The Wald 9 Cinema in Shinjuku (Tokyo) announces they'll offer midnight showtimes for 'Evangelion 3.0'.

http://animeanime.jp/article/2012/11/07/11994.html

Right now the film will play on every screen they have, totaling 1,800+ seats, at exactly midnight 11/17.

They're the first cinema to announce midnights (incredibly rare in Japan, no film this year has had them) due to opening day being nearly sold out (6/8 showtimes with the 7th going soon), and Sunday is about half-booked (3/8 showtimes with a 4th going any moment), too, with more than a week until release.

I'll update fully in a few hours.

Oh, there are actuals! Awesome.

11/08 (Thur. Morning Update)
(Tracking 19/224 Theaters in 15/47 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 (Sold Out); 21:55 (183 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (325 Seats Remaining)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
*Every Showtime (same as above) Sold Out On Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (21 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (15 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (304 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (296 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (310 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (127 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (164 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (148 Seats Remaining)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (123 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (137 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (143 Seats Remaining)



[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (96 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (101 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (10 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (75 Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (99 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (185 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (141 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)

Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama) - 456 Seats (Screen 6)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:20 (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 (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 (Few 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 (Sold Out); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
*All Sunday Showtimes (6) 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 (Sold Out); 23:40 (93 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (227 Seats Remaining)
*3 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00) and 1 Showing (15:40) with 42 Seats Remaining
*Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year)


Added: Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama). Some more locations begin online ticketing on 11/9.

And in case anyone was wondering,
Seats Available goes: Plenty Seats Remaining -> Half Full -> Few Seats Remaining > # Seats Remaining -> Sold Out.

11/09 (Fri. Morning Update)
(Tracking 20/224 Theaters in 15/47 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 (Sold Out); 21:55 (139 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (247 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,193/2,576 (85%)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)
*Every Showing on Sunday also Sold Out.

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)
*2/3 Showings on Sunday are Half Full.

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (284 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (290 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (282 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,385/2,241 (62%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (120 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (144 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (93 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,248/1,605 (78%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (111 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (134 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (135 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 790/1,170 (68%)


[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (85 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (91 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 761/1,149 (66%)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Sold Out); 19:10 (61 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,445/1,506 (96%)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (91 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (179 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (130 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,157/1,557 (74%)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 642/1,272 (50%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,150/1,380 (83%)

Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama) - 456 Seats (Screen 6)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 798/1,386 (58%)



[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)
Total Tickets Sold - 802/1,284 (62%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,546/2,652 (58%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,585/3,270 (79%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,101/1,746 (63%)

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 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,760/2,597 (68%)



[OTHERS]

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (214 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (218 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (226 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (229 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (238 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (233 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (238 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (240 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 812/2,648 (31%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,990/4,788 (83%)
*1 Sunday Showing has Few Seats Remaining; 5 Sunday Showings 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 (Sold Out); 23:40 (40 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (220 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,172/3,432 (92%)
*3 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00); 1 Showing (15:40) with 19 Seats Remaining; and 1 Showing (18:20) with 46 Seats Remaining.
**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).

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Added: HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo). More Key Cinemas like HUMAX (sold out nearly 1/3 of it's seats in a few hours) added online ticketing today so I'll be adding several more locations over the weekend.

Seat Availability goes: Plenty Seats Remaining -> Half Full -> Few Seats Remaining > # Seats Remaining -> Sold Out.

Total Tickets Sold So Far for Opening Day (20/224 Theaters) - 29,614/40,536 (73%).
8 More Days til Launch.

A rough calculation gives 'Evangelion 3.0' approx. 40-45 million yen ($500-550,000) from these 20 theaters alone already.

By comparison, 'Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo's predecessor, 'Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance', currently holds the highest sell-out rate (58%) on Opening Weekend for a film playing on over 100 screens.

Hideaki Anno and Studio Ghibli teamed up to produce a live-action short titled "Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo" but the short has since not had a known release. Until now.

The short (trailer below) will debut with 'Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo".



The short is heavily inspired by Ghibli's 'Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind", which Hideaki Anno was a key animator before directing the Evangelion series.

'Evangelion 3.0' is going to be huge enough, the buzz and hype is higher than any release in recent years, but this collaboration is only going escalate it.

11/10-11
Weekend Forecast



1 (-) Holy Scripture of Evil (Toho) ¥420 million ($5.3 million) NEW
2 (1) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) ¥280 million ($3.6 million) Week 2
3 (2) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) ¥130 million ($1.7 million) Week 2
4 (-) Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Paramount) ¥120 million ($1.6 million) NEW
5 (3) Smile Pretty Cure! Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) ¥100 million ($1.3 million) Week 3
6 (4) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) ¥70 million ($900,000) Week 2
7 (5) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) ¥60 million ($750,000) Week 2
8 (8) Connection (Toho) ¥40 million ($500,000) Week 6
9 (6) Paranormal Activity 2 (Paramount) ¥35 million ($450,000) Week 2
10 (7) The Expendables 2 (Shochiku) ¥35 million ($450,000) Week 4

'Holy Scripture of Evil', starring Hideaki Ito (Umizaru franchise), is Toho's biggest release this Nov/Dec and the goal will be a ¥3 billion ($40 million) total. The film has a R15+ rating, uncommon in the market, and is likely to be the biggest R15+ film of the year.

Toho is also co-distributing 'The Floating Castle' which looks to have a similar total around ¥3 billion ($40 million).

'Cirque du Soleil' is opening early on Friday which will deflate it's opening weekend a bit, and I think it'll struggle to rank in the Top 5 in admissions. However, the 3D share should be quite high for this one to secure a Top 5 debut regardless of admissions.

11/09 (Sat. Morning Update)
(Tracking 23/224 Theaters in 15/47 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 (Sold Out); 21:55 (128 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (233 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,215/2,576 (86%)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)
*Every Showing on Sunday also Sold Out.

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)
*2/3 Showings on Sunday are Half Full.

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (269 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (274 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (254 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,444/2,241 (64%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (103 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (134 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (93 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,275/1,605 (79%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (98 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (133 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (113 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 826/1,170 (71%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa) - 542 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (167 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (181 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (143 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,135/1,626 (70%)

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (220 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (269 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (254 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,147/1,890 (61%)




[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (67 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (74 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 912/1,149 (79%)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Sold Out); 19:10 (24 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,482/1,506 (98%)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (83 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (172 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (120 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,180/1,557 (76%)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 642/1,272 (50%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,150/1,380 (83%)

Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama) - 456 Seats (Screen 6)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 798/1,386 (58%)



[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)
Total Tickets Sold - 802/1,284 (62%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,546/2,652 (58%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,585/3,270 (79%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,101/1,746 (63%)

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 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,760/2,597 (68%)



[OTHERS]

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (159 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (178 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (164 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (148 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (189 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (194 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (231 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (237 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,145/2,648 (43%)

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)
08:00 (80 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (135 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (127 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (286 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (402 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (399 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (452 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,535/3,416 (45%)

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)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,990/4,788 (83%)
*1 Sunday Showing has Few Seats Remaining; 5 Sunday Showings 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 (Sold Out); 23:40 (5 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (158 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,269/3,432 (95%)
*4 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00; 15:50); 1 Showing (18:20) with 22 Seats Remaining; and 1 Showing (21:00) with 115 Seats Remaining.
**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).
***Midnights (1,800 seats) Sold Out today (11/10) after minutes of being available (EDIT).

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Notes:

Added: Burg 13, Toho Cinemas Ebina and Toho Cinemas Kawasaki most likely finishing tracking for the Kanagawa Prefecture.

Seat Availability : Plenty Seats Remaining -> Half Full -> Few Seats Remaining > # Seats Remaining -> Sold Out.

Warner Mycal has been down at times today and aren't updated.

Total Tickets Sold (Including Wald 9 Midnights) So Far for Opening Day (23/224 Theaters) - 36,016/49,268 (73.1%).

'Evangelion 3.0' has earned approx. ¥50-55 million ($600-700,000) from these 23 locations so far for Opening Day.

7 More Days til Launch.

TE2 finishing inside the Top Ten this weekend? I hope so. But I think not. The Japanese don't seem to be liking TE2 that much.

I made a small error reporting Wald 9's midnights (all 9 screens for 1,800+ tickets worth) being sold out after 3 days of being announced. They were announced 3 days ago, but went on sale today and sold out in literally minutes setting what appears to be a record.

Reports below:


http://twitpic.com/bbu2su

This person says this screen (the biggest, 429 seats) sold out in 4 minutes and was too late trying to get another ticket on the other 8 screens.


http://twitpic.com/bbu3qe

This guy says he tried to get a midnight ticket as soon as they went on sale but was too late with them being gone in 2(!) minutes. So he had to settle for 2:50AM (nearing sell out) and 5:20AM (showtime just added) tickets.

The Wald 9 is nearly booked for the entire weekend with 7 days to go. I very much doubt the few remaining seats (almost exclusively Sunday night now) will be available in one or two days tops. And when it does sell out the entire weekend, that's at least 8,700 tickets sold from that theater alone resulting in about 13 million yen ($165,000) opening weekend (Sat. and Sun.).

In response to the next weekends sellouts in Shinjuku and soon to be other locations (some tickets to Movix locations are listed, too), people have decided to auction off their tickets they were lucky enough to purchase for opening weekend:

http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/sear ... 2084039789

-Most pairs (2 tickets) are going for 3,600-3,800 ($45-48). About a 30% increase over regular paired prices.

-Most single tickets for opening day are around 2,000-2,200 ($25-28), just a little higher than a general admission. Though some are higher with one single ticket for opening day at 2,500 ($32) now. 40% over the general admission fee. Currently 2 bids on that one.

-Midnight tickets at the Wald 9 are going for the most, ranging from 5,000-7,000 ($63-88). That's a whopping 300-400% increase over the general admission fee, and one of them has the most bids (17) listed right now.

People clearly aren't wanting to wait until Monday or later to see this film.

The prices at the Wald 9: General Admissions - 1,800 ($23), High School/College Student - 1,500 ($19), Seniors (60+) - 1,000 ($13). And also they have a special here if you come in pairs your companion ticket is 1,000 ($13).

I will forever wonder if a significant reason these film versions of the storyline do so well is actually a result of how badly done the ending of the TV show was (both in terms of how badly the last two episodes were received, as well as how bad they actually were). I hope these films get it right this time.

(I don't have a specific "right" in mind, other than something that actually both makes sense and uses the setup).

Sunday Morning (11/11) Update:


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

KANTO REGION (TOKYO, KANAGAWA, SAITAMA, CHIBA)

(TOKYO)
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 (Sold Out); 02:20 (81 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,351/3,432 (98%)
*5 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00; 15:50; 18:20); 1 Showing (21:00) with 71 Seats Remaining.
**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).
***Midnights (1,800 seats) Sold Out today (11/10) after minutes of being available.

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (98 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (204 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,274/2,576 (88%)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)
*Every Showing on Sunday also Sold Out.

Fushu Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 499 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (104 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (130 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (136 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,127/1,497 (75%)

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)
*2/3 Showings on Sunday are Half Full.

Nishiarai Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 410 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (122 Seats Remaining); 11:05 (152 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (136 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 820/1,230 (67%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (139 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,156/1,380 (84%)

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (97 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (128 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (99 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (89 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (161 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (128 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (188 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (200 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,558/2,648 (59%)


(KANAGAWA)
Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 8)
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)
Total Tickets Sold - 4,020/4,788 (84%)
*2 Sunday Showings (10:40; 13:20) has Few Seats Remaining; 4 Sunday Showings are Half Full.

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)
08:00 (74 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (129 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (118 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (230 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (402 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (387 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (447 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,629/3,416 (48%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa) - 542 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (140 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (145 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (117 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,224/1,626 (75%)

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (192 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (235 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (240 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,223/1,890 (65%)


(SAITAMA)
Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Sold Out); 19:10 (7 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,496/1,506 (99%)

Kawaguchi MOVIX (Saitama) - 427 Seats (Screen 1)
09:00 (121 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (139 Seats Remaining); 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 714/1,281 (56%)

Kumagai Warner Michael Cinemas (Saitama) - 354 Seats (Screen 7)
08:45 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:05 (Half Full); 21:40 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,502/2,124 (71%)


(CHIBA)
Cineplex Makuhari (Chiba) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Half Full); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:20 (Half Full); 20:55 (Half Full); 23:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,462/2,730 (53%)

Toho Cinemas Ichikawa Colton Plaza (Chiba) - 365 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (87 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (104 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (92 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 812/1,095 (74%)

Toho Cinemas Forest Otaka Nagareyama (Chiba) - 401 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (150 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (197 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (199 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 657/1,203 (55%)



KANSAI REGION (OSAKA, KYOTO)

(OSAKA)
Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (237 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (259 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (225 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,520/2,241 (68%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (87 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (120 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (75 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,323/1,605 (82%)

Burg 7 (Osaka) - 441 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (86 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (152 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (167 Seats Remaining), 15:30 (228 Seats Remaining), 18:00 (301 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (208 Seats Remaining), 23:00 (373 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (414 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,599/3,528 (45%)


(KYOTO)
Kyoto T - Joy (Kyoto) - 386 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (150 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (180 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (195 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (287 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (307 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (222 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (276 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,085/2,702 (40%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (79 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (113 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (108 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 870/1,170 (74%)



CHUBU REGION (AICHI, SHIZUOKA)

(AICHI)
Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (78 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (165 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (114 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,200/1,557 (77%)

Toho Cinemas Nagoya Bay City (Aichi) - 488 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (278 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (307 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (288 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 591/1,464 (40%)


(SHIZUOKA)
Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (96 Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 920/1,272 (72%)



TOHOKU REGION (MIYAGI, AKITA)

(MIYAGI)
Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (64 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (66 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 923/1,149 (80%)


(AKITA)
Toho Cinemas Akita (Akita) - 424 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (204 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (247 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (233 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 588/1,272 (46%)

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Notes

Tracking: 28/224 theaters - 11/47 prefectures - 4/9 regions.
Newly Added Theaters: Chiba prefecture; Toho Cinemas Akita, Toho Cinemas Nagayo Bay City, Kyoto T - Joy, Burg 7, Kawaguchi MOVIX, Kumagai Warner Mycal, Fushi Toho Cinemas and Nishiarai Toho Cinemas.
Seat Availability: Plenty > Half > Few > # Seats Remaining > Sold Out.

Total Admissions So Far for Opening Day (28/224 Theaters): 39,721/56,459 (70.4%).
Est. Earnings So Far for Opening Day (28/224 Theaters): ¥55-60 million ($700-750,000).

6 Days til Launch.

11/10-11
Weekend Estimates

1 (1) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) ¥296 million ($3.7 million), -27%, Week 2
2 (-) Holy Scripture of Evil (Toho) ¥270 million ($3.4 million) NEW
3 (2) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) ¥151 million ($1.9 million), -16%, Week 2
4 (3) Smile Pretty Cure! Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) ¥102 million ($1.3 million), -29%, Week 3
5 (-) Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Paramount) ¥67 million ($850,000) NEW
6 (4) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) ¥56 million ($705,000), -44%, Week 2
7 (5) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) ¥55 million ($695,000), -45%, Week 2
8 (6) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) ¥40 million ($500,000), -35%, Week 2
9 (9) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) ¥29 million ($365,000), -33%, Week 10
10 (8) Connection (Toho) ¥28 million ($350,000), -46%, Week 6
11 (7) The Expendables 2 (Shochiku) ¥28 million ($350,000), -52%, Week 4
12 (10) Outrage 2: Beyond (Warner Bros.) ¥20 million ($250,000), -50%, Week 6

Great second weekend for 'The Floating Castle'. Even though estimates can be off some weeks, I think it's safe to call a second weekend on top. ¥3 billion (about $40 million) becomes more likely.

So-so for 'Holy Scripture'. Toho was certainly wanting more, but this is still I believe the best opening for a R15+ film this year edging out 'Outrage 2: Beyond'. ¥2 billion ($25 million) becomes the target goal now.

Meh debut for 'Cirque du Soleil'. Admissions won't be pretty considering the 3D share should be high for this film.

The films at the bottom of the Top 10 are estimated to have grossed practically the same and we won't know the actual ranking there until tomorrow at the earliest. It would be spectacular if 'Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL' manages a 10th weekend in the Top 10, though.

If a film gets #11 or #12, is its actual not reported?

Anyway, meh for TE2.

Yeah, an actual will be reported tomorrow or Wednesday.



Monday Morning (11/12) Update:


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

KANTO REGION (TOKYO, KANAGAWA, SAITAMA, CHIBA)

(TOKYO)
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 (Sold Out); 02:20 (19 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,413/3,432 (99%)
*5 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00; 15:50; 18:20); 1 Showing (21:00) with 26 Seats Remaining.
**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).
***Midnights (1,800 seats) Sold Out today (11/10) after minutes of being available.

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (57 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (126 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,393/2,576 (93%)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)
*Every Showing on Sunday also Sold Out.

Fuchu Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 499 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (74 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (110 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (99 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,214/1,497 (81%)

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)
*2/3 Showings on Sunday are Half Full.

Nishiarai Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 410 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (117 Seats Remaining); 11:05 (124 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (101 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 888/1,230 (72%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (118); 19:10 (134 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,128/1,380 (82%)

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (57 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (61 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (29 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (38 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (85 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (67 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (187 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (187 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,937/2,648 (73%)


(KANAGAWA)
Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 8)
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 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 4,143/4,788 (87%)
*3 Sunday Showings (10:40; 13:20; 16:05) has Few Seats Remaining; 3 Sunday Showings are Half Full.

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)
08:00 (69 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (119 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (110 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (230 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (343 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (344 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (428 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,773/3,416 (52%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa) - 542 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (102 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (120 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (94 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,310/1,626 (81%)

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (182 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (200 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (180 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,328/1,890 (70%)

Toho Cinemas LaLaport (Kanagawa) - 401 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (158 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (159 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (135 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 751/1,203 (62%)


(SAITAMA)
Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Sold Out); 19:10 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,506/1,506 (100%)

Kawaguchi MOVIX (Saitama) - 427 Seats (Screen 1)
09:00 (97 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (126 Seats Remaining); 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 760/1,281 (59%)

Kumagai Warner Michael Cinemas (Saitama) - 354 Seats (Screen 7)
08:45 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,572/2,124 (74%)


(CHIBA)
Cineplex Makuhari (Chiba) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Half Full); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:20 (Half Full); 20:55 (Half Full); 23:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,462/2,730 (53%)

Toho Cinemas Ichikawa Colton Plaza (Chiba) - 365 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (71 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (98 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (62 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 864/1,095 (79%)

Toho Cinemas Forest Otaka Nagareyama (Chiba) - 401 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (140 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (164 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (150 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 749/1,203 (62%)



KANSAI REGION (OSAKA, KYOTO)

(OSAKA)
Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (227 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (224 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (175 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,615/2,241 (72%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (72 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (96 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (46 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,391/1,605 (87%)

Burg 7 (Osaka) - 441 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (80 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (138 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (165 Seats Remaining), 15:30 (210 Seats Remaining), 18:00 (281 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (187 Seats Remaining), 23:00 (356 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (408 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,703/3,528 (48%)

Yao MOVIX (Osaka) - 449 Seats (Screen 2)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:00 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 674/1,347 (50%)


(KYOTO)
Kyoto T - Joy (Kyoto) - 386 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (135 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (144 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (174 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (253 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (301 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (203 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (271 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,221/2,702 (45%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (69 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (97 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (92 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 913/1,170 (78%)



CHUBU REGION (AICHI, SHIZUOKA)

(AICHI)
Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (74 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (160 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (111 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,212/1,557 (78%)

Toho Cinemas Nagoya Bay City (Aichi) - 488 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (245 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (282 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (244 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 693/1,464 (47%)


(SHIZUOKA)
Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (78 Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 938/1,272 (74%)

Hamamatsu Toho Cinemas (Shizuoka) - 317 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (146 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (175 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (158 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 472/951 (50%)



TOHOKU REGION (MIYAGI, AKITA)

(MIYAGI)
Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (53 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (44 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (109 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 943/1,149 (82%)


(AKITA)
Toho Cinemas Akita (Akita) - 424 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (195 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (217 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (205 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 655/1,272 (51%)

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Notes:

-Many showtimes are now nearing or under 100 seats available and will be Sold Out quite soon.

Tracking: 31/224 theaters - 11/47 prefectures - 4/9 regions.
Newly Added Theaters: LaLaport Toho Cinemas, Hamamatsu Toho Cinemas and Yao MOVIX.
Seat Availability: Plenty > Half > Few > # Seats Remaining > Sold Out.

Total Admissions So Far for Opening Day (31/224 Theaters): 43,698/59,960 (72.9%).
Est. Earnings So Far for Opening Day (31/224 Theaters): ¥60-70 million ($750-850,000).

5 Days til Launch.

Below are two midnight tickets to the Wald 9 (only 19 seats away from being sold out on opening day, and just 200 or so seats left on Sunday) going for 9,250 ($118) with 16 bids.


http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... n118225984

11/10-11
Weekend Ranking



1 (1) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) Week 2
2 (-) Holy Scripture of Evil (Toho) NEW
3 (2) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) Week 2
4 (3) Smile Pretty Cure! Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) Week 3
5 (-) Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Paramount) NEW
6 (4) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) Week 2
7 (5) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) Week 2
8 (6) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) Week 2
9 (7) The Expendables 2 (Shochiku) Week 4
10 (8) Connection (Toho) Week 6

'The Floating Castle' topped ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) after 10 days in release.

'Holy Scripture of Evil' debuted on 309 screens to 215,059 admissions for a weekend gross of ¥298,945,000 ($3.8 million). A solid increase over estimates, and the best opening for a R15+ film this year. ¥2 billion ($25 million) should be achievable with this opening figure.

'Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' grossed ¥87,974,700 ($1.1 million) on 53,432 admissions during the weekend on 240 screens. Also a solid increase over estimates (I expect all the estimates to be low now), and the film had the highest avg. ticket price of any wide release this year on opening weekend with ¥1,647 ($21). Since opening on Friday, the film has earned ¥110,514,200 ($1.4 million) with 67,687 admissions.

Go EXPENDBALES!!! Hanging in there!

We're nearing the end!

Note at the bottom on why some showtimes are in BLUE.

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Toho Cinemas Important Information to moviegoers this weekend.

Basically saying those who have purchased tickets in advance should come to their selected theater early to exchange their tickets to help avoid the long lines and crowds this weekend.

It looks like the film will be nearing max capacity at this point.



Tuesday Morning (11/13) Update:


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

KANTO REGION (TOKYO, KANAGAWA, SAITAMA, CHIBA)

(TOKYO)
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 (Sold Out); 02:20 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,432/3,432 (100%)
*5 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00; 15:50; 18:20); 1 Showing (21:00) with 10 Seats Remaining.
**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).
***Midnights (1,800 seats) Sold Out today (11/10) after minutes of being available.
****Opening Day is Booked (11/13) with Sunday having less than 200 seats remaining for the day.

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (35 Seats Remaining); 00:30 (121 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,420/2,576 (94%)
*2 Sunday Showings (11:35 has 125 Seats Remaining; 14:10 has 71 Seats Remaining) are nearing Sold Out.

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out); 15:50; 18:20; 20:45; 23:10; 01:35
Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)
*Every Showings on Sunday (same as above) also Sold Out.
*All showings added (5 additional times, not available online).

Fuchu Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 499 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (53 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (91 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (73 Seats Remaining); 16:00; 18:40; 21:20; 24:00
Total Tickets Sold - 1,280/1,497 (86%)
*All showings added (4 additional times, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)
*2 Sunday Showings (11:00; 13:40) have less than 100 seats remaining.

Nishiarai Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 410 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (93 Seats Remaining); 11:05 (103 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (85 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 949/1,230 (77%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 11:25; 14:00 (98 Seats Remaining); 16:35; 19:10 (128 Seats Remaining); 21:40
Total Tickets Sold - 1,154/1,380 (84%)
*All showings added (3 additional times, not available online).

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:30 (Sold Out); 18:00 (34 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (18 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (150 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (168 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,278/2,648 (86%)


(KANAGAWA)
Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 8)
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 (Few Seats Remaining); 05:30 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 4,201/4,788 (88%)
*3 Sunday Showings (10:40; 13:20; 16:05) has Few Seats Remaining; 3 Sunday Showings are Half Full.

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)
08:00 (68 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (97 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (110 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (197 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (306 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (303 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (412 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,923/3,416 (56%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa) - 542 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (80 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (105 Seats Remaining); 13:20 78 Seats Remaining); 19:00; 21:40; 24:20
Total Tickets Sold - 1,363/1,626 (84%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (153 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (167 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (161 Seats Remaining); 15:35; 18:00; 20:25; 22:50
Total Tickets Sold - 1,409/1,890 (75%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas LaLaport (Kanagawa) - 401 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (147 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (139 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (119 Seats Remaining); 16:00; 18:40; 21:20; 24:00
Total Tickets Sold - 798/1,203 (66%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).


(SAITAMA)
Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 11:25; 14:00 (Sold Out); 16:35; 19:10 (Sold Out); 20:50
Total Tickets Sold - 1,506/1,506 (100%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Kawaguchi MOVIX (Saitama) - 427 Seats (Screen 1)
09:00 (85 Seats Remaining); 11:30; 14:00 (107 Seats Remaining); 16:30; 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:30
Total Tickets Sold - 862/1,281 (67%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Kumagai Warner Michael Cinemas (Saitama) - 354 Seats (Screen 7)
08:45 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,572/2,124 (74%)


(CHIBA)
Cineplex Makuhari (Chiba) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Half Full); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:20 (Half Full); 20:55 (Half Full); 23:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,580/2,730 (58%)

Toho Cinemas Ichikawa Colton Plaza (Chiba) - 365 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (63 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (83 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (57 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 892/1,095 (81%)

Toho Cinemas Forest Otaka Nagareyama (Chiba) - 401 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (121 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (141 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (107 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 834/1,203 (69%)



KANSAI REGION (OSAKA, KYOTO)

(OSAKA)
Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (195 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (181 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (109 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,756/2,241 (78%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (54 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (79 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (37 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,435/1,605 (89%)

Burg 7 (Osaka) - 441 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (71 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (121 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (162 Seats Remaining), 15:30 (177 Seats Remaining), 18:00 (245 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (177 Seats Remaining), 23:00 (338 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (395 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,842/3,528 (52%)

Yao MOVIX (Osaka) - 449 Seats (Screen 2)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30; 14:00 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 16:30; 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining; 21:25
Total Tickets Sold - 774/1,347 (57%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).


(KYOTO)
Kyoto T - Joy (Kyoto) - 386 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (118 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (136 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (164 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (238 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (275 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (181 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (268 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,322/2,702 (49%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (50 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (78 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (62 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 980/1,170 (84%)



CHUBU REGION (AICHI, SHIZUOKA)

(AICHI)
Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (69 Seats Remaining); 12:00; 14:30 (155 Seats Remaining); 17:00; 19:30 (102 Seats Remaining); 22:00
Total Tickets Sold - 1,231/1,557 (79%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Nagoya Bay City (Aichi) - 488 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (229 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (275 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (241 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 719/1,464 (49%)


(SHIZUOKA)
Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (55 Seats Remaining); 11:40; 14:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:40; 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:40
Total Tickets Sold - 962/1,272 (76%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Hamamatsu Toho Cinemas (Shizuoka) - 317 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (133 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (152 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (141 Seats Remaining); 15:30; 17:50; 20:10; 22:30
Total Tickets Sold - 525/951 (55%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).



TOHOKU REGION (MIYAGI, AKITA)

(MIYAGI)
Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (49 Seats Remaining); 11:10; 14:00 (37 Seats Remaining); 16:30; 19:10 (92 Seats Remaining); 21:30
Total Tickets Sold - 971/1,149 (85%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).


(AKITA)
Toho Cinemas Akita (Akita) - 424 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (177 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (201 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (194 Seats Remaining); 15:45; 18:20; 20:55
Total Tickets Sold - 700/1,272 (55%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).


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Notes:

-All Showtimes in BLUE were added today and aren't available for purchase online.
-Many Showtimes are now nearing 100 seats or less that are available and will be Sold Out quite soon.

Tracking: 31/224 theaters - 11/47 prefectures - 4/9 regions.
Newly Added Theaters: None.
Seat Availability: Plenty > Half > Few > # Seats Remaining > Sold Out.

Total Admissions So Far for Opening Day (31/224 Theaters): 45,747/59,960 (76.3%).
Est. Earnings So Far for Opening Day (31/224 Theaters): ¥65-70 million ($800-900,000).

4 Days til Launch.

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

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 :: ¥5.80 / $74.41 (7.21x) :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: 4.57 :: 66 :: 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 :: ¥3.87 / $48.78 (5.71x) :: Resident Evil: Retribution :: Sept. :: 2.57 :: 59 :: 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 :: ¥1.52 / $19.78 (8.08x) :: Connection :: Oct. :: 1.25 :: 44 :: Toho
35 :: ¥1.51 / $19.68 (4.01x) :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 1.30 :: TE :: TOEI
36 :: ¥1.50 / $19.28 (5.13x) :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 1.18 :: OE :: Toho-Towa
37 :: ¥1.47 / $19.11 (10.42x) :: Friends: Naki On Monster Island :: Dec '10 :: 1.10 :: TE :: Toho
38 :: ¥1.45 / $18.92 (6.41x) :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: OE :: Walt Disney
39 :: ¥1.43 / $18.72 (9.47x) :: Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: TE :: TOEI
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 :: ¥1.36 / $17.19 (4.87x) :: Outrage 2: Beyond :: Oct. :: 1.02 :: 44 :: Warner Bros.
44 :: ¥1.35 / $17.03 (17.30x) :: The Intouchables :: Sept. :: 1.10 :: 72 :: Gaga
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 :: ¥1.19 / $15.23 (2.92x) :: The Floating Castle :: Nov. :: .963 :: 10 :: Toho/Asmik Ace
49 :: ¥1.18 / $15.19 (5.84x) :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 1.01 :: TE :: Toho
50 :: ¥1.14 / $14.81 (9.47x) :: Chronicle of My Mother :: Apr. :: .876 :: TE :: Shochiku
51 :: ¥1.12 / $14.58 (8.11x) :: Inazuma Eleven GO :: Dec '10 :: .926 :: TE :: Toho
52 :: ¥1.09 / $14.13 (4.96x) :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: .754 :: TE :: Toho-Towa
53 :: ¥1.05 / $13.44 (6.76x) :: Eight Ranger :: July :: .880 :: TE :: Toho
54 :: ¥1.03 / $12.90 (5.28x) :: Crayon Shin-chan (2012) :: Apr. :: .963 :: TE :: Toho
55 :: ¥1.03 / $12.87 (5.88x) :: Hugo :: Mar. :: .732 :: TE :: Paramount
56 :: ¥1.02 / $12.85 (5.23x) :: Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future :: Mar. :: .881 :: TE :: TOEI
57 :: ¥1.01 / $12.78 (4.69x) :: Total Recall :: Aug. :: .800 :: TE :: Sony

'Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL' and 'Resident Evil: Retribution' are nearing the end of their runs and each is so close to reaching ¥6 billion ($76 million) and ¥4 billion ($51 million), respectively. Tracking will probably end before (if) they reach those targets but I'd say it's 50/50 for 'Bayside' and 25/75 for 'Resident Evil'.

'Connection' has had by far the best performance by an October release this year.

'The Floating Castle' exceeded ¥1 billion after just 10 days. It'll be aiming for ¥3 billion and a Top 15 spot for the year.



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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 / $3.81 :: Naruto: Path to Ninja :: July :: 254.03 :: 262 :: Toho
30 :: ¥301.78 / $3.80 :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 234.87 :: 572 :: Toho-Towa
(¥374.83 / $4.71 :: 296.16 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
31 :: ¥298.85 / $3.79 :: Holy Scripture of Evil :: Nov. :: 215.06 :: 309 :: Toho
32 :: ¥295.31 / $3.75 :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 227.24 :: 295 :: Asmik Ace/Toho
33 :: ¥292.16 / $3.68 :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 237.87 :: 545 :: Toho-Towa
(¥364.01 / $4.52 :: 298.15 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)
34 :: ¥279.24 / $3.67 :: Outrage 2: Beyond :: Oct. :: 206.61 :: 225 :: Warner Bros.
35 :: ¥277.13 / $3.63 :: In Time :: Feb. :: 203.05 :: 427 :: FOX
36 :: ¥276.41 / $3.62 :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 217.18 :: 377 :: Toho
37 :: ¥254.17 / $3.25 :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 217.66 :: 304 :: TOEI

Decent opening for 'Holy Scripture'.

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New Entry
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Days in Release: TE (Tracking Ends, Awaiting OE/FT) / OE (Official Estimate) / FT (Final Total)}

TE2 ¥32,077,572 weekend with ¥679,506,471 total.

Source: BOM

Is that correct?

In a rare occurance, BOM is low this weekend.

Actual for TE2: 32.3 million / 684.4 million.

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Toho Cinemas Important Information to moviegoers this weekend.

Basically saying those who have purchased tickets in advance should come to their selected theater early to exchange their tickets to help avoid the long lines and crowds this weekend.

It looks like the film will be nearing max capacity at this point.



Wednesday Morning (11/14) Update:


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

KANTO REGION (TOKYO, KANAGAWA, SAITAMA, CHIBA)

(TOKYO)
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 (Sold Out); 02:20 (Sold Out)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,432/3,432 (100%)
*6 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00; 15:50; 18:20; 21:00)
**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).
***Midnights (1,800 seats) Sold Out today (11/10) after minutes of being available.
****Opening Day is Booked (11/13) with Sunday having less than 150 seats remaining for the day.

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)
9:25; 11:45; 14:05; 16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (Sold Out); 00:30 (57 Seats Remaining); 02:50
Total Tickets Sold - 2,519/2,576 (98%)
*2 Sunday Showings (11:35 has 93 Seats Remaining; 14:10 has 34 Seats Remaining) are nearing Sold Out.
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out); 15:50; 18:20; 20:45; 23:10; 01:35
Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)
*Every Showings on Sunday (same as above) also Sold Out.
*All showings added (5 additional times, not available online).

Fuchu Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 499 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (47 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (68 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (44 Seats Remaining); 16:00; 18:40; 21:20; 24:00
Total Tickets Sold - 1,338/1,497 (89%)
*All showings added (4 additional times, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out); 16:20; 19:00; 21:40; 00:20
Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)
*2 Sunday Showings (11:00; 13:40) have less than 50 seats remaining.
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Nishiarai Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) - 410 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (70 Seats Remaining); 11:05 (83 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (59 Seats Remaining); 16:15; 18:50; 21:25; 24:00
Total Tickets Sold - 1,018/1,230 (83%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 11:25; 14:00 (94 Seats Remaining); 16:35; 19:10 (125 Seats Remaining); 21:40
Total Tickets Sold - 1,161/1,380 (84%)
*All showings added (3 additional times, not available online).

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:30 (Sold Out); 18:00 (Sold Out); 20:30 (Sold Out); 23:00 (75 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (151 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,422/2,648 (91%)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)
08:20 (Half Full); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:30 (Half Full); 16:05 (Half Full); 18:40 (Half Full); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,741/3,270 (53%)


(KANAGAWA)
Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 8)
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 (Sold Out); 02:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 05:30 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 4,281/4,788 (89%)
*3 Sunday Showings (10:40; 13:20; 16:05) has Few Seats Remaining; 3 Sunday Showings are Half Full.

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)
08:00 (57 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (96 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (102 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (156 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (263 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (268 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (389 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,085/3,416 (61%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa) - 542 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (60 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (85 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (54 Seats Remaining); 19:00; 21:40; 24:20
Total Tickets Sold - 1,427/1,626 (88%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (110 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (154 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (154 Seats Remaining); 15:35; 18:00; 20:25; 22:50
Total Tickets Sold - 1,472/1,890 (78%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas LaLaport (Kanagawa) - 401 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (126 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (107 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (106 Seats Remaining); 16:00; 18:40; 21:20; 24:00
Total Tickets Sold - 864/1,203 (72%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).


(SAITAMA)
Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 11:25; 14:00 (Sold Out); 16:35; 19:10 (Sold Out); 20:50
Total Tickets Sold - 1,506/1,506 (100%)
*1 Showing (14:00) on Sunday has 59 Seats Remaining.
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Kawaguchi MOVIX (Saitama) - 427 Seats (Screen 1)
09:00 (64 Seats Remaining); 11:30; 14:00 (86 Seats Remaining); 16:30; 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:30
Total Tickets Sold - 910/1,281 (71%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Kumagai Warner Michael Cinemas (Saitama) - 354 Seats (Screen 7)
08:45 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,572/2,124 (74%)


(CHIBA)
Cineplex Makuhari (Chiba) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:20 (Half Full); 20:55 (Half Full); 23:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,730/2,730 (63%)

Toho Cinemas Ichikawa Colton Plaza (Chiba) - 365 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (44 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (61 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (45 Seats Remaining); 15:35; 18:00; 20:25; 22:55
Total Tickets Sold - 945/1,095 (86%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Forest Otaka Nagareyama (Chiba) - 401 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (97 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (114 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (97 Seats Remaining); 15:45; 18:20; 20:45; 23:15
Total Tickets Sold - 895/1,203 (74%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).



KANSAI REGION (OSAKA, KYOTO)

(OSAKA)
Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (176 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (153 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (75 Seats Remaining); 15:40; 18:15; 20:45; 23:15
Total Tickets Sold - 1,837/2,241 (82%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (36 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (45 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (29 Seats Remaining); 15:40; 18:10; 20:40; 23:10
Total Tickets Sold - 1,495/1,605 (93%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).

Burg 7 (Osaka) - 441 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (70 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (106 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (143 Seats Remaining), 15:30 (155 Seats Remaining), 18:00 (214 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (153 Seats Remaining), 23:00 (321 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (393 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,973/3,528 (56%)

Yao MOVIX (Osaka) - 449 Seats (Screen 2)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30; 14:00 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 16:30; 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining; 21:25
Total Tickets Sold - 790/1,347 (59%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).


(KYOTO)
Kyoto T - Joy (Kyoto) - 386 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (104 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (134 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (158 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (218 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (242 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (156 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (267 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,423/2,702 (53%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (52 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (49 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,069/1,170 (91%)



CHUBU REGION (AICHI, SHIZUOKA)

(AICHI)
Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (67 Seats Remaining); 12:00; 14:30 (130 Seats Remaining); 17:00; 19:30 (197 Seats Remaining); 22:00
Total Tickets Sold - 1,258/1,557 (81%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Toho Cinemas Nagoya Bay City (Aichi) - 488 Seats (Screen 4)
08:00 (222 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (255 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (236 Seats Remaining); 15:05; 17:10; 19:05; 21:05; 23:25
Total Tickets Sold - 751/1,464 (51%)
*All showings added (5 additional showtimes, not available online).


(SHIZUOKA)
Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (38 Seats Remaining); 11:40; 14:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:40; 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:40
Total Tickets Sold - 980/1,272 (77%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).

Hamamatsu Toho Cinemas (Shizuoka) - 317 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (114 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (145 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (125 Seats Remaining); 15:30; 17:50; 20:10; 22:30
Total Tickets Sold - 567/951 (60%)
*All showings added (4 additional showtimes, not available online).



TOHOKU REGION (MIYAGI, AKITA)

(MIYAGI)
Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (39 Seats Remaining); 11:10; 14:00 (30 Seats Remaining); 16:30; 19:10 (81 Seats Remaining); 21:30
Total Tickets Sold - 999/1,149 (87%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).


(AKITA)
Toho Cinemas Akita (Akita) - 424 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (171 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (186 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (170 Seats Remaining); 15:45; 18:20; 20:55
Total Tickets Sold - 745/1,272 (59%)
*All showings added (3 additional showtimes, not available online).


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Notes:

-All Showtimes in BLUE were added recently and aren't available for purchase online.
-Most showings are now nearing 100 seats or less that are available and will be Sold Out quite soon.

Tracking: 32/224 theaters - 11/47 prefectures - 4/9 regions.
Newly Added Theaters: Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi
Seat Availability: Plenty > Half > Few > # Seats Remaining > Sold Out.

Total Admissions So Far for Opening Day (32/224 Theaters): 49,282/63,230 (77.9%).
Est. Earnings So Far for Opening Day (32/224 Theaters): ¥70-75 million ($900-950,000).

3 Days til Launch.

Things are getting fun now. Most theaters have sold out 2/3 of their available tickets (or sold out for the day/weekend).

If it were to open today with these figures, it would have an opening day (from just 32 of it's 224 theaters) over ¥70 million ($900,000) for a PSA of ¥2.2 million+ ($28,000+). Sunday will remain about even (already many sell outs or near sell outs then too) so a PSA over ¥4 million ($50,000) looks quite possible opening weekend. That would give it the second highest PSA ever for a wide release and possibly be enough for a ¥1 billion+ opening weekend.

A rough calculation assuming the average screen is about 400 seats will require 'Evangelion 3.0' to sell out appox. 70% of it's seats for the weekend to break ¥1 billion (biggest opening weekend of the year, and other records I won't list here would fall). And currently, it's at 77.9% on Saturday at the 32 theaters I'm tracking and that's been rising each day and will probably exceed 80% tomorrow.

OOoooh, I do like the sound of that. Got any actual numbers with all 8 or 9 numbers?