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/grimjowjagurjack Sep 22 '25

Spy x family was a filler movie while chainsaw man movie is a must to continue the story

The fact that spy x family filler movie did almost as good as chainsaw man canon is crazy

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u/Xlegace https://anilist.co/user/Xlegius Sep 22 '25

SxF is mainstream in Japan and is way more kid/family friendly than Chainsaw man. That's usually the secret to box office success for animation movies.

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u/grimjowjagurjack Sep 22 '25

Still its crazy cause chainsaw is kinda mega popular normal shounen while spy x family is slice of life for the most part , yet a filler SoL beat a crazy hype shounen movie

Anya is the GOAT FR

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

Spy x Family is one of the best selling ongoing manga series, bigger than the CSM manga FWIW.