THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Rises to 43rd Place on All-Time Charts as Anime Film Nears 10 Billion Yen

 

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK anime film nears the 10 billion yen milestone, a milestone only 42 other films have done in Japan, by reaching 43rd place on the Japanese all-time box office charts, singling that the Toei Animation-produced movie might be in its last quarter. The current box office results for the film were revealed today.

 

As of February 5, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK has made 9.95 billion yen (US$74.66 million) on the back of 6.82 million tickets sold. This brings the film up to 43rd place behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’s 10.02 billion yen box office takings. Slam Dunk is now also the 13th highest-grossing anime film of all time in Japan overtaking Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween and behind Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time.

 

 

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The original Slam Dunk TV anime aired from 1993 to 1996, with four anime films being spun off from the original anime. You can catch an on-demand replay of the TV anime right here on Crunchyroll, which describes the series as such:

 

Hanamichi Sakuragi, an entering freshman at Shohoku High, holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school. Ever since the last girl turned him down for a guy on the basketball team, Sakuragi’s been traumatized by the sport.

 

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK opened in Japan on December 3 in regular and IMAX theaters and expanded to Dolby Cinema screens on December 10.

 

Source: Kogyo Tsushin

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.