A big-screen adaptation of the popular anime “Chainsaw Man” has beaten out a biopic about the Boss and the horror sequel “Black Phone 2” to top the North American box office.

A big-screen adaptation of the anime “Chainsaw Man” has topped the North American box office, beating a Springsteen biopic and “Black Phone 2.”

Anime rides again atop the domestic box office, as “Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc” looks to open ahead of fellow new releases, Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere” and Colleen Hoover adaptation “Regretting You.

Key Background “Chainsaw Man” marks the second big win at the box office for Sony and Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service and distributor it purchased from AT&T in a $1.1

Reze Arc” won’t break the box office out of its October slowdown, but it will ease the slump slightly as it has earned a $15.5 million opening weekend from 3,003 locations. The R-rated franchise anime film was never expected to reach the record $70 million start of “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” last year,

Reze Arc' is another major victory for Japanese anime, while 'Regretting You' is edging out 'Black Phone 2' and 'Deliver Me From Nowhere: Springsteen' in a surprise twist.