Chiikawa the Movie reaches 2.5 million viewers in 33 days

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island has surpassed 2.5 million cumulative viewers in 33 days, reaching the 7th spot in all-time box office rankings for Japanese animation released in Korea. The film reached a cumulative audience of 2,527,920 as of midnight on the 1st, surpassing the speed of The First Slam Dunk.

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island has surpassed 2.5 million cumulative viewers within 33 days of its release. According to distributor counts, the cumulative audience reached 2,527,920 as of midnight on the 1st.

According to the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network for movie ticket sales, the film ranked first at the box office on October 31 with 97,464 viewers, bringing its cumulative total to 2,490,845. The speed at which it surpassed 2.5 million viewers is three days faster than The First Slam Dunk (36 days) and equal to Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (33 days).

In the all-time box office rankings for Japanese animation released in Korea, the film has risen to 7th place, overtaking Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train (2.21 million viewers), and has placed within the top 10 of this year's overall box office rankings.

Ranking second is Heart of the Beast, starring Brad Pitt, which saw 68,735 viewers for a cumulative total of 151,279. Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng ranked third with 17,053 viewers (cumulative 56,564), while Assassins recorded 16,428 viewers (cumulative 3,432,778) in fourth place.

Following these, Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow ranked 5th with 12,613 viewers, and Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub ranked 6th with 10,496 viewers (cumulative 2,046,485). The remaining top ten spots were held by Clayface in 7th, Paradise Lost in 8th (cumulative 146,222), The Odyssey in 9th (cumulative 12,330,170), and Look Back in 10th.

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