When you get the the 10,000 yen level it doesn't effect the total at all really. But here you go:

32,335,900 / 684,978,000

Thanks. Where did you get that from?

cinemapia but screendaily also updated today.

The Evangelion 3.0 update tonight is going to take awhile. All the showtimes that were added yesterday (all the ones in BLUE) weren't available to purchase online then, but ALL of them are now available which doubles the amount of showtimes I need to update. Thankfull all of those showtimes were made available for purchase about 4-6 hours ago, so there aren't too many tickets sold for them right now.

And some cinemas have added a second screen (very, very rare) making this a very long process now.

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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.



Thursday Morning (11/15) 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)
369 Seats (Screen 2) - 9:25 (236 Seats Remaining); 11:45 (226 Seats Remaining); 14:05 (163 Seats Remaining)
644 Seats (Screen 7) - 16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (Sold Out); 00:30 (Sold Out); 02:50 (631 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,071/4,327 (71%)
*Screen 2 was added today (11/15).

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo)
297 Seats (Screen 3) - 08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out); 15:50 (Sold Out); 18:20 (65 Seats Remaining); 20:45 (139 Seats Remaining); 23:10 (264 Seats Remaining); 01:35 (278 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,630/2,376 (69%)
*3 Sell Outs on Sunday.

Fuchu Toho Cinemas (Tokyo)
499 Seats (Screen 2) - 08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (39 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (15 Seats Remaining); 16:00 (427 Seats Remaining); 18:40 (454 Seats Remaining); 21:20 (413 Seats Remaining); 00:00 (454 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,745/3,493 (50%)

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo)
450 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out); 16:20 (209 Seats Remaining); 19:00 (389 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (334 Seats Remaining); 00:20 (417 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,801/3,150 (57%)

Nishiarai Toho Cinemas (Tokyo)
410 Seats (Screen 5) - 08:30 (50 Seats Remaining); 11:05 (65 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (46 Seats Remaining); 16:15 (373 Seats Remaining); 18:50 (391 Seats Remaining); 21:25 (341 Seats Remaining); 00:00 (383 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,221/2,870 (42%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo)
460 Seats (Screen 10) - 09:00 (Sold Out); 11:25 (Half Full); 14:00 (83 Seats Remaining); 16:35 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:10 (102 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,702/2,760 (62%)

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 (26 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (116 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,506/2,648 (95%)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:30 (Half Full); 16:05 (Half Full); 18:40 (Half Full); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,860/3,270 (57%)


(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 - 4,301/4,788 (90%)
*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 (Sold Out); 10:30 (27 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (47 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (57 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (107 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (129 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (314 Seats Remaining); 01:20 (451 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,772/3,904 (71%)

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; 00:20
Total Tickets Sold - 1,427/1,626 (88%)

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%)

Toho Cinemas LaLaport (Kanagawa) - 401 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (100 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (91 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (92 Seats Remaining); 16:00 (357 Seats Remaining); 18:40 (386 Seats Remaining); 21:20 (274 Seats Remaining); 00:00 (365 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,142/2,807 (41%)



(SAITAMA)
Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 11:25 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:00 (Sold Out); 16:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Sold Out); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,410/3,012 (80%)

Kawaguchi MOVIX (Saitama) - 427 Seats (Screen 1)
09:00 (47 Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:00 (72 Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:00 (134 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,370/2,526 (54%)

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 (Few Seats Remaining); 23:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,805/2,730 (66%)

Toho Cinemas Ichikawa Colton Plaza (Chiba) - 365 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (24 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (43 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (34 Seats Remaining); 15:35 (314 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (347 Seats Remaining); 20:25 (266 Seats Remaining); 22:55 (316 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,211/2,555 (47%)

Toho Cinemas Forest Otaka Nagareyama (Chiba) - 401 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (81 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (97 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (76 Seats Remaining); 15:45 (373 Seats Remaining); 18:20 (376 Seats Remaining); 20:45 (354 Seats Remaining; 23:15 (380 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,070/2,807 (38%)



KANSAI REGION (OSAKA, KYOTO)

(OSAKA)
Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (138 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (103 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (46 Seats Remaining); 15:40 (622 Seats Remaining); 18:15 (702 Seats Remaining); 20:45 (663 Seats Remaining); 23:15 (730 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,225/5,229 (43%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (27 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Sold Out); 15:40 (466 Seats Remaining); 18:10 (486 Seats Remaining); 20:40 (457 Seats Remaining); 23:10 (486 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,823/3,745 (49%)

Burg 7 (Osaka) - 441 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (30 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (71 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (88 Seats Remaining), 15:30 (84 Seats Remaining), 18:00 (137 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (84 Seats Remaining), 23:00 (292 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (392 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,350/3,528 (67%)

Yao MOVIX (Osaka) - 449 Seats (Screen 2)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining; 21:25 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,337/2,694 (50%)


(KYOTO)
Kyoto T - Joy (Kyoto) - 386 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (71 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (91 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (112 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (123 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (168 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (104 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (204 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,829/2,702 (68%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (35 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (30 Seats Remaining); 15:40 (344 Seats Remaining); 18:20 (357 Seats Remaining); 20:50 (338 Seats Remaining); 23:20 (349 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,277/2,730 (47%)



CHUBU REGION (AICHI, SHIZUOKA)

(AICHI)
Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (63 Seats Remaining); 12:00 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:30 (129 Seats Remaining); 17:00 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:30 (171 Seats Remaining); 22:00 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,848/3,114 (59%)



(SHIZUOKA)
Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (23 Seats Remaining); 11:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:10 (140 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,317/2,544 (52%)

Hamamatsu Toho Cinemas (Shizuoka) - 317 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (92 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (127 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (101 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (268 Seats Remaining); 17:50 (302 Seats Remaining); 20:10 (272 Seats Remaining); 22:30 (240 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 907/2,219 (41%)



TOHOKU REGION (MIYAGI, AKITA)

(MIYAGI)
Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (Sold Out); 11:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:00 (28 Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:10 (76 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,461/2,298 (64%)

(AKITA)
Toho Cinemas Akita (Akita) - 424 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (157 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (171 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (157 Seats Remaining); 15:45 (363 Seats Remaining); 18:20 (414 Seats Remaining); 20:55 (343 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 939/2,544 (37%)


________________________________________________________

Notes:

-Showtimes almost doubled today with the added showtimes from yesterday now being available for purchase. And those showtimes with outstanding seats remaining (75%+ of seats available) have only been available for purchase for about 6 hours. These mainly include evening and night showings at Toho locations, and one morning, evening, and night showing at MOVIX locations.

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): 60,633/94,242 (64.3%).
Est. Earnings So Far for Opening Day (31/224 Theaters): ¥80-90 million ($1-1.1 million).

2 Days til Launch.

Got a link for cinemapia? I can't find it anywhere.

And Screendaily, they do not update in Japanese Yen, though, right?

cinema.pia. Bunkatsushin also updates weekend numbers, and often reports milestones when certain films cross them, but they're largely member only.

Screendaily does update weekend figures in JPY. Some say they can't access most of the site unless they're a member but I've always been able to.

Hmmm, yeah, I can't even access cinema.pia (nothing comes up at all) and as for Variety, I've never seen JPY figures on there. Might be to do with where we access Internet from.

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「ヱヴァンゲリヲン　新劇場版：Ｑ」11月17日・18日ご鑑賞のお客様へ★

ご鑑賞日当日の日時指定券の購入及び引換、またインターネットチケットの発券は、大変な混雑が予想されます。
これらの操作は今現在も劇場にて行っていただけます。可能な限り事前に、あるいは上映開始時間より余裕を持ってお越しいただきますよう、お願い申し上げます。

メンテナンス作業にともない、下記日時においてインターネットチケットのお支払いにて
「楽天あんしん支払いサービス」をご利用できません。
ご迷惑をお掛けいたしますが、何卒ご了承くださいますようお願い致します。

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.



Friday Morning (11/16) 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.
**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 120 seats remaining for the day.

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo)
369 Seats (Screen 2) - 9:25 (62 Seats Remaining); 11:45 (Sold Out); 14:05 (Sold Out)
644 Seats (Screen 7) - 16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (Sold Out); 00:30 (Sold Out); 02:50 (572 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,693/4,327 (85%)
*Screen 2 was added today (11/15).

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) 297 Seats (Screen 3) -
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out); 15:50 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 20:45 (Sold Out); 23:10 (104 Seats Remaining); 01:35 (228 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,044/2,376 86%)
*4 Sell Outs on Sunday.

Fuchu Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) 499 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:00 (252 Seats Remaining); 18:40 (341 Seats Remaining); 21:20 (232 Seats Remaining); 00:00 (386 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,282/3,493 (65%)

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) 450 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out); 16:20 (71 Seats Remaining); 19:00 (156 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (160 Seats Remaining); 00:20 (328 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,435/3,150 (77%)

Nishiarai Toho Cinemas (Tokyo) 410 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (Sold Out); 11:05 (52 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (32 Seats Remaining); 16:15 (259 Seats Remaining); 18:50 (328 Seats Remaining); 21:25 (224 Seats Remaining); 00:00 (320 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,655/2,870 (58%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) 460 Seats (Screen 10)
09:00 (Sold Out); 11:25 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:00 (77 Seats Remaining); 16:35 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:10 (90 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,803/2,760 (65%)

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 (Sold Out); 01:30 (52 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,596/2,648 (98%)
*1 Sell Out on Sunday.

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)
08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,442/3,270 (75%)


(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 - 4,324/4,788 (90%)
*3 Sunday Showings has Few Seats Remaining; 3 Sunday Showings are Half Full.

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:30 (18 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (50 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (51 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (247 Seats Remaining); 01:20 (402 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 3,136/3,904 (80%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa)
542 Seats (Screen 5) - 08:00 (46 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (47 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (28 Seats Remaining); 19:00 (320 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (322 Seats Remaining); 00:20 (494 Seats Remaining)
335 Seats (Screen 6) - 16:50 (144 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,186/3,587 (61%)

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (55 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (97 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (108 Seats Remaining); 15:35 (259 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (381 Seats Remaining); 20:25 (379 Seats Remaining); 22:50 (362 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,769/4,410 (63%)

Toho Cinemas LaLaport (Kanagawa) - 401 Seats (Screen 3)
08:00 (73 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (75 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (71 Seats Remaining); 16:00 (276 Seats Remaining); 18:40 (327 Seats Remaining); 21:20 (157 Seats Remaining); 00:00 (312 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,516/2,807 (54%)



(SAITAMA)
Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)
08:50 (Sold Out); 11:25 (30 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (Sold Out); 16:35 (91 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Sold Out); 20:50 (75 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,816/3,012 (93%)

Kawaguchi MOVIX (Saitama) - 427 Seats (Screen 1)
09:00 (39 Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:00 (66 Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:00 (113 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,561/2,526 (62%)

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 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:20 (Half Full); 20:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 23:00 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,919/2,730 (70%)

Toho Cinemas Ichikawa Colton Plaza (Chiba) - 365 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (39 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (27 Seats Remaining); 15:35 (228 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (304 Seats Remaining); 20:25 (203 Seats Remaining); 22:55 (262 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,528/2,555 (60%)

Toho Cinemas Forest Otaka Nagareyama (Chiba) - 401 Seats (Screen 9)
08:00 (55 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (82 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (60 Seats Remaining); 15:45 (275 Seats Remaining); 18:20 (308 Seats Remaining); 20:45 (270 Seats Remaining; 23:15 (351 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,406/2,807 (50%)



KANSAI REGION (OSAKA, KYOTO)

(OSAKA)
Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (96 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (82 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (31 Seats Remaining); 15:40 (425 Seats Remaining); 18:15 (606 Seats Remaining); 20:45 (507 Seats Remaining); 23:15 (693 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,769/5,229 (53%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out); 15:40 (256 Seats Remaining); 18:10 (390 Seats Remaining); 20:40 (343 Seats Remaining); 23:10 (442 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,314/3,745 (62%)

Burg 7 (Osaka) - 441 Seats (Screen 1)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (34 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (54 Seats Remaining), 15:30 (46 Seats Remaining), 18:00 (79 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (40 Seats Remaining), 23:00 (240 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (364 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,671/3,528 (76%)

Yao MOVIX (Osaka) - 449 Seats (Screen 2)
09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:00 (Few Seats Remaining; 21:25 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,539/2,694 (57%)


(KYOTO)
Kyoto T - Joy (Kyoto) - 386 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (45 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (63 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (78 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (83 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (107 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (71 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (163 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,092/2,702 (77%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)
08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (25 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (24 Seats Remaining); 15:40 (187 Seats Remaining); 18:20 (261 Seats Remaining); 20:50 (235 Seats Remaining); 23:20 (304 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,694/2,730 (62%)



CHUBU REGION (AICHI, SHIZUOKA)

(AICHI)
Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)
09:30 (57 Seats Remaining); 12:00 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:30 (103 Seats Remaining); 17:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:30 (140 Seats Remaining); 22:00 (Few Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 2,006/3,114 (64%)



(SHIZUOKA)
Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)
09:00 (Sold Out); 11:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:10 (99 Seats Remaining); 16:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:10 (123 Seats Remaining); 21:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,504/2,544 (59%)

Hamamatsu Toho Cinemas (Shizuoka) - 317 Seats (Screen 5)
08:00 (74 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (99 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (91 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (265 Seats Remaining); 17:50 (276 Seats Remaining); 20:10 (235 Seats Remaining); 22:30 (233 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,046/2,219 (47%)



TOHOKU REGION (MIYAGI, AKITA)

(MIYAGI)
Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)
08:30 (Sold Out); 11:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 14:00 (25 Seats Remaining); 16:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 19:10 (66 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (Half Full)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,567/2,298 (68%)

(AKITA)
Toho Cinemas Akita (Akita) - 424 Seats (Screen 2)
08:00 (149 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (150 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (129 Seats Remaining); 15:45 (291 Seats Remaining); 18:20 (376 Seats Remaining); 20:55 (302 Seats Remaining)
Total Tickets Sold - 1,147/2,544 (45%)


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Notes:

-A surge in ticket sales occurred over the last 24 hours and most showtimes that had 50-100 seats left were sold out.

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): 70,262/98,723 (71.2%).
Est. Earnings So Far for Opening Day (31/224 Theaters): ¥100-110 million ($1.2-1.4 million).

1 Day til Launch.

With 20 hours until opening day, here is how the 31 theaters I've tracked all week is shaping up for 'Evangelion 3.0's launch:



Overall Tracking Notes (31/224 theaters):

*# of Sell Outs: 66/213 (31%)
*Total Admissions: 70,262/98,723 (71.2%)
*Est. Opening Day Gross: ¥100-110 million ($1.2-1.4 million)
*Est. Opening Day PSA: ¥3.4 million ($42,000)

Top 5 Theaters For Opening Day:

1. Wald 9: 5,232 tickets sold* (100%) / ¥8.4 million ($105,000)
2. Cincetta: 4,324 tickets sold (90%) / ¥6.8 million ($86,000)
3. Roppongi Hill: 3,693 tickets sold (85%) / ¥6.0 million ($75,000)
4. Burg 13: 3,136 tickets sold (80%) / ¥5.1 million ($63,000)
5. Saitama: 2,816 tickets sold (93%) / ¥4.3 million ($54,000)

*Includes the 1,800 midnight tickets sold.

It's highly likley we're looking at an opening weekend that'll probably top most, if not all, in the past 5 years at least I think. Harry Potter 7.2 and Alice in Wonderland will be very difficult to beat in gross, but admissions is certainly doable even despite playing on 1/3 of their screens. There are about a dozen sell outs on Sunday from just the 31 theaters I'm tracking alone, too.

The only problem it'll have will be people being turned away or ,in what should be very few cases, people wanting to avoid the crowds and waiting until next week.

I won't be able to update right before the first showings, but here is the final tally from the 31 theaters I tracked with 9 hours until launch for 'Evangelion 3.0':


Overall Tracking Notes (31 out of 224 theaters):

*# of Sell Outs: 80/213 (37%)
*Total Admissions: 74,176/98,723 (75.1%)
*Est. Opening Day Gross: ¥105-115 million ($1.3-1.5 million)
*Est. Opening Day PSA: ¥3.5 million ($43,500)

Top 5 Theaters For Opening Day:

1. Wald 9: 5,232 tickets sold* (100%) / ¥8.4 million ($105,000)
2. Cincetta: 4,339 tickets sold (91%) / ¥6.8 million ($86,000)
3. Roppongi Hill: 3,917 tickets sold (91%) / ¥6.2 million ($77,000)
4. Burg 13: 3,446 tickets sold (88%) / ¥5.5 million ($68,000)
5. Saitama: 3,012 tickets sold (100%) / ¥4.8 million ($60,000)

*Includes the 1,800 midnight tickets sold.

I'll have the weekend forecast up tonight.

Before I post the Weekend Forecast, news on the Shinjuku Wald 9 Cinema from last night:



4,101 people attended the overnight screenings of the Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo movie at Tokyo's Shinjuku Wald 9 theater starting at midnight on Saturday. All nine of the theater's screens showed the film a total of 16 times overnight. The Shinjuku Wald 9 movie theater has a total of more than 1,800 seats in the facility. The tickets for the overnight showings had sold out within five minutes of going on sale. (Oricon)

An estimated 300-400 people in line was also seen outside the cinema at 3am, below are a few pictures:

Nov. 17-18
Weekend Forecast



1 (-) Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (T-Joy) ¥1.25 billion ($15.6 million) NEW
2 (1) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) ¥230 million ($2.9 million) Week 3
3 (-) Spirit Helper (Toho) ¥220 million ($2.8 million) NEW
4 (2) Holy Scripture of Evil (Toho) ¥200 million ($2.5 million) Week 2
5 (3) A Chorus of Angels (TOEI) ¥110 million ($1.4 million) Week 3
6 (4) Smile Pretty Cure! Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) ¥70 million ($875,000) Week 4
7 (5) Cirque Du Soleil: World's Away (Paramount) ¥50 million ($625,000) Week 2
8 (6) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) ¥35 million ($450,000) Week 3
9 (7) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) ¥30 million ($375,000) Week 3
10 (8) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) ¥20 million ($250,000) Week 3

'Evangelion 3.0' is selling out the majority of it's showtimes that weren't already sold out before today and many locations are seeing several sell outs for Sunday already, too.

Records (openings, totals, etc.) very rarely fall in Japan, and I'm fairly conservative with my predictions but I'm predicting it will easily top 'Umizaru 4' opening weekend of ¥878 million ($11.1 million), currently the biggest opening of 2012.

But not only that, I'm also predicting it opens above ¥1.2 billion which would be the 3rd highest opening ever for a local film (behind 'Howl's Moving Castle' and 'Bayside Shakedown 2'). For a film playing in less than 300 theaters (224), it would easily be #1 among local and foreign films. Also, in USD it would actually be the biggest opening ever for a local film and earn a Top 10 (maybe Top 5) opening all-time.

Full Projections (2-Day):
-Opening Weekend (Gross/Admissions): ¥1.25 billion ($15.6 million) / 800-900,000
-Opening Weekend (Screen Avg.): ¥5.6 million ($69,000) *New Record*
-Final Total (Gross/Admissions): ¥6.5 billion ($81 million) / 4.75 million

Amazing.

Don't be disappointed if it does ¥1/1.1 billion ($13/14 million) or maybe misses that mark with ¥900 million+ ($11/12 million), though. That's still a humongous opening on par with Harry Potter, Pirates, Studio Ghibi, etc. despite playing on half as many screens. I was going to predict ¥1.0 billion even, but I rarely predict on the high end so why not now. It has the sell outs and potential to go above the mark.

Will it be the top-grossing movie of the year?

It's actually uncertain which year 'Evangelion 3.0' will be included in right now since bigger mid-November releases usually aren't placed in a year until months after their in release.

The box office year ends Nov. 31st, and I believe any film that grosses more than ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) that was released before that date is counted as a film released in the new year. Notable release that this has occurred with are Harry Potter films, Howl's Moving Castle, 2012 - all mid/late November releases but grossed enough after Nov. 31st to be included into the following year. All December releases are included in the new year. I recall 2012 was counted as a 2010 release for 3/4 months until GMPPAJ (General Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan) declared it a 2009 release. (This system makes BOM's Yearly Charts in Japan useless BTW).

If the film stays in 2012, it's very unlikely to reach 'Umizaru: Brave Heart's total, but it if opens as high as ¥1.2 billion ($15 million) it will make a run for #2 film of the year. I'm predicting the high end above in both opening weekend and total because I almost never do and it's possible. A safer prediction would be ¥900 million-¥1 billion ($12 million) opening, ¥5 billion ($60-65 million) total, still big enough for a Top 5 spot in 2012.

Well that's pretty weird. But I follow the 'if it opens in November than it's included in 2012' model. I know I'm radical, but what can you do!

No opening day reports on 'Evangelion 3.0's opening yet, but sometimes estimates are released a few hours from now. The good news is sell outs remained strong all day and into the night. The bad news is that user reviews are mixed (not wanting to spoil myself, I've just read the ending is melancholic or leaving people depressed).

Most theaters have concluded their opening day showtimes (almost midnight in Japan), but a few locations have showings after midnight. Ropponigi Hills sold out every showing it had during the day, and ihas sold out it's 12:30am and 2:30am showings (both on the biggest screen, 644 seats), and added a 4:45am showing just 30 mins ago. Reported lines of 300+ people have been seen outside some theaters in Tokyo today.

Only a handful of theaters, largely in Tokyo, have after-midnight showings like this, but they'll probably delay any estimates for awhile.

Was Evangelion 2.0 pretty big too?

Indeed.

¥512 million ($5.4 million) opening weekend on just 120 screens in 38/47 prefectures. That broke the psa record for a wide release (100+ screens) and the film ended up grossing ¥4 billion ($44 million). DVD pre-orders also set a record exceeding 800,000.

'Evangelion 3.0' opened on 224 screens in 47/47 prefectures by comparison.

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone - Sept. 2007
Opening: ¥280,143,625 ($2.4 million) / 195,000 admissions on 84 screens.
Total: ¥2 billion ($18 million) / 1.5 million admissions.

Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance - June 2009
Opening: ¥512,177,680 ($5.4 million) / 354,000 admissions on 120 screens.
Total: ¥4 billion ($44 million) / 2.9 million admissions

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo - Nov. 2012
??? / ??? on 224 screens.

Data is limited due to the screen count, but early estimates is suggesting 'Evangelion 3.0' did 350,000-400,000 admissions on opening day at 223 locations. That's about the same or perhaps more than what it's predecessor did opening weekend.

It's really difficult to figure out what the avg. ticket price for the film could be, but here is what that could translate to in gross for opening day:

-If the avg. ticket price = 'Evangelion 2.0' (¥1,446 / $18): Opening Day - ¥505-575 million ($6.3-7.2 million) / ¥2.23-¥2.56 million ($28-32,000) PTA
-If the avg. ticket price = National Avg. (~¥1,300 / $16): Opening Day - ¥450-520 million ($5.6-6.5 million) / ¥2.00-¥2.32 million ($25-29,000) PTA.

In most cases, avg. ticket prices for films released on <300 screens are higher than the national average since most of their locations are in cities. The films also skews towards adults (evident with the second film), so the opening day figure should be closer to the first projection.

An opening weekend (2-day) above ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) will depend on what happens today since both gross projections are high enough for the film to cross the milestone, though the low end of the second projection would prevent it.

A more accurate estimate came out for opening day admissions: 382,000 (87.7% of One Piece's opening day admissions 3 years ago). Note: The figure is still very much an estimate because it doesn't include nationwide data.

Biggest Opening Days (since 2008)

Gross Yen (USD) / PTA
Harry Potter 7.2 - ¥705 million ($8.8 million) / ¥765,000 ($9,500) PTA
Alice in Wonderland - ¥692 million ($7.5 million) / ¥803,000 ($8,700) PTA
Rookies - ¥673 million ($7.1 million) / ¥1.57 million ($16,500) PTA
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - ¥598 million ($7.4 million) / ¥748,000 ($9,400) PTA
One Piece Film Strong World - ¥553 million ($6.4 million) / ¥2.91 million ($32,700) PTA
Evangelion 3.0 - ¥549 million ($6.7 million) / ¥2.45 million ($30,600) PTA est.*
Bayside Shakedown 3 - ¥529 million ($6.0 million) / ¥1.18 million ($13,500) PTA
Umizaru 3 - ¥486 million ($5.7 million) / ¥1.04 million ($12,300) PTA
Ponyo - ¥474 million ($4.5 million) / ¥985,000 ($9,300) PTA
Toy Story 3 - ¥457 million ($5.1 million) / ¥855,000 ($9,700) PTA

*When using predecessor's opening avg. ticket price.

Admissions
Rookies - 518,175 (428 screens)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 - 478,177 (922 screens)
Alice in Wonderland - 440,002 (859 screens)
One Piece Film Strong World - 436,133 (190 screens)
Bayside Shakedown 3 - 390,012 (447 screens)
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - 384,995 (800 screens)
Evangelion 3.0 - 382,000 est. (224 screens)
Ponyo - 372,758 (481 screens)
Toy Story 3 - 305,855 (535 screens)
Umizaru 4 - 301,238 (449 screens)

Technically those aren't the opening days for Harry Potter 7.2, Pirates 4, and Umizaru 4. These three films were released on Friday and had much, much lower opening days than above (not even close to being on the list). But since Saturday is the normal start of the weekend, I included then as their opening day on the lists.

Opening days are rarely reported so we may not get a final figure, plus they don't always determine what a film will end up grossing for the weekend or in total. Just look at Ponyo. It posted one of the weaker opening days, but easily outgrossed and sold more tickets than any of them in the end. And One Piece finished with about half as most of the others.

And I know I have both Umizaru 3 and 4 on the lists, but while the latter had more admissions the former was in 3D and ended up grossing more.

Usual Locations (Toho)
Ticket Sales for Opening Day (Saturday)

Tickets Sold/Available
Evangelion 3.0 - 53,256/58,298 (91.3%)
Alice in Wonderland - 48,355/75,304 (64.2%)
Bayside Shakedown 3 - 47,424/86,649 (54.7%)
Arrietty - 34,504/73,018 (47.1%)
Bayside Shakedown 4 - 33,407/75,230 (44.4%)
Umizaru 4 - 33,188/64,331 (51.5%)
Toy Story 3 - 32,410/44,891 (72.1%)

That's most likely a new record at Toho theaters, but I can't say for sure without knowing how a few films I don't have data on (Rookies, Harry Potter 7.2, Pirates 4, and One Piece) performed here. Even if it's not a record in terms of tickets sold, that 91.3% percentage has to be.

While 'Evangelion 3.0' handily beat all of them at Toho and Movix locations, those chains are also the films two primary chains. It's being shown at Warner, Cinemax, and other chains too, but not at nearly as many locations as the other films above. This will narrow the gap, though the data here is actual data making it an incredible result so far and a sign the overall opening day projection data I've been posting earlier could be low.

The first one made $18m, the second made $44m, so this has got to make at least $90m, if not more.