The film sold 1,533,054 tickets and earned 2,218,130,800 yen (about US$20.5 million) in its first three days to rank #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.
The film sold 350,000 tickets for over 508 million yen (about US$4.7 million) in its opening weekend.
The film sold 2,194,533 tickets for 3,338,422,400 yen (about US$30.6 million) in its first seven days in 466 theaters in Japan.
The film sold 33.6% more tickets for 45.1% more yen than the previous Evangelion film during their respective first seven days.