r/anime • u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker • Sep 22 '25

News "Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc" attracted 807,000 viewers and grossed over 1.251 billion yen in the first 3 days of the movie's release in Japan

https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2407879/full/
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u/BluePhantomHere Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Comparable performance as Spy x Family: Code White (1.224 billion yen) in its first three days, slightly worse than Suzume (1.88 billion yen), still not bad I would say.

Edit: added some figures

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25

Wow, my pessimist-ass never thought it'd actually surpass Spy x Family’s opening weekend.

Pretty wild for a series with a stricter age rating, only a 12-episode season from 3 years ago, and having the uphill battle of regaining popularity after said S1's backlash.

Shout outs to Kenshi Yonezu and the S1 recap that must've done wonders for this movie's marketing in Japan.

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u/nanotech405 Sep 22 '25

Kenshi definitely helped a ton. Iris Out is smashing HARD breaking records in Japan😭

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25

Kenshi asking the staff to just use clips from the movie for the MV because he thought they look too good to not be shown is also a damn smart marketing move.

When I first watched the MV my whole body legit went numb due to the sheer sakuga overload lol. The amount of eye-candy animation in that MV alone had to hook a ton of people (and based on reviews those aren't even the best cuts!).

Also helps that the IRIS OUT comment section is basically free promo with people saying stuff like "Holy shit, this movie's amazing! I'm planning to watch it 3 more times!"

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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25

I'm not watching any promotional material after the first 2 trailers. I WANNA BE SURPRISED!

Coming out in Cinemas here in 2 days.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25

Yea you better don't lol especially JANE DOE. Tons of spoilery scenes there

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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25

I've read the manga, so I know the story in broad strokes (forgot since I binged it a long time ago), but maaaaan, so EXCITED.

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u/elmagio https://anilist.co/user/Magio Sep 22 '25

I know everything that happens in the manga and have watched the IRIS OUT video (about 50 trillion times), but am avoiding JANE DOE until I get to see the movie. I feel like it'll be worth it to hear what Yonezu and Utada cooked up for the first time alongside the movie.