THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Scores a Six Pointer to Move Up to 31st on All Time Japanese Box Office Charts

 

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK anime film, which opened in Japan on December 3 returned to first place this week at the Japanese box office with one of the best weeks for the film in the last month. This has moved the movie up six places to 31st on the all-time charts! The rest of the box office information was released today also.

 

As of February 26, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK has made 11.23 billion yen (US$84.55 million) on the back of 7.74 million tickets sold. It is now the 31st highest-grossing film in Japan of all time behind 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens and continues to be the 12th highest-grossing anime film of all time in Japan following 2013’s The Wind Rises. 

 

Slam Dunk needs to make a little less than 800 million yen to overtake The Wind Rises. Over the last week, the film made 500 million so it’s likely to overtake Hayao Miyazaki’s then-final film in a few weeks.

 

 

RELATED: THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Anime Film Thanks Viewers For Support With New Theatrical Gift

 

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.