Oh, and we'll need to wait to see what happens on Sunday, and probably for weekend actuals on Monday as well since it'll likely be close, but it might set a new March Opening Weekend Record after all despite, again, opening on a Monday and having five days under its belt already.

The first Narnia has held the March OW record for 15-years now, so it'll be nice to finally see that broken.

Usual Locations (~70% of Market) - Saturday Admissions

ALL Biggest Saturdays Since 2015:

Saturday Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
983,582/1,278,438 (76.9% capacity), [267/6,080] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
849,337/1,205,680 (70.4% capacity), [265/5,846] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *2nd Sat.*
666,348/1,132,873 (58.8% capacity), [267/5,554] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *3rd Sat.*
455,669/1,042,619 (43.7% capacity), [268/4,885] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *5th Sat.*
452,803/1,077,542 (42.0% capacity), [267/3,777] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
446,065/1,026,179 (43.4% capacity), [263/4,776] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *4th Sat.*
348,024/605,267 (57.4% capacity), [239/1,676] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
345,143/655,976 (52.6% capacity), [249/1,832] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
332,987/725,315 (45.9% capacity), [258/2,202] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
330,349/701,865 (47.1% capacity), [247/2,864] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
317,709/530,456 (59.9% capacity), [231/1,727] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
304,765/606,962 (50.2% capacity), [266/2,955] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *9th Sat.*
303,762/991,341 (30.6% capacity), [266/3,582] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019) *2nd Sat.*
293,246/714,702 (41.0% capacity), [236/2,789] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
289,656/530,905 (54.5% capacity), [230/1,502] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
289,177/798,886 (36.2% capacity), [268/4,057] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *7th Sat.*
286,726/658,842 (43.5% capacity), [231/2,256] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
283,482/670,255 (42.3% capacity), [254/2,527] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
279,289/719,848 (38.8% capacity), [261/2,370] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
274,872/775,754 (35.4% capacity), [262/2,657] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
274,621/729,821 (37.6% capacity), [267/2,669] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
271,313/719,670 (37.7% capacity), [261/2,374] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
267,547/524,773 (51.0% capacity), [218/1,439] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016) *2nd Sat.*
266,911/816,498 (32.7% capacity), [251/3,196] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
262,671/667,610 (39.3% capacity), [245/2,327] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
261,318/416,694 (62.7% capacity), [261/2,113] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *11th Sat.*
260,076/527,874 (49.3% capacity), [218/1,416] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016) *3rd Sat.*
258,108/705,935 (36.6% capacity), [257/3,194] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
256,171/625,193 (40.9% capacity), [260/2,208] - Aladdin (June, 2019) *2nd Sat.*
248,763/515,707 (48.2% capacity), [220/1,365] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016) *5th Sat.*
248,613/533,783 (46.6% capacity), [258/2,293] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
241,332/608,132 (39.7% capacity), [250/1,979] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
239,231/508,838 (47.0% capacity), [247/1,870] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017) *2nd Sat.*
228,918/588,463 (38.9% capacity), [260/2,021] - Aladdin (June, 2019) *3rd Sat.*
227,517/473,967 (48.0% capacity), [221/1,582] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
224,049/629,042 (35.6% capacity), [261/2,139] - Weathering With You (July, 2019) *2nd Sat.*
222,394/667,569 (33.3% capacity), [268/3,906] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020) *6th Sat.*
219,551/851,490 (25.8% capacity), [266/3,279] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019) *3rd Sat.*
217,237/519,533 (41.8% capacity), [218/1,410] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016) *4th Sat.*
217,221/919,956 (23.6% capacity), [258/3,250] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
209,804/462,825 (45.3% capacity), [229/1,366] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
205,137/648,401 (31.6% capacity), [259/2,096] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)
202,075/451,836 (44.7% capacity), [218/1,257] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
201,003/629,398 (31.9% capacity), [258/2,035] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019) *2nd Sat.*

Biggest March Opening Weekends (1998-):
Weekend Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Screen Count] - Film (Release Date)
01. ¥1.075 billion ($9.9 million) / 725,000 [N/A] - Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (2021) *Prediction*
02. ¥1.037 billion ($8.9 million) / 814,000 [780] - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2006)
03. ¥910.0 million ($6.9 million) / 618,000 [580] - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
04. ¥843.1 million ($7.9 million) / 716,629 [381] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)
05. ¥823.2 million ($7.9 million) / 708,753 [667] - The Golden Compass (2008)
06. ¥763.4 million ($7.5 million) / 602,347 [598] - Frozen (2014)
07. ¥696.0 million ($6.2 million) / 586,000 [382] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (2019)
08. ¥691.8 million ($6.8 million) / 592,036 [373] - Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic (2017)
09. ¥683.9 million ($7.3 million) / 561,098 [312] - Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
10. ¥667.3 million ($7.2 million) / 597,899 [353] - Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
11. ¥644.7 million ($5.4 million) / 557,310 [365] - Doraemon: Nobita's Space Record of Space Heroes (2015)
12. ¥639.1 million ($5.7 million) / 544,641 [319] - Assassination Classroom 2: Graduation (2016)
13. ¥637.0 million ($5.6 million) / 544,816 [374] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
14. ¥600.4 million ($5.9 million) / 530,554 [361] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (2014)
15. ¥598.6 million ($5.1 million) / 468,142 [575] - Night at the Museum (2007)
16. ¥590.7 million ($4.5 million) / 465,624 [535] - Monsters, Inc. (2002)
17. ¥589.5 million ($5.1 million) / 466,480 [568] - Moana (2017)
18. ¥559.4 million ($4.8 million) / 501,500 [330] - Doraemon: Nobita's New Adventure into the Underworld (2007)
19. ¥553.5 million ($6.2 million) / 498,198 [366] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
20. ¥552.6 million ($6.9 million) / 485,465 [359] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (2012)
21. ¥546.3 million ($4.9 million) / 421,921 [588] - Sing (2017)
22. ¥516.1 million ($5.1 million) / 462,283 [344] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)
23. ¥512.0 million ($4.2 million) / 384,000 [339] - Catch Me If You Can (2003)

This prediction is using a 10% drop tomorrow and knocking ~5% off the average ticket price of what most IMAX/4DX releases see since Sunday is Toho Cinemas Day (discounted tickets). However, with this Sunday being a Toho Cinemas Day, it could very well remain flat with Saturday or see a slight bump in admissions. Therefore the prediction I put together *should* be on the safe, conservative end of its range.

I'm pretty confident it'll break ¥1 billion, as a 20% drop or higher on Sunday would be needed for it to miss and that's pretty unlikely. But the March OW record (even though it's not much above that mark) does require a good Sunday result (no higher than a 10% dip to be safe).

And, of course, remember that this film opened this past Monday.

How many admissions/b.o. did EVANGELION do from Monday to Friday?

Only its opening day has been released, but I'm estimating around 1.3 million admissions for a gross of ~¥2 billion ($18/19 million) from Monday-Friday. This weekend should get it above 2 million admissions and ~¥3 billion ($27/28 million) for its 7-day total.

THX!
Since weekdays are usually included in the opening weekend numbers, we might have another Japanese movie leading the WW charts...

Looks like Saturday is coming in around $5.5mil - $24.4mil lifetime.

https://twitter.com/Franspeech/status/1 ... 1786396674

Would that put the opening 7-days closer to $29mil/$30mil assuming a 10% drop?

If that user is using actual figures versus estimated figures, yeah, or if their estimates are close.

Daily numbers aren't reported in Japan unless the distributor releases them though, so it's unlikely any numbers besides its opening day (which was reported) are official right now. Having access to Rentrak could also yield actual figures, but not many have access to them.

I see they're tweeting the Top 5 in Japan each day, and that's never released by anyone, so my guess is they're estimating. Nothing wrong with estimates, of course (that's what we do), just remember that they are estimates and can change when actuals come in. Their estimates look fine to me across the board. I'm estimating ~¥2.6 billion ($23.9 million) as of Saturday, so pretty similar.

Biggest Twenty-Second Weekends (2000-)
¥174.1 million ($1.5 million), +02%, ¥23.56 billion ($223.8 million) - Your Name. (2016)
¥x97.8 million ($0.9 million), -15%, ¥28.58 billion ($235.2 million) - Spirited Away (2001)
¥x85.0 million ($0.8 million), -48%, ¥38.59 billion ($369.4 million) - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020) *Prediction*
¥x29.4 million ($0.3 million), -38%, ¥12.83 billion ($115.1 million) - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
¥x26.3 million ($0.2 million), -30%, ¥19.01 billion ($185.0 million) - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
¥x13.5 million ($0.1 million), -48%, ¥25.36 billion ($248.5 million) - Frozen (2014)

Biggest 23rd-24th Weekends:


A rough drop this weekend, especially in gross since it lost its 4DX showings (which made up the balk of its business in recent months). Although, increasing over the last 3 weekends sort of prepared it for this weekend's drop.

The decline in admissions is going far better, probably looking at a 35% decline or so versus last weekend. It'll probably stabilize again pretty soon, and we have Spring Break in two-weeks that'll give it a nice little bump as well.

Begins Sunday a few thousand admissions up over yesterday. Should be looking at 250,000+ once again, but I don't want to call much higher since it'll slow down heavily after 5pm again like yesterday due to Tokyo and neighboring prefectures closing early.

That said, unlike every other film on the list, it doesn't have to be concerned with matching its Saturday evening/night sales (something Sundays rarely can do) since it doesn't have many of them due to restrictions. A sizable lead on Sunday is typically needed around 5-7pm in order for it to beat Saturdays. So just as long as Evangelion is ahead of yesterday come 5/6pm, it should finish the day ahead of yesterday.

Turning in. Will update the rest in the morning.

It's still outpacing yesterday (up 7,000) and if it doesn't beat Saturday, it's going to more or less match it or come very close since Sunday evening/night business isn't as weak (in comparison to Sat.) as it typically is now with Tokyo and surrounding prefectures still closing early.

So:

-New March OW Record is very likely. It hasn't been broken in 15-years, so major accomplishment there.
-Exceeding ¥3 billion for its first seven days is very likely, becoming one of the ten fastest films to ever reach that milestone.

It should come in a bit below sat overall.

Yeah, it finished below Saturday. Not unusual or anything, just that Toho Cinemas Day was an opportunity to best Saturday. And still managed a sub-10% decline though (~8%), which is what it needed on paper to open above ¥1 billion, claim the March OW record, and exceed ¥3 billion as of Sunday.

Now, these milestones aren't 100% guaranteed. We only have data from its opening day to determine how it's doing in rural prefectures and what its average ticket price could be, so there is a little room for error either high or low. But it's very likely that it achieved all three goals.

I'll have the Hourly Tracker updated in a minute, followed by final update and charts over the next couple of hours.

Usual Locations (~70% of Market) - Weekend Admissions

Biggest Openers Since 2015:

Saturday Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
983,582/1,278,438 (76.9% capacity), [267/6,080] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
452,803/1,077,542 (42.0% capacity), [267/3,777] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
348,024/605,267 (57.4% capacity), [239/1,676] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
345,143/655,976 (52.6% capacity), [249/1,832] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
332,987/725,315 (45.9% capacity), [258/2,202] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
330,349/701,865 (47.1% capacity), [247/2,864] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
317,709/530,456 (59.9% capacity), [231/1,727] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
293,246/714,702 (41.0% capacity), [236/2,789] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
289,656/530,905 (54.5% capacity), [230/1,502] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
286,726/658,842 (43.5% capacity), [231/2,256] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
283,482/670,255 (42.3% capacity), [254/2,527] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
279,289/719,848 (38.8% capacity), [261/2,370] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
274,872/775,754 (35.4% capacity), [262/2,657] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
274,621/729,821 (37.6% capacity), [267/2,669] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
271,313/719,670 (37.7% capacity), [261/2,374] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
266,911/816,498 (32.7% capacity), [251/3,196] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
262,671/667,610 (39.3% capacity), [245/2,327] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
258,108/705,935 (36.6% capacity), [257/3,194] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
248,613/533,783 (46.6% capacity), [258/2,293] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
241,332/608,132 (39.7% capacity), [250/1,979] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
227,517/473,967 (48.0% capacity), [221/1,582] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
217,221/919,956 (23.6% capacity), [258/3,250] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
209,804/462,825 (45.3% capacity), [229/1,366] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
205,137/648,401 (31.6% capacity), [259/2,096] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)
202,075/451,836 (44.7% capacity), [218/1,257] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
196,491/520,369 (37.8% capacity), [237/1,744] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
193,053/648,160 (29.8% capacity), [252/2,037] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
191,730/585,196 (32.8% capacity), [254/1,787] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
187,901/485,825 (38.7% capacity), [235/1,574] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
174,835/517,134 (33.8% capacity), [260/1,835] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
174,797/501,322 (34.8% capacity), [240/1,487] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)
166,650/766,440 (21.7% capacity), [241/2,556] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
165,385/471,596 (35.1% capacity), [262/2,020] - The Lion King (Aug., 2019)
157,910/547,894 (28.8% capacity), [252/1,655] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
157,739/484,007 (32.6% capacity), [247/1,422] - Masquerade Hotel (Jan., 2019)
151,875/419,163 (36.2% capacity), [251/1,655] - Avengers: Infinity War (Apr., 2018)
139,061/668,663 (20.8% capacity), [236/2,346] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
136,031/515,406 (26.4% capacity), [233/1,460] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
136,021/413,696 (32.9% capacity), [259/1,802] - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (July, 2019)

Sunday Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
983,247/1,270,221 (77.4% capacity), [267/6,010] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
433,284/1,000,982 (43.3% capacity), [267/3,611] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
422,119/710,943 (59.4% capacity), [263/2,516] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
415,451/710,757 (58.5% capacity), [258/2,166] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
357,985/643,941 (55.6% capacity), [249/1,793] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
328,862/595,145 (55.3% capacity), [240/1,648] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
316,396/810,365 (39.0% capacity), [251/3,159] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
303,414/524,359 (57.9% capacity), [231/1,688] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
288,800/558,006 (51.7% capacity), [250/1,859] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
287,736/686,927 (41.9% capacity), [261/2,298] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
285,092/696,581 (40.9% capacity), [261/2,302] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
282,386/512,761 (55.1% capacity), [230/1,434] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
275,491/670,208 (41.1% capacity), [236/2,636] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
264,078/659,166 (40.1% capacity), [254/2,486] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
263,634/633,723 (41.6% capacity), [245/2,241] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
247,101/696,438 (35.5% capacity), [267/2,581] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
240,717/553,701 (43.5% capacity), [257/1,672] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
237,416/703,893 (33.8% capacity), [260/3,197] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
234,075/456,584 (51.2% capacity), [218/1,263] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
228,840/514,921 (44.4% capacity), [258/2,258] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
220,152/483,455 (45.5% capacity), [235/1,567] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
219,122/687,402 (31.9% capacity), [247/2,805] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
217,273/450,421 (48.2% capacity), [229/1,277] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
214,354/623,299 (34.4% capacity), [252/1,972] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
210,322/497,446 (42.2% capacity), [240/1,479] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)
207,464/639,737 (32.4% capacity), [231/2,205] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
205,221/685,215 (29.9% capacity), [236/2,336] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
203,669/748,846 (27.2% capacity), [243/2,554] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
203,404/565,007 (36.0% capacity), [253/1,771] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
201,580/429,746 (46.9% capacity), [221/1,467] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
198,490/475,197 (41.8% capacity), [261/2,000] - The Lion King (Aug., 2019)
196,225/903,942 (21.7% capacity), [258/3,189] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
191,678/510,040 (37.6% capacity), [233/1,443] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
179,254/485,593 (36.9% capacity), [247/1,414] - Masquerade Hotel (Jan., 2019)
177,571/377,061 (47.1% capacity), [259/1,757] - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (July, 2019)
175,504/501,557 (35.0% capacity), [237/1,587] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
163,731/511,689 (32.6% capacity), [260/1,810] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
159,662/421,852 (37.8% capacity), [252/1,652] - Avengers: Infinity War (Apr., 2018)
136,457/548,056 (24.9% capacity), [259/2,017] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)

Weekend Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
1,967,023/2,548,968 (77.2% capacity), [267/12,091] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
886,099/2,078,835 (42.6% capacity), [267/7,389] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
748,438/1,436,072 (52.1% capacity), [258/4,368] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
703,128/1,299,917 (54.1% capacity), [249/3,625] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
697,121/1,487,446 (46.9% capacity), [263/5,175] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
676,886/1,200,412 (56.4% capacity), [240/3,324] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
621,123/1,051,181 (59.1% capacity), [231/3,415] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
583,307/1,626,823 (35.9% capacity), [251/6,355] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
572,042/1,043,666 (54.8% capacity), [230/2,936] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
569,497/1,392,147 (40.9% capacity), [236/5,431] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
564,449/1,416,549 (39.8% capacity), [261/4,673] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
559,049/1,406,597 (39.7% capacity), [261/4,672] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
549,579/1,389,766 (39.6% capacity), [247/5,670] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
547,821/1,330,179 (41.2% capacity), [254/5,015] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
530,132/1,116,138 (47.5% capacity), [250/3,838] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
526,470/1,302,175 (40.4% capacity), [245/4,570] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
521,805/1,426,417 (36.6% capacity), [267/5,521] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
495,524/1,409,828 (35.1% capacity), [260/6,391] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
494,190/1,298,579 (38.1% capacity), [231/4,461] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
477,529/1,048,231 (45.6% capacity), [261/4,552] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
436,267/x,908,420 (48.0% capacity), [218/2,520] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
429,097/x,903,746 (47.5% capacity), [221/3,049] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
427,077/x,913,713 (46.8% capacity), [229/2,643] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
413,446/1,823,898 (22.7% capacity), [258/6,439] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
408,053/x,969,280 (42.1% capacity), [235/3,141] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
407,419/1,271,559 (32.0% capacity), [252/4,010] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
398,627/1,101,595 (36.2% capacity), [257/3,337] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
395,204/1,150,630 (34.3% capacity), [254/3,559] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
385,119/x,998,768 (38.6% capacity), [240/2,966] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)
371,995/1,021,926 (36.4% capacity), [237/3,331] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
370,390/1,515,394 (24.4% capacity), [243/5,111] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
364,228/x,947,797 (38.4% capacity), [262/4,025] - The Lion King (Aug., 2019)
344,292/1,394,229 (24.7% capacity), [236/4,683] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
342,594/1,196,457 (28.6% capacity), [259/4,113] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)
338,566/1,028,823 (32.9% capacity), [260/3,645] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
336,993/x,969,600 (34.8% capacity), [247/2,836] - Masquerade Hotel (Jan., 2019)
327,709/1,025,446 (31.9% capacity), [233/2,903] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
313,592/x,790,757 (39.7% capacity), [259/3,559] - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (July, 2019)
311,497/x,841,015 (37.0% capacity), [252/3,307] - Avengers: Infinity War (Apr., 2018)

Biggest March Opening Weekends (1998-):
Weekend Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Screen Count] - Film (Release Date)
01. ¥1.085 billion ($10.0 million) / 730,000 [N/A] - Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (2021) *Est.*
02. ¥1.037 billion ($8.9 million) / 814,000 [780] - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2006)
03. ¥910.0 million ($6.9 million) / 618,000 [580] - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
04. ¥843.1 million ($7.9 million) / 716,629 [381] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)
05. ¥823.2 million ($7.9 million) / 708,753 [667] - The Golden Compass (2008)
06. ¥763.4 million ($7.5 million) / 602,347 [598] - Frozen (2014)
07. ¥696.0 million ($6.2 million) / 586,000 [382] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (2019)
08. ¥691.8 million ($6.8 million) / 592,036 [373] - Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic (2017)
09. ¥683.9 million ($7.3 million) / 561,098 [312] - Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
10. ¥667.3 million ($7.2 million) / 597,899 [353] - Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
11. ¥644.7 million ($5.4 million) / 557,310 [365] - Doraemon: Nobita's Space Record of Space Heroes (2015)
12. ¥639.1 million ($5.7 million) / 544,641 [319] - Assassination Classroom 2: Graduation (2016)
13. ¥637.0 million ($5.6 million) / 544,816 [374] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
14. ¥600.4 million ($5.9 million) / 530,554 [361] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (2014)
15. ¥598.6 million ($5.1 million) / 468,142 [575] - Night at the Museum (2007)
16. ¥590.7 million ($4.5 million) / 465,624 [535] - Monsters, Inc. (2002)
17. ¥589.5 million ($5.1 million) / 466,480 [568] - Moana (2017)
18. ¥559.4 million ($4.8 million) / 501,500 [330] - Doraemon: Nobita's New Adventure into the Underworld (2007)
19. ¥553.5 million ($6.2 million) / 498,198 [366] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
20. ¥552.6 million ($6.9 million) / 485,465 [359] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (2012)
21. ¥546.3 million ($4.9 million) / 421,921 [588] - Sing (2017)
22. ¥516.1 million ($5.1 million) / 462,283 [344] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)
23. ¥512.0 million ($4.2 million) / 384,000 [339] - Catch Me If You Can (2003)

Very likely took the March OW record, finally ending Narnia's 15-year hold on it (though Narnia will keep the admissions record). There IS a scenario, though unlikely, where it could fall just short (like ¥1.02 billion), so leave a little room for it to come in second.

I'm estimating Evangelion's 7-day total (Mon.-Sun.) at ¥3.1 billion ($28/29 million) with 2.06 million admissions.

Also big for IMAX this session was Japanese anime Shin Evangelion which set a new opening day record for the format in Japan last Monday. Across the first seven days, the franchise-ending film grossed $3.4M to place as the 2nd highest IMAX opening week for a local title in the market, behind the recent Demon Slayer.

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