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Did Sony repeated their success? Coming after the box office performance of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, which grossed in excess of $600 million at the box office, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc has officially crossed the $100M milestone internationally, reaching a worldwide gross of over $108 million this weekend. This feature beat out Black Phone 2 ($12.9 million) in its second weekend in movie houses, as well as the music documentary Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere featuring actor Jeremy Allen White (nine million dollars).

Notable Domestic and Global Performance

Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, the movie is a direct continuation of the debut season of the Chainsaw Man series. It brought in $18.2M in the U.S. after a strong $5.2M Saturday box office and four-point-five-million-dollar Sunday. Internationally, the MAPPA-produced movie earned $14.7M across 46 global regions, resulting in a global sum of over $60 million under Sony ($43.1 million abroad, $18.2M stateside). Sony has yet to announce its complete box office tally.

Comparisons to Previous Anime Hits

Specialist agency a leading anime marketing group had earlier commented, drawing parallels between the feature's anticipated earnings to the anime hit Jujutsu Kaisen 0, which made $34M in the domestic market in the year 2022 and opened to a comparable eighteen million dollars stateside. The new film's opening frame aligns with that standard, while its hundred-and-eight-million-dollar international sum presently stands just behind Jujutsu Kaisen 0’s $166.6M total earnings. Even if it doesn't seem possible the Reze Arc movie will earn the box office of blockbuster the record-breaking Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, nonetheless, it is a significant success for the studio.

Marketing Efforts Boost Box Office Dominance

Sony and its subsidiary the anime streaming service Crunchyroll have successfully utilized fan engagement to propel their supremacy at the animated movie market. This film's advertising push kicked off at Anime Expo Los Angeles in July with a MAPPA panel, unique experiences, and Pochita photo ops, then continued with a significant involvement at the New York Comic Con featuring exclusive clips, fan raffles, and more MAPPA sessions. Moreover, organizers held an private showing for enthusiasts for moviegoers and popular figures too after the last day of the convention.

What’s Next

2025 stands as a big year for anime, and for the studio, which has one more feature-length anime releasing in 2025 in Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution in late this year.