1905 movie network news The Japanese animated film released on April 20th made a hot opening in IMAX theaters, earning 38 million RMB at the box office, sweeping the opening records of many imported animated films and Japanese films. Since midnight on the 20th, IMAX cinemas all over the country are crowded, and countless audiences are competing to relive memories of youth for the first time through the immersion charm of IMAX experience. In the phenomenal craze, IMAX’s first weekend box office accounted for as much as 10%.
On the first weekend of the release, 731 IMAX cinemas across the country became the punching places for countless fans of slam dunk. Seven of the top 10 cinemas with the highest box office in China are IMAX cinemas. Up to now, "Slam Dunk Master" has set a number of records, such as the highest zero point in the history of IMAX imported animation in China, the highest first weekend of Japanese movies and the proportion of IMAX box office, and the best first weekend of non-English imported films.
"The movie-watching boom of Slam Dunk and the cultural event effect caused by it are exciting. We are both excited and moved to see so many audiences pouring into IMAX cinema from zero to weekend to recall their youth and get together with old friends. This fully shows that the combination of the big screen experience represented by IMAX and the diverse film content can jointly create an irreplaceable and truly phenomenal entertainment and social experience, "said Meng Danqing, CEO of IMAX China." Congratulations to our partner Dongying Animation and Road Painting Film and Television, and look forward to the slam dunk and create more box office achievements. "
"Slam Dunk Master" was directed by the original author himself and served as a screenwriter. In the mid-1990s, the animation of slam dunk was broadcast on TV stations all over China, which became an indelible childhood memory for generations.
With the continued popularity of Slam Dunk, IMAX China Cinema will also usher in one of the May Day holiday schedules with the richest film types. Will land in IMAX theaters on April 28. The final chapter of the series (May 5) and the popular action movie (May 17) specially filmed by IMAX will be released after the festival. The new DC work just announced will also appear on the IMAX big screen on June 16th.