The new anime film of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk basketball manga, The First Slam Dunk, has sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1.29 billion yen (about US$9.5 million) in its first two days in cinemas.
Cinedigm released Slam Dunk season one, volume one on English dub-only DVD in May 2015.
The movie has IMAX screenings in 40 cinemas all over Japan, and Dolby Atmos screenings in 34 cinemas.
The group The Birthday performs the film’s opening theme, and 10-FEET performs the ending theme song “Dai Zero Kan.”