Very poor response in India! Why?

I knew it was bound to happen, India is a country where anime is still growing and not reached its full potential, most people watch mainstream movies/shows. Even though chainsaw man is part of dark Trinity, unlike Jujutsu kaisen it's not mainstream for some very obvious reasons, whose zero movie did very well in India. We are getting all these releases is still a good sign for anime in India.

That being said it doesn't change the fact that it was such a chaotic movie, and still managed to have such a beautiful and heartbreaking stroy in less than 2 hours. It was such a bliss to witness this in cinema hall. I would even say it was better than DS infinity Castle, but that's just my opinion.

I knew it was bound to happen, India is a country where anime is still growing and not reached its full potential, most people watch mainstream movies/shows. Even though chainsaw man is part of dark Trinity, unlike Jujutsu kaisen it's not mainstream for some very obvious reasons, whose zero movie did very well in India. We are getting all these releases is still a good sign for anime in India.

That being said it doesn't change the fact that it was such a chaotic movie, and still managed to have such a beautiful and heartbreaking stroy in less than 2 hours. It was such a bliss to witness this in cinema hall. I would even say it was better than DS infinity Castle, but that's just my opinion.

it's Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man and Hell's paradise. it's a general term used for these three, because these modern shonens are considerably darker, ghory and complex than typical shonens like DS, MHA, Black clover etc.
Only Jujutsu Kaisen became more popular and mainstream.
Funny thing is all three are adapted by Mappa.

I'm kind of surprised there wasn't much audience in Indian theatre cause when I campare it to my country(pak) I had a blast watching it cause it was full, also there are multiple Indian anitubers promoting the movie compare to here where there are none.
I think the biggest reason could be because it was A rated in india

Could also be the factor that kny having it's final arc being animated into a movie

was Mugen train released in Indian cinemas how much did that make when we compare it to csm reze

Yeah after the success of Demon slayer, I was expecting at least 1/3rd the opening day of Infinity castle. For comparison, Demon slayer Opening day was around 130 million Indian rupees while Chainsaw man was only around 5 million Indian ruppes. Such a huge gap was unexpected.

@FZREMAKE idk how you expected it to even reach a fraction of Demon Slayer's collection when it's strictly rated 18+.

As almost anyone expected here, it didn't blow up. But it did get some more screens than previous movies, although not as much as KNY. But, it was bound to happen.

@Anayan_Kashyap Well I thought that anime was finally doing great in India and we might see another anime crossing the 100 million rupees mark at the box office but yeah my expectations were a bit too high.

cause we Indians have shit standards in everything

we don't support content driven films and surely we won't support stories like chainsaw man, vinland saga, berserk etc. cause we like to release dopamine by watching hype shit its simple.

and then there are people who will say "demon slayer best anime ever if you doubt just look at the ratings and collections". SMH

Chainsaw Man isn't appealing to most Indians because it isn't as straightforward in its writing as Demon Slayer. Indian audience prefers simple, easy to understand storylines. Any movie that requires you to pay attention to it is not appreciated in India.

@King_KK The plot of Chainsaw Man isn't complicated. It's a shounen, just more brutal and weirder than most, but it doesn't require deep thought. Don't make everyone in India look like idiots. xD It was obvious that Chainsaw Man would be more popular, because globally, it's more popular than Chainsaw Man.There is no greater logic here.

@Regularguy_69420 it's Definately not Shit standard "in general" like you're referring. Many people just don't watch anime that's it, as it was not promoted in India before few years ago.

There will always remain Shit enjoyers, even in Japan, there are TONS of people enjoy trash seasonals. They have their own taste.
Most people do Criticize bad films, and they do watch Good films as well.

I still remember, watching Demon Slayer and the theatre wasn't even half filled but during OPPENHEIMER & Dune 2, There wasn't a single Vacant seat in my local theatre. Infact, i watched Dune 2 with my friend group, and NONE OF Them watch anime, still they love good films. Two of them even play Video games. Simply don't like anime, and that's how people are. Doesn't mean they have shit taste.
It wasn't promoted enough in India, it's not their fault it doesn't excite them, at this adult age.
That's how good of a taste people can have. "In general" Majority of Indian people just Simply Don't Watch anime, Doesn't mean they have Shit Standards ........also if you closely look at box office collections, shit formulaic movies have been Constantly Flopping, which shows General audience is not what you think.
And you saying "Indians" in general, I kinda felt Targeted, that's why I'm calling you out, cuz YOU little teenager, Sitting at home, watching "Meaningful anime" Cannot just randomly throw crap statements about a community or society, without knowing any real reason.

csm fanbros certainly have some generalization about Indian audience just because their fav cartoon movie didn't get enough attention.

@nishant0 yeah cause DS >>>>>> csm according to collections am i right?

@Anayan_Kashyap

look at housefull 5, saiyaara totally shit movies still it earned over 200+ crores. Many indians simply don't watch anime cause they have reasons (its for kids, its a cartoon) that itself makes them having shit standards they will celebrate shitty movies like kgf pushpa but don't watch content oriented films. Same for the anime audience they have only watched demon slayer nothing else no vinland, berserk, chainsaw man, hxh, mob psycho, etc....

@Regularguy_69420 um ok, so what's the point? why mentioned ds out of nowhere?

I'm talking about this weird generalization that if a certain animated movie didn’t blow up, it means the Indian audience doesn’t watch anything outside their norm which is completely wrong. If that were true, DS would have never blown up the way it did. The main reason it earned so much was its wider reach and marketing compared to other animated movies, just like how Oppenheimer became a super hit in India while killers of the flower moon was barely known. F1 also earns really well so yeah, it's not the audience fault that movie didn't have enough reach.