Chiikawa led South Korea’s box office for a fourth consecutive weekend with $1.1 million over 6–8 November. Final Interview opened second with $787,344, while total receipts rose to $6.2 million from $5.3 million the previous weekend.
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island held first place at South Korea’s box office for a fourth consecutive weekend. The Japanese animated film drew 149,050 admissions across 977 screens.
The figures come from KOBIS, the Korean Film Council’s tracking service, and were published by Variety. The chart ranks films by admissions rather than revenue.
Total cinema receipts for the weekend were $6.2 million, up from $5.3 million the previous weekend.
| Rank and film | Gross | Admissions | Screens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Chiikawa | $1.1 million | 149,050 | 977 |
| 2. Final Interview | $787,344 | 104,476 | 957 |
| 3. Heart of the Beast | $667,817 | 90,679 | 851 |
| 4. Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30 | $592,765 | 79,999 | 409 |
| 5. The Cat in the Hat | $200,431 | 29,259 | 608 |
| 6. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- | $211,771 | 25,069 | 187 |
Walpurgisnacht: Rising placed below The Cat in the Hat because it sold fewer tickets, although Variety said premium ticketing gave it the higher gross. Heart of the Beast was in its second weekend; Detective Conan and The Cat in the Hat debuted on the chart.
The Japanese animated film took 42.7% of ticket revenue as total weekend receipts fell from $10.5 million to $6.7 million, with new releases finishing outside the top four.
Kei Oikawa directed Chiikawa, adapting Nagano’s manga, and Toho distributed it. Since its September 30 release, the film has earned $21 million from 2.79 million admissions.
Final Interview, directed by Kim Jung-hoon and distributed by Next Entertainment World, adapts a novel by Akinari Asakura. The thriller stars Cho Yi-hyun, Kim Jae-won, Shin Seung-ho, Kang You-seok, Kwak Dong-yeon and Bae Gang-hee as six finalists competing for one corporate job. They evaluate one another until envelopes exposing their secrets disrupt the process. Since opening 4 November, it has earned $1.2 million from 166,796 admissions.
Looking ahead, Maca & Roni: The Movie is scheduled for theatrical release on 14 November, DabPop’s KOBIS-based listing said in its October 23 update.
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