The First Slam Dunk, the new anime film of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk basketball manga, earned 130 million yen (about US$881,569) in its one-day revival screenings on Tuesday in Japan.
The First Slam Dunk is also the seventh highest-earning anime film in Japan.
The film is the 13th highest-earning film of all-time in Japan, surpassing Hayao Miyazaki’s 2008 anime film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which has 15.5 billion yen (around US$105.8 million) in domestic earnings.
The film won Animation of the Year at the 46th annual Japan Academy Film Prizes.