The Japanese anime film The First Slam Dunk continued to dominate the Chinese daily box office chart on Thursday (April 27), according to the data from the China Movie Data Information Network on Friday (April 28).
The film is an adaptation of the popular Slam Dunk basketball manga series in the 1990s, written and directed by its original creator, Takehiko Inoue.
It generated around 11.1 million yuan (about US$1.6 million) on the eighth day of screening, raising its total box office revenue to 437 million yuan.
It was followed by the domestic action comedy Ride On starring Jackie Chan, which raked in 2.98 million yuan on Thursday.
In third place was the Chinese adaptation of the classic Japanese family drama Hachiko with a daily gross of about 2.27 million yuan.
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