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An anime film about a demon-hunting hero claimed the top spot at the North American box office this past weekend, continuing a strong run for Japanese animation in theaters, NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n \u201cChainsaw Man \u2014 The Movie: Reze Arc\u201d earned $17.25 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, beating out several competitors including a Bruce Springsteen biopic and a horror sequel, the report said.<\/p>\n The horror film \u201cBlack Phone 2\u2033 dropped to second place with $13 million in its second weekend. New releases \u201cRegretting You,\u201d a romantic comedy, and \u201cSpringsteen \u2014 Deliver Me from Nowhere” debuted with $12.85 million and $9.1 million respectively, while \u201cTron: Ares\u201d completed the top five with $4.9 million.\u201d <\/p>\n According to NBC News, this success follows another recent anime accomplishment. Less than two months ago, \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 Infinity Castle\u201d set a new record for anime releases with a $70 million debut.<\/p>\n \u201cChainsaw Man\u201d is based on a popular manga series created by Tatsuki Fujimoto about a demon hunter whose arms and head transform into chainsaws. The self-contained story, described as part love story and part action adventure, was previously adapted as an anime series in 2022, the report said.<\/p>\n The film is another win for Sony-owned Crunchyroll, which also distributed \u201cInfinity Castle\u201d last month. While performing well domestically, \u201cChainsaw Man\u201d has earned an estimated $108 million globally so far, the report said.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.silive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An anime film about a demon-hunting hero claimed the top spot at the North American box office this past weekend, continuing a strong run for Japanese animation in theaters, NBC News reported. \u201cChainsaw Man \u2014 The Movie: Reze Arc\u201d earned $17.25 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, beating out several competitors including a Bruce Springsteen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2120619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2120619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120620,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120619\/revisions\/2120620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2120619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2120619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}