Watched One Battle After Another last night in IMAX and they played the teaser and full trailer of this back-to-back, which was weird.

I think it looks batshit but I dig the animation style. I might check out when it hits IMAX screens.

Reze Arc is the sequel of Season 1 (12 episodes). Season 1 is streaming on Crunchyroll https://www.crunchyroll.com/chainsaw-man. Crunchyroll is also streaming the Season 1 compilation in 2 parts. Crunchyroll (and also Sony) also has been streaming this short Season 1 recap. This short recap (along with the main trailer) have been screening on IMAX previews.

With that being said Chainsaw Man is a popular IP. I expect this to do very good in theaters for Sony (probably not as good as Demon Slayer). The official theatrical release date is October 24. The release date got moved up (announced earlier this month). Pre-sale tickets are not available yet.

Official movie site https://chainsawman.movie/

This may be the first anime movie to be screened in 3D?


The worldwide phenomenon returns with an original movie. See Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc in Premium Formats, RealD 3D, 4DX and IMAX - exclusively in theatres October 24.

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc pre-sale tickets available at select theaters:

- October 22 | Crunchyroll Subscriber Early Access Screening https://www.activaterewards.com/crun...ating-theatres
- October 23+ | Premium Formats, RealD 3D, 4DX and IMAX) https://chainsawman.movie/

I got my tickets for this in Dolby Cinema. Japanese with English subs.

More theaters have been added (specifically for IMAX) https://www.imax.com/movie/chainsaw-...movie-reze-arc.

https://deadline.com/2025/10/box-off...-2-1236596417/

FRIDAY PM: Sony/Crunchyroll’s Chainsaw Man: Rese Arc is slicing its way to the top of the box office with a good $8M today for what’s shaping up to be a $14 million-plus weekend.

While at the high end of its $11M-$14M projections, and a clear No. 1, the caution here is that it’s the first night of the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers taking on the Toronto Blue Jays. Los Angeles is the No. 1 market for anime movies.

RelishMix reports that the social media reach on Chainsaw Man is massive at a half billion, 6x above anime genre norms across TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram combined with gigantic video views counts on YouTube of 351 million and counting. Note Chainsaw Man‘s reach on social is 2.5x more than Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle before its opening which stood at 200 million.

Reports the social media stat org, “Convo runs positive for Chainsaw Man-The Movie: Reze Arc, with fans losing their minds over animation studio MAPPA’s cinematic polish, the faithfulness to the manga’s art style, and Kenshi Yonezu’s soundtrack. Theatrical worthiness is a recurring theme, with audiences insisting this arc had to be a movie. The chatter even positions it above competing anime events, with praise like ‘compared to the recent Infinity Castle, Reze arc was kick ass—would watch in theaters again’ and ‘I absolutely love how loyal they stayed to the art style, it feels like the manga came to life.’

https://deadline.com/2025/10/box-off...-2-1236596417/

Sony Crunchyroll Anime Rules Box Office Again With ‘Chainsaw Man’ Powering To $15M-$17M Opening – Saturday AM

SATURDAY AM: In an autumn where prestige awards potential isn’t working, nor attempted tentpoles like Tron: Ares, Sony/Crunchyroll anime proves its merit again with its latest Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc which is now looking at a $15.5M-$17M opening after an $8.5M Friday, powered by an A CinemaScore from fans.

It will be interesting to see if the audience expands today as the fanbase for this movie are shouting its praises to the sky with an 82% definite recommend on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak.

This is the ninth anime movie to open north of $10M, which is a big deal, because not every Japanese animation IP works on the big screen. What’s great about this is that Sony has a new solid franchise in the wake of Demon Slayer. Even if this drops tonight in typical front-loaded anime fashion, it’s another No. 1 win for Sony this year with non-traditional motion picture fare. As studios execs remain perplexed about what exactly works this fall, it’s all anime, horror and Taylor Swift.

Imax and premium large format screens are revving 58% of Chainsaw‘s weekend with the West, South and South Central its best grossing regions. There’s also a great swath of diverse demos all around in 32% Caucasian, 29% Latino and Hispanic, a very strong 20% Asian American and 13% Black. The AMC Empire in NYC is the top grossing theater with close to $45K.

^ $17,250,000 (estimated)

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ch...tab=box-office
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3728441345/

Saw this and of course I loved it.

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc available for purchase digitally https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/...hemovierezearc

- - https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/chains...8nr5vu7jxf31vs
- https://athome.fandango.com/content/...ZE-ARC/4767699
- https://www.sonypicturescore.com/home/EN/US