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2016 • PG-13 • 2h • Action, Drama, Horror • FUNimation

A god incarnate. A city doomed.

🍅 87% 80% MC 66 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$451K
Limited · 34 theaters
Domestic total
$5.95M
Incl. 2025 re-release
Worldwide total
$79.66M
$73.71M international
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Cast & crew

Directed byShinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno ScreenplayHideaki Anno Produced byKazutoshi Wadakura, Masaya Shibusawa, Taichi Ueda, Yoshihiro Sato CinematographyKosuke Yamada MusicShiro Sagisu Prod. DesignEri Sakushima, Yuji Hayashida StarringHiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Kengo Kora, Satoru Matsuo, Mikako Ichikawa StudioFUNimation

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
2016 US release (Funimation)
1 Oct 14-16 19 $451.3K — 34 $13,273 $1.5M
2 Oct 21-23 36 $115.3K −74.5% 20 $5,765 $1.9M
3 Oct 28-30 60 $15.5K −86.6% 10 $1,546 $1.9M
4 Nov 4-6 79 $2.4K −84.4% 4 $604 $1.9M
2025 re-release (GKIDS)
1 Aug 15-17 - $1.6M — 1,290 $1,266 $4.4M
2 Aug 22-24 - $349.1K −78.6% 760 $459 $5.6M
3 Aug 29-31 - $120.7K −65.4% 419 $288 $5.9M

Totals are lifetime: each re-release adds to the 2016 US release (Funimation) run.

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 4 · $2.4K
$451.3K
$115.3K
$15.5K
$2.4K
W1W2W3W4
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −84.4%
−74.5%
W1→2
−86.6%
W2→3
−84.4%
W3→4
Steepest −86.6%Best hold −74.5%

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