Amazing. This is similar to how Rocky IV opened in Japan. I would love to have more information on that.

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:
Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Few Seats Remaining)
19:20 (Few Seats Remaining)
21:55 (Half Full)
01:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out)
10:35 (Sold Out)
13:10 (Sold Out)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Half Full)
10:35 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
13:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Half Full)
10:35 (Half Full)
13:10 (Half Full)


[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (Half Full)
14:00 (Half Full)
19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out)
14:00 (62 Seats Remaining)
19:10 (Half Full)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (Half Full)
14:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
21:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)


[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out)
10:40 (Sold Out)
13:20 (Sold Out)
16:05 (Few Seats Remaining)
18:50 (Few Seats Remaining)
21:35 (Sold Out)
00:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
02:55 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (Sold Out)
10:30 (Sold Out)
13:00 (Sold Out)
15:40 (Sold Out)
18:20 (Sold Out)
21:00 (Few Seats Remaining)
23:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
02:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)
08:55 (Few Seats Remaining)
11:30 (Half Full)
14:05 (Half Full)
16:40 (Half Full)
19:10 (Half Full)
21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

The ten selected theaters I'll keep updated over the next 12 days. Among them include some of the busiest and largest theaters in the country such as Roppongi Hills, Wald 9, and Umeda. Since I've been tracking the box office, I've never seen sellouts like this.

11/03-04
Weekend Estimates

1 (-) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) ¥400 million ($5 million), 0, NEW
2 (1) Smile Pretty Cure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) ¥145 million ($1.8 million), -24%, Week 2
3 (-) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) ¥122 million ($1.5 million), 0, NEW
4 (-) Fly With The Gold (Shochiku) ¥101 million ($1.3 million ), 0, NEW
5 (-) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) ¥73 million ($910,000), 0, NEW
6 (3) Connection (Toho) ¥52 million ($650,000), -48%, Week 5
7 (-) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) ¥50 million ($620,000), 0, NEW
8 (4) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) ¥43 million ($540,000), -54%, Week 9
9 (6) Outrage 2: Beyond (Warner Bros.) ¥42 million ($520,000), -33%, Week 5
10 (5) 009 RE: Cyborg (T-Joy) ¥33 million ($410,000), -52%, Week 2

Very impressive for 'The Floating Castle'. Since it opened on Friday, it's 3-day total may have exceeded ¥500 million ($6 million+ ). ¥2.5 billion ($30 million+) should be attainable, and perhaps ¥3 billion (near $40 million) is doable, too. Strong film to kick off the last month of the Box Office year that will continue with 'Lesson of the Evil' next weekend, 'Evangelion 3.0' in two weeks, and 'Crow's Thumb' at the end of the month.

Among the other openers, 'Fly with the Gold' did very well. Shochiku needed this one to over-perform.

Some rough drops for this weekend for most holdovers. Seven wide openers would have cut into the showtimes, though, and there wasn't any data for 'The Expendables 2'. It would have required a drop over 60% to fall out of the Top 10... but seeing there are a couple 50%+ drops this weekend maybe it actually did plummet, though I suspect it'll show up in the morning.

What do you think Evangelion 3.0 will open to? And is there any chance they'll expand beyond the 220 theaters? Seems like there'd still be a lot of untapped potential with that relatively low theater count, even if it is a fairly substantial increase from the previous entries.

I think it tops ¥900 million ($11/12 million) and becomes the biggest opener of the year topping 'Umizaru 4' (¥878 million) and 'Bayside Shakedown 4' (¥804 million).

I'm not predicting a ¥1 billion ($13 million) opening yet, though. As far as non-Miyazaki animated films go, it's only happened once before when 'One Piece Film Strong World' (¥1.038 billion) did it 3 years ago in less theaters than 'Evangelion 3.0' is opening in. That includes all Hollywood animated films, too.

The significant theater count increase is only somewhat important, and it's still an alright count for a local film (very few reach 350/400 theaters), the more important thing is that it's being released in all 47 prefectures in Japan this time. That gives it a lot more potential. The last film was released in 38 prefectures, leaving people in 9 other prefectures possibly having no way to see the film unless they traveled long distances.

DAMN! It dropped out of the Top 10. Hope it shows up somewhere, otherwise Japan is acting just like orea in that it's only on the charts for 3 weeks then gone. Thanks for giving me a heads up, Corpse

It hasn't appeared on any of the Cinema Chain rankings for the weekend yet, so it's not looking too good for it right now.

11/05 (Monday Morning Update)
(Tracking 17/223 Theaters in 13/47 Prefectures)


Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:
Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:55 (Half Full); 01:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
*Also Sold Out The Same Showtimes On Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:40 (Few Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Half Full); 10:35 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Half Full)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:35 (Half Full); 13:10 (Half Full)



[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (Few Seats Remaining; 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (52 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:30 (Half Full); 21:30 (Half Full)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)



[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)
08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)
08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 18:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 15:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 17:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)



[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Half Full); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (Sold Out); 23:40 (Half Full); 02:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Oh, shit. Not good indeed. Just 2 weeks then gone. New record.

Top 10 (Animated Films) Opening Weekends (2-Day)

1. Howl's Moving Castle (Toho) ¥1.483 billion / ¥3,303,124 PSA [449 scr]
2. One Piece Film Strong World (TOEI) ¥1.038 billion / ¥5,523,645 PSA* [188 scr]
3. Ponyo (Toho) ¥1.034 billion / ¥2,150,643 PSA [481 scr]
4. Spirited Away (Toho) ¥1.009 billion / ¥3,173,967 PSA [318 scr]
5. Toy Story 3 (Disney) ¥977 million / ¥1,844,024 PSA [530 scr]
6. Tales From Earthsea (Toho) ¥907 million / ¥2,086,013 PSA [435 scr]
7. Finding Nemo (Disney) ¥898 million / ¥1,373,821 PSA [654 scr]
8. The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) ¥895 million / ¥2,002,828 PSA [447 scr]
9. Pokemon the Movie 10 (Toho) ¥780 million / ¥2,222,922 PSA [351 scr]
10. The Incredibles (Disney) ¥745 million / ¥1,081,451 PSA [689 scr]

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone (Klockworx) ¥280 million / ¥3,335,043 PSA [84 scr]
Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (Klockworx) ¥512 million / ¥4,268,147 PSA** [120 scr]
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (T-Joy) ???? [224 scr]

*Highest All-Time PSA (including Live-Action) for a Wide Release [100+ scr]; 2nd highest number of sellouts (including Live-Action) (103/188 scr sold out or 54.7%) Opening Weekend (Sat. and Sun.) for a Wide Release.

**2nd Highest All-Time PSA (including Live-Action) for a Wide Release [100+scr]; highest number of sellouts (including Live-Action) (69/120 scr sold out or 57.5%) Opening Weekend (Sat. and Sun.) for a Wide Release.

11/03-04
Weekend Ranking



1 (-) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) NEW
2 (-) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) NEW
3 (1) Smile Pretty Cure: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book (TOEI) Week 2
4 (-) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) NEW
5 (-) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) NEW
6 (-) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) NEW
7 (2) The Expendables 2 (Shochiku) Week 3
8 (3) Connection (Toho) Week 5
9 (4) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) Week 9
10 (7) Outrage 2: Beyond (Warner Bros.) Week 5

'The Floating Castle' opened to a very impressive ¥504,901,150 ($6.4 million) on 409,352 admissions since opening on Friday on 328 screens. The weekend figure itself hasn't been released yet, but should be around ¥400 million ($5 million), probably enough to earn a Top 15 Opening Weekend for the year. This is the biggest opening since 'Resident Evil 5' back in September.

Toho is projecting the film will reach ¥4 billion ($50 million), but they're just hyping the opening as usual and it's far more likely to settle with around ¥3 billion ($40 million), which is still a very good result.

'Chorus of Angels' (might be romanized as something different) did much better than early estimates were projecting. Playing on 330 screens, the film opened to ¥180,391,800 ($2.3 million) on 164,924 admissions over the weekend. That should be good enough to achieve the ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) milestone.

'Fly with the Gold' opened on 191 screens with ¥100,984,200 ($1.3 million) on 75,120 admissions for the weekend. A solid opening, and much needed for distributor Shochiku.

In fifth was 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. Fox released the film on 405 screens which brought in ¥99,390,800 ($1.3 million) on 66,343 admissions over the weekend. Not a great debut, but it could have been worse. And since opening on Thursday, it's grossed ¥170,011,300 ($2.2 million) on 123,059 admissions.

And lastly was 'Paranormal Activity 4'. Playing on 156 screens, it earned ¥60,655,700 ($760,000 ) on 48,553 admissions for the weekend. That's a slight improvement over it's predecessor, and it's grossed ¥91,870,300 ($1.2 million) on 77,317 admissions since opening on Thursday as well (Local Holiday).

And outside the Top 10, 'The Intouchables' became the most attended french film in history topping 'Amelie's 1,038,763 admissions after 65 days in release.

Since opening on 9/1, the film has grossed ¥1,302,465,000 ($16.4 million) on 1,063,785 admissions (multiplier up to 16.7x). And to become the highest grossing french film in history, it still needs to beat 'Amelie's ¥1.60 billion total. In my opinion, 'The Intouchables' is the most impressive imported release (including Hollywood releases) this year.

TE2 IS BACK!

Any numbers for it?

No weekend figures or actuals, but it exceeded ¥600 million ($7.5 million) after 16 days. It'll finish with about ¥800 million ($10 million) like the first one. That's below the commercial success mark, but at least it retained it's audience I suppose.

11/06 (Monday Morning Update)
(Tracking 18/224 Theaters in 14/47 Prefectures)


Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:
Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (62 Seats Remaining); 21:55 (187 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (424 Seats Remaining)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
*Also Sold Out The Same Showtimes On Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (51 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (52 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (328 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (476 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (398 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (136 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (213 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (181 Seats Remaining)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (157 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (148 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (173 Seats Remaining)



[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (Few Seats Remaining; 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (30 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (118 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (197 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (169 Seats Remaining)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)



[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)
08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)
08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 18:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 15:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 17:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)



[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Half Full); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (58 Seats Remaining); 23:40 (268 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (401 Seats Remaining)

Ok, thanks. Pretty weird that one movie in the Top 10 doesn't get any numbers. I suppose this is the last week to expect to see it on the chart.

2012 Box Office Charts
As of Sunday, 11/04:

Top Grossing Films (¥1 billion+)
Rank :: Revenue ¥ (billion) / $ (million) :: Title :: Release :: Admissions (million) :: Days In Release :: Distributor
01 :: ¥7.25 / $92.88 (8.20x) :: Umizaru: Brave Hearts :: July :: 5.70 :: OE :: Toho
02 :: ¥5.95 / $76.03 (13.75x) :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 4.70 :: OE :: Toho
03 :: ¥5.73 / $74.93 (7.13x) :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: 4.53 :: 59 :: Toho
04 :: ¥5.38 / $70.55 (9.39x) :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 4.24 :: OE :: Paramount
05 :: ¥4.18 / $53.49 (11.45x) :: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki :: July :: 3.40 :: OE :: Toho
06 :: ¥3.85 / $48.53 (5.68x) :: Resident Evil: Retribution :: Sept. :: 2.55 :: 52 :: Sony
07 :: ¥3.62 / $46.27 (6.56x) :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 3.35 :: OE :: Toho
08 :: ¥3.56 / $45.56 (7.12x) :: The Avengers :: Aug. :: 2.35 :: TE :: Disney
09 :: ¥3.51 / $44.88 (6.89x) :: Pokemon BW: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo :: July :: 3.35 :: TE :: Toho
10 :: ¥3.44 / $43.68 (6.19x) :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 2.70 :: OE :: Toho
11 :: ¥3.28 / $42.32 (5.21x) :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 2.74 :: OE :: Toho
12 :: ¥3.16 / $40.88 (5.51x) :: Men in Black 3 :: May :: 2.12 :: TE :: Toho-Towa
13 :: ¥3.13 / $40.64 (5.34x) :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 2.39 :: OE :: Toho
14 :: ¥3.11 / $39.49 (5.36x) :: The Amazing Spider-Man :: June :: 2.12 :: TE :: Sony
15 :: ¥2.92 / $37.21 (7.31x) :: Rurouni Kenshin :: Aug. :: 2.34 :: TE :: Warner Bros.
16 :: ¥2.51 / $31.67 (8.50x) :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 2.10 :: OE :: Asmik Ace/Toho
17 :: ¥2.40 / $30.36 (5.16x) :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 1.85 :: OE :: Toho
18 :: ¥2.20 / $27.50 (7.00x) :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 1.76 :: OE :: Toho
19 :: ¥2.16 / $27.21 (5.35x) :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 1.71 :: TE :: Warner Bros.
20 :: ¥2.13 / $27.16 (9.14x) :: Dearest :: Aug. :: 1.99 :: TE :: Toho
21 :: ¥2.04 / $26.01 (8.75x) :: Heruta Skelter :: July :: 1.55 :: TE :: Asmik Ace
22 :: ¥2.01 / $25.87 (11.16x) :: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted :: Aug. :: 1.58 :: TE :: Paramount
23 :: ¥1.96 / $24.49 (6.46x) :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 1.67 :: TE :: Warner Bros.
24 :: ¥1.92 / $24.27 (5.16x) :: The Dark Knight Rises :: July :: 1.46 :: TE :: Warner Bros.
25 :: ¥1.90 / $24.14 (6.01x) :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 1.45 :: OE :: Shochiku
26 :: ¥1.84 / $23.54 (5.88x) :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 1.49 :: TE :: Toho
27 :: ¥1.80 / $23.07 (6.49x) :: In Time :: Feb. :: 1.40 :: TE :: FOX
28 :: ¥1.77 / $22.70 (5.86x) :: Prometheus :: Aug. :: 1.22 :: TE :: FOX
29 :: ¥1.71 / $22.01 (5.45x) :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 1.37 :: TE :: Asmik Ace/Toho
30 :: ¥1.71 / $21.98 (5.67x) :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 1.33 :: TE :: Toho-Towa
31 :: ¥1.70 / $21.97 (6.15x) :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 1.36 :: OE :: Toho
32 :: ¥1.56 / $19.86 (3.81x) :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 1.34 :: TE :: TOEI
33 :: ¥1.55 / $19.85 (4.06x) :: Space Brothers :: May :: 1.21 :: TE :: Toho
34 :: ¥1.51 / $19.78 (4.01x) :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 1.30 :: TE :: TOEI
35 :: ¥1.50 / $19.28 (5.13x) :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 1.18 :: OE :: Toho-Towa
36 :: ¥1.47 / $19.11 (10.42x) :: Friends: Naki On Monster Island :: Dec '10 :: 1.10 :: TE :: Toho
37 :: ¥1.45 / $18.92 (6.41x) :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: OE :: Walt Disney
38 :: ¥1.43 / $18.72 (9.47x) :: Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: TE :: TOEI
39 :: ¥1.43 / $18.22 (7.60x) :: Connection :: Oct. :: 1.17 :: 37 :: Toho
40 :: ¥1.41 / $18.04 (4.67x) :: Naruto: Road to Ninja :: July :: 1.21 :: TE :: Toho
41 :: ¥1.39 / $17.87 (8.47x) :: Tale of Genji :: Dec '10 :: 1.15 :: TE :: Toho
42 :: ¥1.37 / $17.37 (5.57x) :: Sadako 3D :: May :: .969 :: TE :: Kadokawa Pictures
43 :: ¥1.30 / $16.40 (16.69x) :: The Intouchables :: Sept. :: 1.07 :: 65 :: Gaga
44 :: ¥1.29 / $16.22 (4.61x) :: Outrage 2: Beyond :: Oct. :: .970 :: 37 :: Warner Bros.
45 :: ¥1.28 / $15.86 (5.54x) :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: .996 :: TE :: Sony
46 :: ¥1.27 / $15.86 (4.96x) :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 1.04 :: TE :: TOEI
47 :: ¥1.20 / $15.36 (7.04x) :: Puss in Boots :: Mar. :: .925 :: OE :: Paramount
48 :: ¥1.18 / $15.19 (5.84x) :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 1.01 :: TE :: Toho
49 :: ¥1.14 / $14.81 (9.47x) :: Chronicle of My Mother :: Apr. :: .876 :: TE :: Shochiku
50 :: ¥1.12 / $14.58 (8.11x) :: Inazuma Eleven GO :: Dec '10 :: .926 :: TE :: Toho
51 :: ¥1.09 / $14.13 (4.96x) :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: .754 :: TE :: Toho-Towa
52 :: ¥1.05 / $13.44 (6.76x) :: Eight Ranger :: July :: .880 :: TE :: Toho
53 :: ¥1.03 / $12.90 (5.28x) :: Crayon Shin-chan (2012) :: Apr. :: .963 :: TE :: Toho
54 :: ¥1.03 / $12.87 (5.88x) :: Hugo :: Mar. :: .732 :: TE :: Paramount
55 :: ¥1.02 / $12.85 (5.23x) :: Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future :: Mar. :: .881 :: TE :: TOEI
56 :: ¥1.01 / $12.78 (4.69x) :: Total Recall :: Aug. :: .800 :: TE :: Sony

'Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL' is taking awhile to reach 'Thermae Romae', but it should surpass it by the end of the end of the month and exceed ¥6 billion.

'Resident Evil: Retribution' had a great week before Saturday. It collapsed putting ¥4 billion ($50 million) possibly out of reach. It's performed very well regardless whether it reaches that goal or not, but it definitely could have made if it didn't lose so many screens this weekend.



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Top Opening Weekends (2-Days ONLY, ¥250 million+)
Rank :: Revenue ¥ (million) / $ (million) :: Title :: Release :: Admissions (thousand) :: Screen Count :: Distributor
01 :: ¥878.23 / $11.08 :: Umizaru: Brave Hearts :: July :: 686.98 :: 450 :: Toho
(¥1.563 / $19.91 :: 1.223 :: 4-Day Opening Weekend)
02 :: ¥804.27 / $10.29 :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: 604.09 :: 452 :: Toho
(¥1.047 / $13.41 :: 798.38 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
03 :: ¥676.99 / $8.58 :: Resident Evil: Retribution :: Sept. :: 433.94 :: 779 :: Sony
(¥1.248 / $15.84 :: 820.09 :: 4-Day Opening Weekend)
04 :: ¥629.74 / $7.82 :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 540.98 :: 351 :: Toho
05 :: ¥583.89 / $7.61 :: The Amazing Spider-Man :: June :: 426.16 :: 1,092 :: Sony
(¥901.46 / $11.32 :: 620.21 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)
06 :: ¥581.04 / $7.50 :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 431.09 :: 446 :: Toho
07 :: ¥573.57 / $7.35 :: Men in Black 3 :: May :: 372.97 :: 979 :: Toho-Towa
(¥701.80 / $8.80 :: 461.85 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
08 :: ¥573.22 / $7.34 :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 437.75 :: 636 ::Paramount
(¥725.83 / $9.29 :: 563.25 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
09 :: ¥555.66 / $7.22 :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 421.27 :: 473 :: Toho
10 :: ¥552.62 / $6.86 :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 485.47 :: 359 :: Toho
11 :: ¥509.94 / $6.42 :: Pokemon BW: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo :: July :: 489.86 :: 351 :: Toho
(¥753.76 / $9.61 :: 724.07 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
12 :: ¥500.93 / $6.34 :: The Avengers :: Aug. :: 326.11 :: 844 :: Disney
(¥1.386 / $17.49 :: 940.17 :: 6-Day Opening Week Plus Previews)
13 :: ¥468.70 / $5.81 :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 351.47 :: 279 :: Toho
14 :: ¥432.55 / $5.40 :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 325.69 :: 304 :: Toho
15 :: ¥410.04 / $5.16 :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentei: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 355.99 :: 292 :: TOEI
16 :: ¥404.96 / $5.09 :: The Floating Castle :: Nov. :: 323.22 :: 328 :: Toho/Asmik Ace
(¥509.90 / $6.41 :: 409.35 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
17 :: ¥404.53 / $5.07 :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 311.16 :: 571 :: Warner Bros.
18 :: ¥399.53 / $5.05 :: Rurouni Kenshin :: Aug. :: 295.32 :: 327 :: Warner Bros.
(¥555.82 / $7.01 :: 424.14 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)
19 :: ¥382.32 / $4.87 :: Space Brothers :: May :: 285.34 :: 322 :: Toho
20 :: ¥378.03 / $4.84 :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 333.13 :: 301 :: TOEI
21 :: ¥372.02 / $4.75 :: The Dark Knight Rises :: July :: 269.17 :: 546 :: Warner Bros.
(¥455.18 :: $5.81 :: 331.67 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)
22 :: ¥365.15 / $4.67 :: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki :: July :: 276.33 :: 381 :: Toho
23 :: ¥316.31 / $4.08 :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 237.82 :: 137 :: Shochiku
24 :: ¥314.89 / $3.97 :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 242.92 :: 297 :: Asmik Ace/Toho
25 :: ¥314.70 / $3.96 :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 242.19 :: 318 :: Toho
26 :: ¥313.66 / $3.95 :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 242.82 :: 316 :: Toho
27 :: ¥303.35 / $3.87 :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 237.98 :: 464 :: Warner Bros.
28 :: ¥302.49 / $3.84 :: Prometheus :: Aug. :: 200.18 :: 768 :: FOX
(¥754.03 / $9.68 :: 502.11 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)
29 :: ¥302.08 / $3.77 :: Naruto: Path to Ninja :: July :: 254.03 :: 262 :: Toho
30 :: ¥301.78 / $3.76 :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 234.87 :: 572 :: Toho-Towa
(¥374.83 / $4.71 :: 296.16 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
31 :: ¥295.31 / $3.75 :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 227.24 :: 295 :: Asmik Ace/Toho
32 :: ¥292.16 / $3.68 :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 237.87 :: 545 :: Toho-Towa
(¥364.01 / $4.52 :: 298.15 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
33 :: ¥279.24 / $3.67 :: Outrage 2: Beyond :: Oct. :: 206.61 :: 225 :: Warner Bros.
34 :: ¥277.13 / $3.63 :: In Time :: Feb. :: 203.05 :: 427 :: FOX
35 :: ¥276.41 / $3.62 :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 217.18 :: 377 :: Toho
36 :: ¥254.17 / $3.25 :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 217.66 :: 304 :: TOEI

'The Floating Castle' barely misses a Top 15 Opening Weekend, but still a great debut. And the first film to debut on the charts in over a month. We'll see many films open well this month, though.

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Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:
Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (29 Seats Remaining); 21:55 (185 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (376 Seats Remaining)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
*Also Sold Out The Same Showtimes On Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (34 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (28 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (321 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (341 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (384 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (135 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (192 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (159 Seats Remaining)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (139 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (140 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (157 Seats Remaining)



[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (104 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (104 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (14 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (92 Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (108 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (191 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (149 Seats Remaining)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)



[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)
08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)
08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:15 (Half Full); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Half Full); 15:15 (Half Full); 17:40 (Half Full); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Half Full)



[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Sold Out); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
*All Sunday Showtimes (6 so far) are Half Full.

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (6 Seats Remaining); 23:40 (134 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (237 Seats Remaining)
*First Sell Out On Sunday (13:00) and 3 # of Seats Remaining Showings

Toho Locations are nearing complete sell outs (Umeda will take awhile considering it's size); Warner Mycal is mostly unchanged; MOVIX locations also nearing complete sell outs; and Cinecitta and Wald 9 are going crazy and could be booked for every showtime for the entire weekend with more than a week until release day.

I'm guessing part of the build-up in buzz to this third one is that it's the first entry that won't just be a condensed re-tread of the material in the original series but will present a new storyline?

Yeah, that's playing a big part in this I believe. Also remember though that the last film sold out over half (57%) of it's showtimes all weekend. It just played in about half as many theaters and in 9 fewer prefectures that the new film is opening in.

I also think it's just the immense popularity of the franchise and the previous Rebuild entries, too. Evangelion 2.0's DVD release hit 800,000 pre-orders which shattered the previous pre-order record and nothing has come remotely close to even half that figure since. The biggest blockbusters like Avatar or big fanbase franchises like One Piece barely do 200/300,000 usually.

I really don't want to predict an opening weekend over 1 billion yen, but it's honestly looking pretty good. Can you imagine what the final film is going to do in 2/3 years? If 3.0 is well-received, 4.0 could potentially be the most hyped film of all time.

IF 'Evangelion 3.0' (224 screens for comparison below) would open to 1 billion yen, it would become only the 9th local film to open above the mark:

Biggest Local-Opening Weekends (2-Day; ¥1 billion+)

1. Howl's Moving Castle (Toho) ¥1,483,804,112 / 1,204,980 admissions (448 screens)
2. Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (Toho) - ¥1,263,735,608 / 930,586 admissions (408 screens)
3. Rookies (Toho) - ¥1,225,279,099 / 987,387 admissions (428 screens)
4. One Piece Film Strong World (TOEI) - ¥1,038,445,263 / 819,738 admissions (188 screens)
5. Ponyo (Toho) - ¥1,034,459,534 / 812,557 admissions (481 screens)
6. Hero (Toho) - ¥1,013,719,284 / 749,807 admissions (475 screens)
7. Spirited Away (Toho) - ¥1,009,000,000 / 810,000 admissions (318 screens)
8. Boys Over Flowers THE FINAL (Toho) - ¥1,005,428,333 / 805,350 admissions (400 screens)

BOM has The Expendables 2 at 606m yen coming off a 59m yen weekend.

BOM is still a tiny bit high (58m weekend/604m total), but close enough.

But no actuals? Ok. That's cool.

Actual: 58,328,219 ($729,000), 604,459,571 ($7.56 million)