Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the “final” Evangelion film, sold 169,296 tickets and earned 265,876,900 yen (about US$2.42 million), jumping back to the top spot in the Japanese box office (in tickets sold) after it dropped off the top 10 last weekend. This past weekend’s box office for the film is 939.5% that of the weekend before (by the number of tickets sold), and 960.5% (by total yen earned). The film has earned a total of 8,965,306,780 yen (about US$81.4 million).
The film’s new Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 version began playing on Saturday for the film’s “last run.” The new version contains “minor revisions” to some animation sequences, but does not change the film’s story.
The film opened in Japan on March 8. The film ranked #1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 2,194,533 tickets for 3,338,422,400 yen (about US$30.6 million)…
