Slam Dunk anime film remains #XNUMX in Japanese theaters

The First Slam Dunk , the new film of the basketball manga Slam dunk by Takehiko Inoue, remained at first place for its second weekend. The film sold 544.000 tickets over the weekend and grossed 825.038.420 yen (about $5,99 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 2,02 million tickets for a cumulative total of 3.035.492.950 yen (about $22,04 million).

The film took first place in its opening weekend. The film sold 847.000 tickets and grossed 1.295.808.780 yen (about $9,5 million) during its opening weekend.

The film was released in Japan on December 3. The film has IMAX screenings in 40 theaters across Japan and Dolby Atmos screenings in 34 theaters. The film will be screened in Dolby Cinema starting December 10.

Inoue personally directed the film at Toei Animation and wrote the screenplay. Among the staff members listed 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. Yota Tsuruoka directed the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.

The film suzume ( Suzume no Tojimari ) by Makoto Shinkai remained at second in its fifth weekend. The film sold 432.000 tickets over the weekend and grossed 574.671.440 yen (about $4,17 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has now sold a cumulative total of 6,36 million tickets for 8.592.509.010 yen (about $62,36 million), making it the 68th highest-grossing film of all time at the Japanese box office and the 16th anime movies of all time. in Japan.

The film opened at No. 1 on November 11 and sold 1,33 million tickets and earned 1,88 billion yen (about $13,49 million) in its first three days.

The film sold 38,7% more tickets and earned 47,4% more than Shinkai's critically acclaimed Your Name. film, which earned 1.277.960.000 yen (about $12,51 million at the time) in its first three days. It also sold 14,8% more tickets and earned 14,4% more than Shinkai's previous film Weathering With You, marking the three strongest opening days of Shinkai's films.

Actress Nanoka Hara voices heroine Suzume Iwato in the film. SixTONES idol group member Hokuto Matsumura (Tōru from the live-action film Liar × Liar , Shizuka Doumeki from the live-action film xxxHOLiC ) made his voice acting debut in the film as Sōta Munakata, a young man who goes on a journey with Suzume as the “Door-Closing Master.”

Shinkai ( your name , Weathering With You ) directed the film and wrote the screenplay. He is also credited with the original story. Masayoshi Tanaka ( your name , Weathering With You ) designed the characters. Kenichi Tsuchiya ( your name. , Garden of Words ) was the animation director. Takumi Tanji (Children Who Chase Lost Voices) was the art director. CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc. produced the film. TOHO is distributing the film. RADWIMPS scored the film. Kazuma Jinnouchi ( Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 , RWBY : Ice Queendom ) is the soundtrack of the film together with RADWIMPS . TikTok performer Toaka performed one of the theme songs from the movie “Suzume”.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond ( Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Guren no Kizuna-hen ), the anime film of the franchise , remained at fourth in its third weekend. The film grossed 120.417.800 yen (approximately US$873.600) from Friday to Sunday and earned a cumulative total of 923.109.670 yen (approximately US$6,69 million).

The film was released in Japan on November 25, took second place, and sold 225.000 tickets for 297 million yen (about $2,14 million) in its opening weekend. It sold 313.000 tickets for 416 million yen (about $3,19 million) in its first three days.

Fuse, the author of the original light novel series, wrote the all-new original story of the film. The story centers on a new country called Raja, located west of Tempest. Rimuru and his companions become involved in a long-standing conspiracy revolving around a woman with mysterious power. Rimuru and his commander Benimaru also meet another surviving ogre named Hiiro, who held Benimaru in high regard.

Crunchyroll will screen the film in all major global territories (excluding Asia) in early 2023. The film's overseas rollout will begin in December and eventually include the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South and Central America.

The souls of One Piece Film Red remained al seventh place in its 19th weekend at the Japanese box office. The film grossed 43.654.510 yen (about US$316.900) from Friday to Sunday. The film has now earned a cumulative total of 18.671.552.390 yen (about $135,5 million).

One Piece Film Red was released in Japan on August 6. The film became the best-selling and most profitable film in the franchise, both in terms of the number of tickets sold and yen earned at the box office. The film also surpassed Top Gun: Maverick to become the highest-grossing film released in Japan so far this year. The anime is both the No. 6 anime film. XNUMX highest earning film of all time in Japan, both the No.

Crunchyroll released One Piece Film Red in the United States and Canada on November 4th and in Australia and New Zealand on November 3rd. the US box office for the weekend.

The film centers on a new character named Uta, the daughter of Shanks. Kaori Nazuka is Uta's speaking voice, while Ado is the character's singing voice. Ado also performs the theme song of the movie “Shinjidai” (“New Genesis”). Goro Taniguchi ( Code Geass , One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak! special) directed One Piece Film Red . Tsutomu Kuroiwa ( One Piece Film Gold , One Piece: Heart of Gold , GANTZ:O , live-action Black Butler ) wrote the script, and One Piece manga creator Eiichiro Oda himself served as executive producer.

Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjo (A Star Is Born, a reference to the American film of the same name), the first new film based on Yutaka Hara's Kaiketsu Zorori children's book series in five years, ranked at ninth place in its opening weekend.

The film was released last Friday.

The film is based on the 2019 book Kaiketsu Zorori : Star Tanjō, but has a new take on the story. The story centers on Zorori meeting a girl named Hipopo, who wants to be a star, but she is unable to sing for a certain reason.

This is the first new anime film in the series since 2017's Kaiketsu Zorori: ZZ no Himitsu and marks the series' 35th anniversary.

Bandai Namco Pictures and Ajia-do again produced the animation. Atsuhiro Tomioka, the lead writer of the previous two Kaiketsu Zorori television anime, returned to write the film's script. Kōhei Tanaka, who composed the music for previous entries in the franchise, returned to score the film.

Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki Yūyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk) film fell out of the top 10 in its eighth weekend.

Sources: Kogyo Tsushin (connection 2, connection 3), by Mainichi Shimbun Manta WebcomScore away KOFIC