Japan Box Office: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Returns to No.1 in 9th Weekend

After JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution took the top spot last week at the Japanese box office , Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc returned to first place, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . Thanks to the cheer screenings started on Friday and the fifth bonus gift (a Polaroid-style visual card) on Saturday, the film earned 337 million yen (2.17 million USD) on 217,000 admissions in its ninth weekend of November 14-16, a 155% jump from the previous weekend gross of 218 million yen (1.4 million USD). With a cumulative domestic total of 8.77 billion yen (56.5 million USD) on 5.72 million admissions, Reze Arc now ranks #76 in the all-time Japanese box office ranking , surpassing The Matrix with 8.7 billion yen (56 million USD) . The JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution anime compilation film lost its top spot and fell to second place in its second weekend with 258 million yen (1.66 million USD) on 176,000 admissions, 60% down from its opening weekend. The anime's official X (formerly Twitter) reported that the film's 10-day cumulative total gross had reached 1.12 billion yen (7.21 million USD) on 740,000 admissions. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle jumped five spots from ninth place last weekend to fourth in its 18th weekend. Starting last Saturday, the film also gave away a special postcard set at regular theaters and a special limited-edition poster at IMAX theaters to each visitor. The film now has a 122-day cumulative of 37,927,580,000 yen (245.2 million USD) on 26.04 million admissions, according to Mantan Web . Meanwhile, Infinity Castle 's cumulative worldwide box office gross, including Japan, is a reported 106,370,560,000 yen (685 million USD) gross with 89.17 million ticket sales, making it the first Japanese film in history to surpass the 100 billion yen mark at the global box office. As the third entry in the revival screening project for the Evangelion anime franchise's 30th anniversary, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone - version 1.11 began screening in 89 theaters on November 14 and ranked seventh with 95.64 million yen (616,000 USD) on 60,000 admissions, according to Mantan Web . The film will screen for a limited time of one week in Japan with the fourth entry, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance - version 2.22 , following on December 12. The 4K remaster edition of Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 film Princes Monnoke went down three positions to eighth in its fourth weekend. While disappearing from the Top 10 in its sixth weekend, the official X for the live-action film adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's 2007 anime film 5 Centimeters per Second reported on November 14 that the cumulative total gross had already surpassed two billion yen (12.88 million USD) on 1.44 million admissions in 35 days since its release. Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Sora no Okoku to Futari no Ko ("Sumikko Gurashi The Movie: The Kingdom of the Sky and Two"), the fourth anime feature film inspired by Japanese stationery company San-X's popular mascot character brand, Sumikko Gurashi, also dropped out of the Top 10 in its third weekend. Following the first part "Seishun Kyosokyoku" ("Rhapsody of Youth") in October, the second of the two-part Girls Band Cry anime compilation film, titled "Naa, Mirai" ("Hey, Future"), opened in 120 theaters on November 14, but also did not make a Top 10 debut. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (November 14-16, 2025) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Source: Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend ranking , Eiga.com , Mantan Web 1 , 2 , JUJUTSU KAISEN anime official X (formerly Twitter) , 5 Centimeters per Second live-action film official X

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