the entertainment website deadline reported on Wednesday that Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, the "final" film in the Evangelion series, set a new record for highest IMAX opening day earnings in Japan, with the equivalent of US$$ 740,000 in tickets IMAX.
In addition, it also set a record for the highest percentage of IMAX premiere gross revenue for a local film in Japan, with IMAX accounting for 10% of the film's premiere gross revenue at just 1% -2% of total screens.
The new movie, dubbed “3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon A Time,” premiered on Monday. IMAX, MX4D and 4DX screenings of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 also began on Monday alongside regular screenings.
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Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon A Time
The film sold 539,623 tickets for 802,774,200 yen (about US $ 7,382 million) on its first day in 466 theaters on Monday. The film sold 21.7% more tickets and grossed 23.8% more in yen on its opening day compared to the opening day of the previous film: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2012.
Evangelion: 3.0 opened on a Saturday. However, Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 opened on Monday. The staff had delayed the film from January 23 to March 8, after careful consideration due to the new state of emergency declared in four prefectures in Japan on January 8, and then extended to a total of 11 prefectures.
The film was previously delayed due to concerns over the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its spread in and outside of Japan. The film was originally scheduled to open in Japan on June 27, 2020.
Additionally, the first three films in the trilogy, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance, and Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, released in 2007, 2009, and 2012, respectively. The three films had new screenings of MX4D and 4DX in Japan, which premiered on December 4, 11, and 18, respectively.
Anyway, once again a movie with great prominence in Japan breaks another record! In other words, now we just have to wait in the West to be able to take advantage of it.
