Shimajiro film opens at #9
Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the final
Evangelion film, ranked #1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 760,000 tickets for 1,177,445,400 yen (about US$10.8 million) on Saturday and Sunday. Specifically, it sold 401,723 tickets for 649,071,800 yen (about US$5.9 million) on Saturday, and 359,159 tickets for 528,373,600 yen (about US$4.8 million) on Sunday.
The film sold 2,194,533 tickets for 3,338,422,400 yen (about US$30.6 million) in its first seven days in 466 theaters in Japan. The film sold 33.6% more tickets for 45.1% more yen than the previous
Evangelion film during their respective first seven days.
Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Sunday that the film earned the equivalent of US$3.4 million in 38 IMAX theaters during its first seven days the second-highest opening week for IMAX screenings of a domestic title in Japan, behind only last year s