Sony Topples Disney at the Box Office With Another Major Anime Win for North American Fans

Chainsaw Man is unstoppable. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is #1 at the North American box office, knocking out prestigious releases from Disney and the like with an impressive $17 million in its first opening weekend.

Per Variety, Chainsaw Man: The Movie continued Sony’s box-office anime dominance with an opening-weekend haul of $17.2 million from 3,003 North American theaters. This is the second big win for Sony’s anime-distributing brand, Crunchyroll, following the jaw-dropping domestic success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle. However, the box-office weekend from Friday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 26, was anything but good news for Disney, as its big-screen musical biopic of Bruce Springsteen flopped in theaters.

Chainsaw Man: The Movie Dominates Box Office, Beating Disney’s Springsteen Biopic

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere underwhelmed at the box office, opening at #4 with a gross of $9.1 million from 3,460 locations. The bio-flick, directed by Scott Cooper, starred The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White as “The Boss” as he struggles to write the 1982 album Nebraska. Although the album is a critical darling, it’s often overlooked in favor of Springsteen’s unforgettable hits, such as “Born in the U.S.A.” or “Born to Run.” The film’s disappointing performance comes as Disney is still reeling from its massive theatrical flop, Tron: Ares, starring Morbius actor Jared Leto.

Meanwhile, the unexpected success of Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc in America is proving that Infinity Castle was no fluke. David A. Gross of the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research described Chainsaw Man as “a worldwide phenomenon.”

“This opening follows a big success in Asia,” he said, “but it’s not just Asia. Anime is doing well everywhere now.” Globally, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc has grossed $108 million since its initial Japanese release on Sept. 19, 2025. According to Variety, Chainsaw Man‘s opening-weekend audience was 75% male, with 50% under 25. The critically acclaimed anime movie by MAPPA (Jujustu Kaisen, Lazarus) currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96% “Fresh” with a positive “Popcornmeter” user score of 99%.

The next major anime release of 2025 is Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution. Set for a U.S. release on Dec. 5, JJK: Execution is a compilation film of the anime’s most celebrated arc to date, the “Shibuya Incident Arc,” repackaged for the big screen. However, the film’s true selling point is the inclusion of the first two episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3. This long-awaited new season will officially roll out on Crunchyroll in January 2026.

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is now playing in North American theaters. The film is available in its original Japanese language with English subtitles, as well as an English-dubbed release, starring Ryan Colt Levy, the English voice actor for Denji.

“Denji worked as a Devil Hunter for the yakuza, trying to pay off the debt he inherited from his parents, until the yakuza betrayed him and had him killed,” the film’s official description reads. “As he was losing consciousness, Denji’s beloved chainsaw-powered devil-dog, Pochita, made a deal with Denji and saved his life. This fused the two together, creating the unstoppable Chainsaw Man. Now, in a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into his world, and Denji faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.”

Chainsaw Man Season 1 and Chainsaw Man – The Compilation are available to stream on Crunchyroll. New and previous chapters of the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto are available on the Viz Media and Manga Plus apps.