THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Scores Past 1 Billion Yen, Takes First Place in Weekend Charts

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK came onto the court and immediately scored a three-pointer, making over 1 billion yen in its first two days topping the weekend box office charts and pushing Makoto Shinkai’s massive anime film Suzume down into second place.

Over its first two-day weekend, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK made 1.296 billion yen (US$9.57 million) on the back of 847,000 tickets sold, marking the best opening for a Slam Dunk anime film in the history of the franchise, though the others were released under much different circumstances.

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK opened in Japan on December 3 in regular and IMAX theaters and expanding to Dolby Cinema screens on December 10.