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Naman Ramachandran
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Toho Japanese animated fantasy “Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island” climbed to the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of Oct. 9–11, winning a razor-thin admissions contest against local political thriller “The Assassin(s).”
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Toho-distributed anime generated $3.13 million from 407,895 admissions across 1,067 screens, claiming 29.7% of the weekend market. Directed by Kei Oikawa and adapted from the popular manga by Nagano, the fantasy feature follows the titular character and companions venturing to a remote island retreat before unraveling a supernatural peril. Having opened wide on Sep. 30, the film has accumulated $9.9 million from 1,281,485 total admissions.
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