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| ▲ A promotional material for the movie "The First Slam Dunk" is installed at a movie theater in downtown Seoul on the 8th. (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Yonhap) -- Japanese animation "The First Slam Dunk" has regained the top of the box office.
According to the Korea Box-Office Information System on Wednesday, "The First Slam Dunk" was watched by more than 36,000 people the previous day, beating "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" (Ant-Man 3).
"The First Slam Dunk" gave its spot as Marvel's new film "Ant-Man 3 was released on the 15th of last month but it returned to the top in 14 days.
"The First Slam Dunk," which made the popular cartoon "Slam Dunk" in the 1990s as a movie, is gaining popularity among the 30s and 40s and continues to be a long-term hit. Recently, audiences in their 20s are also visiting theaters to see the film.
The cumulative number of viewers stood at about 3.64 million as of the previous day, ranking second among Japanese animations released in Korea after "Your Name." (3.79 million). It is observed that it will exceed "Your Name." as early as this week.
"The First Slam Dunk" has become a hot topic even before production, with Takehiko Inoue, the original author of the cartoon, wrote the script and directed the movie himself. The work densely captures the match between Buksan High School and Sanwang Gong High School, which marked the end of the original story.
The main character changed from 'red-haired' Kang Baek-ho to 'short-body guard' Song Tae-seop.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)
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