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The First Slam Dunk Film Earns 10 Million HKD in Hong Kong, Macau

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film opened in Hong Kong, Macau on January 12


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Hong Kong content distributor MediaLink Entertainment Limited revealed that The First Slam Dunk, the new anime film of Takehiko Inoue's Slam Dunk basketball manga, has earned 10 million Hong Kong dollars (about US$1.27 million) in Hong Kong and Macau as of Friday. The film opened in Hong Kong and Macau on January 12.

The film opened in Japan on December 3, and ranked at #1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1,295,808,780 yen (about US$9.50 million) over its opening weekend.

The film has sold a total of 5.67 million tickets for a cumulative total of 8,275,174,840 yen (about US$64.29 million) in Japan as of January 15. The film is now the 72nd highest-earning film of all time in Japan. It also the #18 all-time anime film in Japan.

Inoue personally directed the film at Toei Animation and wrote the script. Among the listed staff members are character designer/animation director Yasuyuki Ebara (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and technical directors Katsuhiko Kitada (Attack on Titan episodes, Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot), Naoki Miyahara (Digimon Adventure, Popin Q), Toshio Ōhashi (LayereD Stories 0), and Yū Kamatani (Looking for Magical DoReMi, Precure Super Stars!).

Daiki Nakazawa directed the CG, and Yūta Ogura produced the CG. Kazuo Ogura directed the art. Yōta Tsuruoka directed the sound with Kōji Kasamatsu.

Source: MediaLink's Facebook page


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