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The First Slam Dunk Film Ranks 1st on Final Day of Screening

Slam Dunk basketball manga, ranked first place in the Japanese box office on its final day of screening on Thursday, despite having already screened in theaters for about nine months. As of its final day, the film has sold about 10.88 million tickets for 15.73 billion yen (around US$107.6 million).

The film held the "Last Game" special screenings in its last official seven days in cinemas in Japan, which started last Friday, and ended on Thursday.

The film is the 13th highest-earning film of all-time in Japan, suring Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which has 15.5 billion yen (around US$105.8 million) in domestic earnings. The First Slam Dunk is also the seventh highest-earning anime film in Japan.

The film sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1,295,808,780 yen ($9.50 million) over its opening weekend.

By June, the film had sold over 10 million tickets to earn 14.43 billion yen ($103.5 million that time) in Japan, after about a half a year in theaters.

dub and with Japanese audio and English subtitles on July 28. The film earned US$662,211 in its first weekend in North America. The film has a worldwide cumulative earning of US$152,355,179 as of August 20.

The film received this year's general award for Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyōkai's (Film Theater Culture Association) 42nd annual Fujimoto Awards.

The film Fantasia International Film Festival, which was held from July 20 to August 9 in Montreal, Canada.

Inoue personally directed the film at Kōji Kasamatsu.

Source: Cinema Today