Shin Evangelion beats franchise record for the first day at the box office

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Postby xenosaga » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:49 am



3.333 -> Shin screening event with another stage greeting with the cast lol.
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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:17 am

The Eigarankingnews image today is one I haven't seen before so it must be a spoiler image (I've entirely avoided the post-release trailers) and I won't add the link.
But after yesterday's number the film has jumped up to 9.275 billion yen and surpassed Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty (US Name) to break into the Top 50 Grossing Films of All Time in Japan.

And Haha. The Double Feature showing may be the very thing to take it over 10 billion. With only 725 million to go I don't see any reason Khara is going to stop until they hit that goal.

You gotta respect the determination. A month ago I would've said 10 billion was never going to happen. Now with the new version and these extra goodies it appears like it's gonna happen.

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Postby Kendrix » Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:54 am

i can imagine a lot of affectionados going for the double feature
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Postby GhostlyOcam » Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:12 am

(TWEET CONTAINS SCREENSHOT FROM THE NEW SPOILER-FILLED SUMMARY TRAILER)

Capping off the weekend with 93.3 Billion Yen, it is now the 49th highest-grossing Japanese film of all-time, beating Cold Blue: The Movie (based on a hit dorama). It will definitely hit 95 billion sometimes this week but will the Q: 3.333+Shin screening with cast greeting next Sunday give this film another meaningful BO jump for 10 billion to be possible? Time will tell.

(I think they can totally pull off some big numbers if they live broadcast the stage greeting in other theaters outside the main one at Wald 9)
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Postby Archer » Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:21 pm

View Original PostKendrix wrote:i can imagine a lot of affectionados going for the double feature

4 movie marathon when? :P

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Postby mastafishere » Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:48 pm

View Original PostArcher wrote:
View Original PostKendrix#925078 wrote:i can imagine a lot of affectionados going for the double feature

4 movie marathon when? :P


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Postby hui43210 » Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:09 pm

https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/statu ... 41664?s=19

The push for 10 billion Yen continues. Attendees are getting Mari and Karwou posters, but only outlines are being shown so far.
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Postby xenosaga » Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:32 pm

I knew I should have waited to import the posters......
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Postby ProcopiousJones » Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:36 pm

View Original PostGhostlyOcam wrote:It will definitely hit 95 billion sometimes this week but will the Q: 3.333+Shin screening with cast greeting next Sunday give this film another meaningful BO jump for 10 billion to be possible? Time will tell.)


So, they're holding another stage greeting event after they said the prior one was the final stage greeting event, which was after the one which also claimed to be the last stage greeting event...

Makes me wonder if this is actually the final run of the movie in Japanese cinemas... :chinscratch:
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Postby xenosaga » Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:58 pm

At this point I think they will do anything to go past 10 billion.
If this "final run" can't achieve it, they can always do "extra run" or something lol.
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Postby ProcopiousJones » Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:38 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the double feature showing of 3.333 and 3.0 + 1.01 going to its logical conclusion, and we see quadruple feature screenings of NTE in one sitting in Japan. I am thinking about doing that myself once the final movie releases outside of Japan.
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Postby Nuclear Lunchbox » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:08 am

After the final run, we'll have the :|| run. It only makes sense.

But really, with 10 billion appearing so close over the horizon, something tells me they're going to do whatever they can to get it there. I imagine fans are also sort of starting to get caught up in it, everyone wants to be part of the theatrical event that gets the final film in this tetrology to 10 billion yen. Khara will probably do whatever they need to in order to bring fans back to the theater, maybe even trotting out Anno himself if it means getting those last few million dollars.

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Postby xenosaga » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:14 am

Seems like they are also doing a radio show late tonight with most of the cast, and even staff like Tsurumaki and others (no Anno lol)

They really want to hype it up this week.
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Postby GhostlyOcam » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:16 am

The press release stated the mini posters' distribution was almost cancelled because the film is losing showtimes everywhere, but the Last Run campaign helped to bring it back. They also did some obvious trick to get people return to see it repeatedly because the posters are handed randomly, so you can't choose whether you want Mari or Kaworu.

Mari is one thing, but never, ever underestimate Kaworu fangirls. :kaworu_lewd:
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Postby xenosaga » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:20 am

They are indeed pulling some very smart moves to really go over the line. Kaworu/Mari being random is very smart lol.
The current poster ends this Friday so some might rush to get that if they still haven't lol.
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Postby FullMetalBiscuit » Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:28 am

View Original PostGhostlyOcam wrote:Mari is one thing, but never, ever underestimate Kaworu fangirls. :kaworu_lewd:


Even movie screenings are like a gacha game now.

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Postby Archer » Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:32 am

View Original PostFullMetalBiscuit wrote:Even movie screenings are like a gacha game now.

It’s more surprising this wasn’t done sooner, these kinds of gachafied prizes are pretty par for the course for events and giveaways in Japan.

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Postby xenosaga » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:08 am

Damn it's gonna be filled with spoilery images from the latest trailer isn't it?

Anyways 9.349 billion today.
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Postby hui43210 » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:42 am

View Original Postxenosaga wrote:Damn it's gonna be filled with spoilery images from the latest trailer isn't it?

Anyways 9.349 billion today.


It very well could be, I'd avoid them to be safe.
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Postby xenosaga » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:57 am

View Original Posthui43210 wrote:[quote="xenosaga#925183"]Damn it's gonna be filled with spoilery images from the latest trailer isn't it?

Anyways 9.349 billion today.


It very well could be, I'd avoid them to be safe.[/quote]
Yeah I mean I am curious about the daily box office so I am checking them every day but the person is using images from the trailer and starts using the ones from the latest trailer so I might just have to avoid and check the boxoffice here or something lol..
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