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Sony Crunchyroll Anime Rules Box Office Again With ‘Chainsaw Man’ Powering To $17M+ Opening, ‘Springsteen’ Plays Low With $9M+ – Sunday AM
SUNDAY AM: Sony/Crunchyroll’s Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc is landing at the high end of where we were seeing it yesterday with $17.2M after a $5.2M million Saturday in a weekend where the Toronto Blue Jays and LA Dodgers were a complete distraction in the World Series, now with 1-1 tied streak. Running global cume on this anime movie is $108 million (40% of that coming from a September Japan release).
Sony and Crunchyroll know how to speak to their followers directly. They kicked off the campaign at Anime Expo Los Angeles in July which included a MAPPA panel (they produced the movie) and activations on the expo floor with MAPPA and Crunchyroll booths and Pochita walkabout and photo ops. Sony trailered Chainsaw Man on Demon Slayer, Him, One Battle After Another, and Tron: Ares. There was a big splash at New York Comic-Con two weeks ago with a MAPPA panel, exclusive BTS footage, a surprise fan screening raffle, Pochita photo ops and more.
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Weekend Box Office: Anime Rules Again as Chainsaw Man Wins the Weekend
Anime was once again king this weekend as the industry begins clearing the deck for a string of notable November releases. With very little opening for Halloween on Friday except one of the greatest and most successful films of all time (we’ll get to that), audiences were left to choose from a Colleen Hoover adaptation, a rock god biopic, an adaptation of an online series of found footage videos, and a Chainsaw Man. Guess what they chose?
Demon Slayer’s Infinity Castle put its stamp on both anime and animation in general this year with over $131 million in domestic sales and over $650 million globally. Now along comes Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc to best all the live-action films opening this weekend with $17.2 million. The sequel to the first season of the anime TV series opened better than any of Crunchyroll or Funimation releases from 2023 on. Only this year’s Demon Slayer, 2021’s Mugen Train Demon Slayer ($21.2 million) and 2022’s Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero ($21.1 million) opened higher.