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Chainsaw Man Anime Film Stays at #1, Zombie Land Saga Film Opens at #8
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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the film based on the Reze Arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, stayed at #1 in its sixth weekend at the Japanese box office from October 24-26. The film sold 254,000 tickets and earned 399,302,600 yen (about US$2.62 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 4.69 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 7,179,310,100 yen (about US$47.15 million).
The film opened at #1 replacing the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai film, which had topped the box office for nine straight weeks. The film sold 807,000 tickets for 1,251,178,500 yen (about US$8.46 million) in its opening weekend.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired worldwide theatrical rights the film. The company opened the film in theaters in the United States on October 24.
Reina Ueda plays Reze in the film.
The live-action film of Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second anime film stayed at #2 in its third weekend. The film sold 158,000 tickets and earned 222,140,100 yen (about US$1.45 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has so far sold 1.02 million tickets and earned 1,428,785,800 yen (about US$9.38 million).
The film opened in Japan on October 10.
SixTONES member Hokuto Matsumura (Suzume's Sōta Munakata) stars in the live-action film.
Spoon is producing the film, and TOHO is distributing. Yoshiyuki Okuyama directed the film, and Ayako Suzuki wrote the script. Ayatake Ezaki composed the music. Kenshi Yonezu performs the theme song "1991."
The 5 Centimeters Per Second anime opened in Japan in 2007. The film is split into three individual segments. Shinkai directed, wrote, and storyboarded the anime film, and was also the sound director, producer, and art director. Tenmon composed the music.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, stayed at #3 in its 15th weekend. The film sold 119,700 tickets for 196,401,000 yen (about US$1.28 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 25.54 million tickets for 37,114,904,700 yen (about US$243 million).
The film had sold a total of 23,042,671 tickets for 33,056,606,000 yen (about US$224 million) as of September 15, its 60th day in the Japanese box office. This made it the second highest-earning film of all time at the Japanese box office, surpassing Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's 2001 film Spirited Away.
The film is now the highest-earning anime film of all time worldwide, as well as the highest-earning Japanese film of all time worldwide.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, the October 2020 film from the same franchise, is currently the highest earning film in Japan, with a 40.75 billion yen (about US$277 million in current conversion) total take in Japan.
Haruo Sotozaki is directing the anime at ufotable, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplay. Aimer is performing the song "Taiyō ga Noboranai Sekai" ("A World Where the Sun Never Rises"), and LiSA is performing the song "Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake" ("Shine in the Cruel Night").
4K restoration screenings of Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke film ranked at #4 in its first weekend. The film earned 245,487,600 yen (about US$1.61 million) from Friday to Sunday.
The Evangelion anime franchise's "Monthly Eva: Evangelion 30th Movie Fest. 2025-2026" revival screening of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion ranked at #5 in its first weekend. The film earned 125,313,500 yen (about US$823,000) from Friday to Sunday.
The Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise (Dream Galactic Paradise) anime film project debuted on Friday and ranked at #8 for its first weekend. The film earned 97,269,200 yen (about US$638,800) in its first three days.
The film features a returning cast. Daisuke Ono voices the new character Naomasa Amabuki.
Takafumi Ishida and Takeru Satō (both Zombie Land Saga episode directors) directed the film at MAPPA. Shigeru Murakoshi (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse) wrote the screenplay. Fumihide Sai, Jinshichi Yamaguchi (both chief animation directors for Zombie Land Saga), and Kasumi Fukagawa (character designer for Zombie Land Saga) are credited as character designers. Yasuharu Takanashi returned to compose the music. Yuriko Waki returned as an animation producer.
The live-action film of KOTAKE CREATE's infinite-loop horror game The Exit 8 (8-Ban Deguchi) left the top 10 list in its ninth weekend.
The Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -Deai no Kiseki!- (Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -The Miracle of Encounters!-) anime film, the 10th anniversary "dream project" collaboration between the Aikatsu! and PriPara idol franchises, dropped off the list in its third weekend.
Chinmoku no Kantai Hokkyoku-kai dai kaisen (The Silent Service: The Battle of the Arctic Ocean), the sequel film for the live-action project of Kaiji Kawaguchi's The Silent Service manga, left the list in its fifth weekend.
Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC
