Can Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution surpass Chainsaw Man: Reze at the box office? Possibilities explored

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution is part of a well-known franchise, debuting at a time when anime movies are regularly breaking through major box-office barriers. It is a collection/re-cut of the Shibuya Incident content with IMAX releases and international release dates set, and is being marketed as a transitional between the seasons of the television version. The initial reporting and distributor reports have given signals of a large theatrical release, yet the ultimate count of the film will rely on more than brand awareness.

It is probable that Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution will not be able to completely dominate Chainsaw Man: Reze on the global scale using current evidence. Chainsaw Man: Reze experienced a very solid opening in the North American market (approximately $17-18 million), and that kind of momentum, combined with good foreign grosses, places a firm commercial standard on prospective future competitors.

Both movies have great strengths and evident weaknesses in the marketplace. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution has the advantage of a vast worldwide fan base formed by the TV show and the prior theatrical success of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (with a strong worldwide gross), and the Execution launch will also feature IMAX and early access internationally, potentially raising per-screen earnings. But, Execution is also being released as an anthology film instead of a completely new theatrical story; the initial fan reviews have also raised some concerns over the perceived milking of the franchise and inconsistent animation in certain areas, which are both a detriment to attendance and may diminish its popularity from word-of-mouth.

In a number of ways, Chainsaw Man: Reze enjoys the reversed dynamic. The Reze film is based on new content and debuted to about 17-18 million dollars in its opening week in the U.S., which highlights the high demand of the franchise in theatres today. That makes Chainsaw Man: Reze one of the better anime openings in recent months; the simplest way a rival can get ahead of it is with a similar or bigger opening. To achieve this, Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution would require not only an outstanding opening weekend in various markets but also weeks of high attendance to bridge the divide.

Realistic upside and downside to Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution

On the positive side of Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, there is a track record of excellent theatrical performance: Jujutsu Kaisen 0 garnered a huge global gross and strong U.S. debuts, indicating that the brand can turn fan loyalty into box office collections. An effective international marketing campaign, high IMAX adoption, and even favorable critiques/fan reviews may catapult Execution to the uppermost levels of anime release. Should Execution replicate the per-market power of Jujutsu Kaisen 0, it may be able to compete with major anime titles on aggregate grounds.

On the negative side, compilation films traditionally perform poorly compared to original feature-length theatrical events, as they provide less novel material and less incentive to view again. The modern fan response, which is emphasized in the trade and fan coverage, stresses the issue that the animation polish and timing do not match the TV schedule; the critiques diminish the upside of the film and increase the likelihood of the film holding lower than the opening night. In addition, Chainsaw Man: Reze has already demonstrated its abilities to draw mainstream interest and box-office legs, and that current momentum is not that easy to break.

In quantitative terms, there is a viable cutoff: The solid opening of Chainsaw Man: Reze (~$17-18M) in North America and its distribution worldwide has given it the range that a compilation movie would have to top in multiple markets. Based on past trends, the most likely scenario is that Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution will be a good-sized theatrical runner in 2025/26, but it won’t be able to leave behind Chainsaw Man: Reze in terms of global gross unless it surprises and finds a much wider mainstream crossover audience than the established Jujutsu Kaisen fan base.

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Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution has obvious commercial advantages, such as brand strength, IMAX release, and proven appeal to the movie-going audience, but as a compilation, it has structural drawbacks, and criticism of animation and placement is tangible. Without extraordinary international legs and an out-of-the-ordinary robust mainstream crossover, the most probable commercial performance of Execution is a possible hit, but not a record-breaking theatrical performance that can surpass the already established open and global momentum of Chainsaw Man: Reze.

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