demon Slayer: Mugen Train the Movie was a huge hit in Japan and earned nearly 30 billion yen. Despite the movie earning so much, the manga's author, Koyoharu Gotouge, reportedly only earned 2 million yen. I accidentally left Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba-To the Swordsmith Village off our predictions yesterday.
My apologies for that. I've included our original prediction and our Saturday-morning revision in this column. There's also an update for Creed III, which had an excellent day on Friday and is looking at a weekend around $50 million.