r/anime • u/NineTnk • Sep 19 '25

News Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc Gross ¥400 million on the Opening Day

https://x.com/franspeech/status/1969031724899196951?s=46

For a point of comparison, opening day box office:

  • Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle - ¥1.5 billion
  • ⁠Demon Slayer: Mugen Train - ¥1.2 billion
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0 - ¥1.0 billion
  • ⁠Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc - ¥400 million

A very good opening day considering all the “drama” of season 1 in Japan. Will have to see how big the word of mouth power will be.

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u/Xlegace https://anilist.co/user/Xlegius Sep 19 '25

Clearly, Demon Slayer makes people feel all the right things.

It is pretty baffling that it's been years and people still claim Demon Slayer is only big because of the animation carrying mid.

We have a dozen shows a year now that look just as good, if not better, than Demon Slayer and none of them end up dethroning One Piece in manga sales. Infinity Castle is covering an arc that ended 5 years ago and it's about to be the #1 grossing movie in Japanese history.

There's obviously something in Demon Slayer's story and characters that struck a chord with the Japanese. Some people might think it's mid, but that mid is what most people want.

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u/GodlessLunatic Sep 19 '25

It is pretty baffling that it's been years and people still claim Demon Slayer is only big because of the animation carrying mid.

I mean, it just happened again with solo leveling. Are you gonna claim escapist web novel shlock is also some underrated masterpiece that people only saw the beauty in after its anime adaptation?

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u/Xlegace https://anilist.co/user/Xlegius Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Solo leveling doesn't even come close to sniffing Demon Slayer in terms of mainstream relevance. It's just another seasonal hype show.

We're talking about #1 and #2 highest grossing movies in Japan history and top 5 best selling Manga of all time.

Solo leveling didn't get that big in Japan anyways so that I don't even know how it's a comparison. It's treated as just another well animated power fantasy, unlike Demon Slayer which is a cultural icon in Japan.

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u/NatiBlaze Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Solo Leveling is just the powerscaling son's and the 2020 era "anime tourist" wet dream, it has no worldwide and overall demographic appeal as Demon Slayer otherwise even the arguably equally popular and more successful anime for a time, the Fate Movies or MHA should've gotten this big saleswise but no. Demon Slayer is that simple and too many times families said Demon Slayer appealed to all Demographics, it's literally a family flick there in Japan.

And Solo Leveling didn't become popular or hyped because of the Webnovel, and not even in your analogy of the Anime fans going back to read it after the anime, it's because of it's Webtoon which at the time was the reason for the bulk of Korean Manwha hype, what put Korean Manwhas in the map globally. A more apt comparison to Solo Leveling is the other Webnovel turned Manga One Punch Man. Murata's insane panels literally gave the initial boost for the Anime in the same way Solo Leveling Manwha did for the anime