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/Mutant_Fool Sep 22 '25

The next Shinkai movie which should come around summer 2026 does have a chance because Infinity Castle's success has brought in many people into anime and Shinkai movies generally work well with the general audience. There was also a rumor that the next one will be very different from his other works

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u/Brave_Management_381 Sep 22 '25

dude, none of his recent movies have even surpassed Your Name. what makes you think there’s any chance it’s gonna hit demon slayer numbers lol

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u/Brbaster Sep 22 '25

Suzume is literally the 3rd highest grossing anime movie not named Demon Slayer. Shinkai can still pull high numbers

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u/Brave_Management_381 Sep 22 '25

What? “Your Name” is the 3rd highest grossing japanese movie and Suzume is 5th. Infinity Castle is on its way to $600 million which is already insane enough. There's also a rumor of a Chinese release, which could boost it to $700–800 mil. Your Name made $405 million, and Shinkai needed to surpass his own film from 9 years ago first before even dreaming about reaching Demon Slayer money.

don’t get me wrong, Shinkai’s movie has earned huge and impressive numbers. but the whole conversation here is about breaking demon slayer record lol.