SATURDAY AM: In a 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.

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. Imax and premium large format screens are revving 58% of Chainsaw ‘s weekend with the West, S

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