[Oni]

Evangelion was originally released in 1995, which was 25+ years ago. The final film grossed about $80 million within its first 100 days. For an anime during the pandemic, these are pretty good numbers.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the "final" Evangelion film, surpassed 9 billion yen (about US$80 million) as of Monday, its 99th day at the box office. It sold 1,136% more tickets for 1,054.3% more yen this past Monday than it did on the previous Monday.

The film had sold 169,296 tickets for 265,876,900 yen (about US$2.42 million) this past weekend for a new total of 5,867,510 tickets for 8,965,306,780 yen (about US$81.7 million). This past weekend's box office was 939.5% that of the weekend before (by the number of tickets sold), and 960.5% (by total yen earned). The film ranked #1 by tickets sold this past weekend. (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway ranked #1 by total yen earned this past weekend.)

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.

Read More: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20...en/.173983

[Greenleaf]

Classic animes are getting more popular nowadays. And it's a good way to maintain these legendary animes. Hope this success would resurrect back many classic animes.