In Montana’s Big Sky Country, a black cloud hangs over the state’s expansive horizon. It looms above the indigenous residents of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations and nearby towns in Big Horn County most of all.
11.01.2023 - 14:41 / deadline.com
Japanese studio Toei announced today that its total box office revenue reached a record Yen32.56BN (US$246.6M) for the calendar year 2022, partly thanks to the strong performances of anime blockbusters One Piece Film Red and The First Slam Dunk.
The studio’s box office receipts easily beat its previous record annual high of Yen17.98BN (US$136.2M at today’s exchange rate) achieved in 2009. It also announced that it sold 23.65 million tickets in 2022, a year in which Japan’s box office recovered at a faster rate than many other markets in the region.
One Piece Film Red, the latest instalment in a long-running franchise, opened on August 6 last year and has since sold 13.79 million tickets and earned more than Yen19BN (US$144M) in Japan alone.
The film has also grossed around US$35.5M from international box office markets, with its biggest territories in revenue terms including North America, France and Germany, according to Box Office Mojo.
The First Slam Dunk, also adapted from a popular manga series, opened on December 3 and is still currently the number one film in Japan, grossing $56.9M so far. It was one of two films, the other being Mokoto Shinkai’s Suzume, that kept Avatar: The Way Of Water off the top spot when in opened in Japan in third position on December 16.
Directed and written by Inoue Takehiko, The First Slam Dunk is based on the Slam Dunk basketball manga series, created by Takehiko, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1990 to 1996. The film will be released by Hong Kong-based MediaLink in Hong Kong and Macau on January 12.
Toei’s release slate in 2009 included One Piece Film Strong World, live action drama Mt. Tsurugidake, starring Tadanobu Asano, and two ‘tokusatsu’ films (live
In Montana’s Big Sky Country, a black cloud hangs over the state’s expansive horizon. It looms above the indigenous residents of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations and nearby towns in Big Horn County most of all.
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