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The First Slam Dunk Anime Film Earns 1.29 Billion Yen in 1st 2 Days
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The new anime The First Slam Dunk, has sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1.29 billion yen ($9.5 million) in its first two days in cinemas. The film topped the Japanese box office for the weekend.
The film opened in Japan on Saturday. The movie has IMAX screenings in 40 cinemas all over Japan, and Dolby Atmos screenings in 34 cinemas. The movie will get Dolby Cinema screenings starting on December 10.
The film stars:
- Shugo Nakamura as Ryota Miyagi
- Jun Kasama as Hisashi Mitsui
- Shin'ichirō Kamio as Kaede Rukawa
- Subaru Kimura as Hanamichi Sakuragi
- Kenta Miyake as Takenori Akagi
- as Haruko Akagi
Inoue personally directed the film at Precure Super Stars!).
The group 10-FEET performs the ending theme song "Dai Zero Kan."
The film will Philippines on February 1.
Inoue published his iconic sports manga in streaming the series, and it describes the story:
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent with a long history of getting dumped by girls. After enrolling in Shohoku High School, Hanamichi becomes interested in a girl named Haruko who loves the game of basketball.
Viz Media released all 31 volumes of the manga in English.
ceasing its direct distribution plans in North America.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
