Anime has taken a prominent role in the modern box office. It was just a little over a month ago that Haruo Sotozaki's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle utterly dominated in its opening, putting up record-setting numbers, and now, the animation medium has another big title up on a pedestal. This past weekend was loaded up with a diverse slate of new 2025 releases, including Josh Boone's Regretting You (based on the novel by Coleen Hoover) and Scott Cooper's Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, but neither ended up proving to be true competition for the arrival of Tatsuya Yoshihara's Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.
Things didn't go exactly as expected over the last three days at the box office, resulting in a very interesting Top 10 for the weekend. Check out the chart below and join me after for analysis.
