Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Ultraman took its Specium Ray to the Japanese box office this weekend, and all the box office’s of not only the previous films in the Ultra series but to Shin Godzilla as well, grossing more in its first three days than every other entry in the Ultra series and moreso than Shin Godzilla made in the same time frame.
Shin Ultraman’s first three-day was also higher than that of the previous tokusatsu “Shin” film helmed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Shin Godzilla, which made 825 million yen over its first three days in Japanese theaters.
Shin Ultraman is the latest “Shin” film stemmed from the mind of Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno.