Anime rides again atop the domestic box office, as “Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc” looks to open ahead of fellow new releases, the Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere” and the Colleen Hoover adaptation “Regretting You.”
The R-rated “Chainsaw Man” went brrr with $8.5 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,003 locations. The feature, which serves as a big-screen continuation of the manga adaptation’s first season, is headed to an opening bow of $15.5 million. It’s available in both subtitled and dubbed versions, and gets a boost from playing Imax and other premium large format auditoriums, which carry higher ticket prices.
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