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Because of a stellar turnout over the Golden Week holidays, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK has lastly entered the highest 10 highest-grossing listing in Japan, overtaking JUJUTSU KAISEN 0, after rising to fifth place on the worldwide listing final weekend because of excessive field workplace grosses from throughout Asia.

As of Could 7, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK has grossed 13.96 billion yen (US$106.09 million) in Japan on the again of over 9.66 million tickets offered because the movie opened again in December. It is presently the highest-grossing movie of 2023 in Japan—the official field workplace calendar in Japan runs from December to November—the tenth highest-grossing anime movie and total the sixteenth highest-grossing movie, having overtaken JUJUTSU KAISEN 0. Weathering With You sits above Slam Dunk on each lists in Japan.

Worldwide, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK continues its reign because the fifth highest-grossing anime movie of all time, closing the hole between it and Suzume, which can be in theaters world wide. In China,  Slam Dunk’s second-biggest market exterior Japan, the movie has now grossed US$91.92 million with South Korea following at US$36.46 million. The movie has grossed US$30.35 million in seven different Asian territories for a complete of US$264.82 million world wide to this point.

RELATED: THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Gets North American Theatrical Release Later this Summer

The unique Slam Dunk TV anime aired from 1993 to 1996, with 4 anime movies being spun off from the unique anime. You may catch an on-demand replay of the TV anime right here on Crunchyroll.

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK opened in Japan on December 3, 2022, in common and IMAX theaters and expanded to Dolby Cinema screens on December 10. The movie might be headed to the UK, Eire and Malta from Anime Restricted and Toei Animation Europe this Summer time with GKIDS releasing it in North America on the identical time and describing the movie like so:

Shohoku’s “speedster” and level guard, Ryota Miyagi, at all times performs with brains and lightning pace, operating circles round his opponents whereas feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following within the footsteps of his older brother, who was a well-known native participant from a younger age, Ryota additionally grew to become hooked on basketball.

Sources: Kogyo Tsushin, ENT Group, KOBIZ

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll Information. He additionally runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff known as TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photographs of his travels on Instagram.