Box Office: ‘Chainsaw Man’ Is Latest Anime Win With $17 Million Debut, ‘Springsteen’ Underwhelms With $9 Million

Another win for anime. “Chainsaw Man,” the latest offering from Sony’s Crunchyroll, was No. 1 at the box office with $17.2 million from 3,003 North American theaters. It’s the second consecutive success for Crunchyroll following September’s sleeper hit “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,” which cemented a genre record with its $70 million debut. […]