#Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Syncs to Over 9.99 Billion Yen at Japanese Box Office

With only a week and a half until Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time leaves most theaters in Japan on July 21, fans are waiting in bated breath for the “final” Evangelion anime film to hit the 10 billion yen milestone and enter an exclusive club of only 8 other anime films. Sadly people will have to wait longer because, according to the official Evangelion Twitter account, it hasn’t reached that number … yet.

According to the above Tweet, and subsequent article from Mantan Web, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 has exceeded 9.997 billion yen (US$91.19 million) at the Japanese box office on the back of 6.54 million tickets sold. This brings Evangelion 3.0+1.0 up to 38th on the all-time Japanese box office chart, above The Adventures of Milo and Otis (known in Japan as Koneko Monogatari) and below Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. 

Though separately, Kogyo Tsushin, which surveys the Japanese box office weekly, doing so since 1951, reports that Evangelion 3.0+1.0 has already reached 10 billion yen.

Either way, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 will reach 10 billion yen before the film ends its run in a week and a half. Which is impressive, as the three previous films have only grossed approximately 12 billion yen combined inside Japan. Anno will see the landmark of robot anime over the next week.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 finally opened in Japan after being delayed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 8, breaking franchise records on the first day and eventually becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise in Japan in less than a month, then the highest-grossing worldwide in 35 days, and finally the 9th highest-grossing anime film in Japan of all-time. It is the longest film in the franchise (not including compilations or special screenings). An updated version of the film, Evangelion 3.0+1.01, was released in Japanese theaters on June 12. The film streams internationally on Amazon Prime Video on August 13 in English subbed and dubbed formats.

Sources: Evangelion on Twitter, Mantan Web, Kogyo Tsushin

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.