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MasterK
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Not sure how I can contact the journalist of this article but it’s incorrect. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero in August 2022 was #1 its first weekend. Prior to that it was Pokemon. Give Dragon Ball its due.
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JustMonika
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Hell yes! Got my tickets for tomorrow!
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MFrontier
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Go Chainsaw Man!
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Ryuji-Dono
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Guess we're indeed in the process of anime getting more mainstream than ever!
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Dr. Wily
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I think half the reason that all these anime movies are killing in the box office isn't just their quality (not to diss their quality, it's great), it's that Hollywood shot itself in the foot during the pandemic by shortening the window of the theatrical release-to-streaming pipeline, thus giving even more people reason to go "well I'll wait for it to hit streaming"... beyond the obvious reasons like ticket prices. Meanwhile, that's not happened for anime. If you wanna go see Chainsaw Man, or before that Demon Slayer (or before that Broly, etc, etc) you gotta go see it when it's out. Because not only is the window larger (I think, I could easily be wrong), but there's so many different streaming services that you don't know which one it will be on. I mean, I know the answer is usually Crunchyroll, but there's plenty of folks who either don't watch enough anime or just don't have the extra cash to justify a CR subscription and just want to watch it with the ones they currently have, and there's never a guarantee what platforms will have what movies. Like I know Netflix has One Piece Red but they don't have One Piece Gold. So for a ton of people going to see Chainsaw Man is basically going "well if I don't watch it now when the hell else will I?"
edit: I didn't even think of the fact that now a lot of anime movies for franchises are actually canon, which is a real game changer from the decades we've gotten of Naruto/One Piece/[insert shonen here] movies that are very pretty but will usually never ultimately factor into the plot of the show itself. |
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ZiharkXVI
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This should really say something to Western media companies who have been neglecting animation. Plus, it probably says something about the movies the west has been putting out there lately as a whole, but that's likely a more controversial claim. At the very least, animation is topping the western box offices. Its dominating streaming services. You know what's not? Disney live action remakes. Garbage paint by number live action superhero flicks.
For awhile I thought animation might be a slowly dying industry...but it turns out im not the only person who wants to go to the theater for an animated flick. |
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BigOnAnime
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This performance is roughly on par with Jujutsu Kaisen 0 3.5 years ago, which is what many were expecting.
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jujutsu-Kaisen-0-(2022-Japan)#tab=box-office If you click "Compare this performance with other movies…" and add Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc, it'll allow you to easily compare the two. Expect this to be very frontloaded, anime movies drop off hard here unlike in Japan, the leggiest box office market by far. Look at how many anime movies are on this first page. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/biggest_second_weekend_gross_drop/ Some multipliers (lifetime gross divided by opening weekend) to give you an idea of what legs to expect. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle: 1.87 ($70 million opening, currently at $132 million total, it doesn't have much left in the tank) https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Demon-Slayer-Kimetsu-no-Yaiba-The-Movie-Infinity-Castle-(2025-Japan)#tab=box-office Demon Slayer: Mugen Train: 2.37 ($21 million opening, $50 million total) https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Demon-Slayer-Kimetsu-no-Yaiba-The-Movie-Mugen-Train-(2020-Japan)#tab=box-office Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero: 1.52 ($21 million opening, $30 million total) https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dragon-Ball-Super-Super-Hero-(2022-Japan)#tab=box-office Jujutsu Kaisen 0: 1.88 ($18 million opening, nearly $34 million total) https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jujutsu-Kaisen-0-(2022-Japan)#tab=box-office
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2025/ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2025/?grossesOption=totalGrosses They should drop a little once Avatar: Fire and Ash hits as it tries to topple Ne Zha II where nearly the entire gross for that came from just China, and then Wicked: For Good and Zootopia 2 should rank rather high. The box office for animation this year hasn't been that great, especially as far as western titles are concerned. Last year did much more in that department. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2024/ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2024/?grossesOption=totalGrosses |
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I Am Audrey, how are you
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Orange Man wont be happy, which makes me happy, just waiting for the day where he tries to ban anime entirely
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ZiharkXVI
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I stand corrected. I completely forgot the Lilo and stitch remake was this year. I was thinking of Snow White. Although anime movies don't have long legs, I still think it's great to see them doing well up front. Maybe not Demon Slayer well, but that's a special case. |
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That Little Rapscallion
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What on Earth does this have to do with Trump? |
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TheAncientOne
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No doubt related to his expressed desire to tariff foreign productions. animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-29/trump-renews-call-for-100-percent-tariff-tax-on-all-movies-made-outside-u.s/.229449 |
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Smeagol_17
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Mugen Train also topped the US box office in 2021.
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Mizlude
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That proposal was for American films produced outside the US, not foreign films. It was aimed at discouraging international production since Hollywood often shoots films abroad for cost savings, such as tax incentives and lower labor costs in places like the United Kingdom and Canada. |
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jdnation
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I was personally disappointed in the Reze movie adaptation, a rant I'll save for another time, but it's good to see this do business.
If American studios learn anything here, it's hopefully : - HEY! Animation can be made for mature audiences - 2D animation still kicks ass! - Adapt properties with in-built fanbases faithfully. Do not use them as vehicles for your pet projects; that can work sometimes under a genius autheur, but that doesn't mean it's you. Unfortunately, the only thing they'll take away is to license these properties and churn out a westernized disneyfied diverse castified dumb downed cheaply made live-action abomination with little resemblance to the original, then wonder why nobody showed up. Theaters themselves should hopefully try to capitalize on anime more with wider showings and promotion on their best screens. Stuff like Gundam Hathaway 2, Madoka Magica, Eminence in Shadow, are the ones I can think of coming up, asude frim the JJK compilation.
Probably imagines Trump specifically had anime in mind for some reason when tariffing Japan, or to keep American movies primarily made-in-America.
Anti-Trump obsession no doubt played a major part in Hollywood tanking it's own box office by turning most of their output into lecturing Americans over what to think and how to vote. Political movies are great and all, but turning every property into a vehicle for your campaign, especially family stuff, is a sure way to kill your business - take your own advice and diversify. |
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Egan Loo
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As noted in that article's forum thread, and as with many of the other tariffs, this not-so-modest proposal would have consequences beyond the claimed intent.
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