Japan Box Office Top 10: THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Returns to No.1 in Its 13th Weekend
Thanks to a new bonus item, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK earned an impressive 311 million yen (2.42 million USD) on 212,000 admissions in its 13th weekend, which was an astonishing growth of 240 percent compared to last weekend. That was enough to put the film back in first place for the first time in five weeks.
The 124-minute film has made 11,276,348,740 yen (87.7 million USD) on 7,745,549 admissions in 86 days since its release on December 3, 2022, becoming the 13th top-grossing Japanese film of all time.
RELATED: THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Scores a Six-Pointer to Move Up to 31st at All-Time Japanese Box Office
A new bonus item, the “Circle Clear File,” has been available in theaters in a limited number of 500,000 since February 24.
映画を観てくださるみなさまへ感謝を込めて、
本日より新しいTHANKSプレゼント”円陣クリアファイル”をお渡ししております。
(※全国50万枚限定になります)裏面にもデザインがあります。
まだまだ上映は続きますので、引き続き『#THEFIRSTSLAMDUNK 』をお楽しみください！#10billion#SLAMDUNK pic.twitter.com/i1cFDRWuu7
— 映画『THE FIRST SLAM DUNK』公式 (@movie_slamdunk) February 24, 2023
With 313 million yen (2.43 million USD) on 211,000 admissions, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- remained in second place, the same as last weekend. Although it was below in terms of attendance, it was ahead of SLAM Dunk in terms of box office revenue because it started showing in the MX4D/4DX theaters with higher ticket prices last weekend. The 110-minute feature film edition’s cumulative total gross has reached 3.1 billion yen (24.1 million USD) on 2.26 million admissions.
RELATED: Demon Slayer -To the Swordsmith Village- Brings in More Than 3 Billion Yen at JP Box Office
In its 16th weekend, Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume ranked seventh two positions up from last weekend, bringing its total to 13.9 billion yen (108 million USD) on 10.48 million admissions. Now it has become the 10th top-grossing Japanese film of all-time, surpassing JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (13.8 billion yen).
RELATED: Suzume Overtakes JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 to Become 15th Highest-Grossing Film of All Time in Japan
The anime film adaptation of Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz-themed manga BLUE GIANT dropped one spot to ninth place in its second weekend with the cumulative total gross of 110 million yen (855,300 USD).
Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (February 24-26, 2023)
(ticket sales basis)
1 (4). “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” – 11.2 billion yen
2 (2). “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-” – 3.1 billion yen
3 (new). “Yudo” – 199 million yen
4 (3). “Shylock no Kodomo-tachi”
5 (7). “BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas” – 1.37 billion yen
6 (1). “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
7 (9). “Suzume” – 13.9 billion yen
8 (6). “LEGEND & BUTTERFLY”
9 (8). “BLUE GIANT” – 110 million yen
10 (-). “RRR” – 1.05 billion yen
(C)I.T.PLANNING,INC. (C)2022 SLAM DUNK Film Partners
