The Russian прокате of the anime «Chainsaw Man. Film: The Reze Arc» is coming to an end. Since the official start of the прокате on December 4, over 29 thousand screenings have taken place, and about 600 more remain in the schedule until the end of the year.
According to the EAIS, the dubbed version grossed 217.6 million rubles, and the version with subtitles added another 9.4 million. Taking into account pre-sales for the last days of December, the total amount of fees will be about 228 million rubles.
In less than a month, the film has become one of the highest-grossing anime releases in the history of the Russian прокате. Almost half of the final box office came in the first week — from December 4 to 10, when the лента earned 126 million rubles. About 50 million more were added in the second week, about 20 million in the third, after which the fees naturally declined.
Nevertheless, interest in the film persisted even after the release of the digital version, which took place on December 9. This small gap is due to the fact that the прокате in Japan started on September 19.
Despite the delay, anime fans actively supported the release in cinemas. In terms of total fees, «The Reze Arc» significantly surpassed the results of «Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train», which grossed about 132 million rubles in Russia, and became the second result in the history of the domestic anime прокате after Hayao Miyazaki's film «The Boy and the Heron», which earned about 462 million rubles.
In the global прокате, «The Reze Arc» earned $155.7 million. This is a confident result, but the historical record still belongs to the «Demon Slayer» franchise: the full-length film «Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training» grossed over $774 million worldwide.
The full-length film экранизирует chapters 38–52 of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga and serves as a plot bridge between the first season of the anime and the next arc. Earlier, studio MAPPA officially confirmed the production of the second season of «Chainsaw Man», which will adapt the «International Assassins» arc. Thus, «The Reze Arc» not only consolidated the success of the franchise in the прокате, but also prepared the ground for its further development.