The primary Slam Dunkthe anime film of Takehiko Inoue‘S Slam Dunk basketball manga, has now earned 16.22 billion yen (about US$111 million) after revival screenings started final weekend. The movie has now earned greater than James Cameron‘s 2009 Avatar movie to grow to be the twelfth highest-grossing movie in Japan ever. The movie bought 11.19 million tickets.
The movie’s final re-screening happened in January.
The movie opened in Japan in December 2022, and peaked at #1 in its opening weekend. The movie bought 847,000 tickets and earned 1,295,808,780 yen (roughly US$9.50 million) in its opening weekend.
As of June 2023, the movie had bought over 10 million tickets and earned 14.43 billion yen (roughly US$103.5 million on the time) in Japan, after about half a yr in theaters. The movie ended its primary run after about 9 months in Japan in August 2023.
GKIDS The movie was launched in theaters in the US and Canada in July 2023, with each an English dub and Japanese audio and English subtitles. The movie earned US$662,211 in its first weekend in North America. GKIDS launched the movie on Blu-ray Disc on June 25, distributed by Scream! StudiosThe movie will probably be streamed on Netflix within the US from August 25.
The movie received the Animation of the 12 months award on the forty sixth annual Japan Academy Movie Prizes. Toshiyuki Matsuithe movie’s producer, acquired the 2023 Basic Award for the forty second Annual Fujimoto Awards from Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyōkai (Movie Theater Tradition Affiliation).
The movie received the As Award: Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation for Finest Animated Characteristic, and received third place for Finest Animated Characteristic within the Viewers Awards class on the twenty seventh Annual Fantasia Worldwide Movie Pageantwhich was held in Montreal, Canada.
The movie was nominated for Finest Animated Characteristic on the sixteenth Asia Pacific Display Awards (ASPA) in 2023, together with Makoto Shinkai‘S Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) movie. The movie is Koji Kasamatsu was nominated for a Technical Achievement Award within the sound design class on the 2024 London Critics Circle Movie Awards.
Inoue personally directed the movie in Toei animation and wrote the script. Among the many employees members talked about are character designer/animation director Yasuyuki Ebara (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and technical administrators Katsuhiko Kitada (Assault on Titan episodes, Main: Yūjō no profitable trick), Naoki Miyahara (Digimon Journey, Popin Q), Toshio Ohashi (Layered Tales 0), And Yu Kamatani (On the lookout for Magical DoReMi, Precure Superstars!). Daiki Nakazawa directed the CG, and Yuta Ogura produced the CG. Kazuo Ogura directed the artwork. Yota Tsuruoka directed the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.
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