'Evangelion' animates box office
Film huge hit with Japanese audiences
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Distrib Nikkatsu reported sold-out screenings across the country. Realizing that the originally skedded Cinema Square, a 224-seat theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, would not accommodate the crowds, Nikkatsu switched to the nearby, 1,046-seat Milano theater but still had standing-room-only crowds for all seven opening-day screenings.
The two-day total for the Milano was 12,500 admissions and $130,434. Other theaters around the country averaged $26,086.
Produced by toon house Gainax, pic is based on the first six episodes of a cult hit TV toon series from a decade ago that has been broadcast and sold on DVD widely abroad.
Prior to release, Nikkatsu kept the story top secret, fueling fan interest.
Movie is part one of a projected four-part series, all of which Nikkatsu plans to release theatrically.
