Chiikawa movie retakes No. 1 at the South Korean box office
Chiikawa the Movie: Secret of Mermaid Island is back on top in South Korea, drawing 19,659 viewers on 11 November and passing 2.8 million admissions in total.
Chiikawa is back on top. Chiikawa the Movie: Secret of Mermaid Island has won back first place at the South Korean box office.
According to the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network (the official ticket-sales tracker), the Japanese animated film drew 19,659 viewers on 11 November alone. That was enough for No. 1 on the day.
Its total audience in South Korea has now passed 2.8 million.
Quick recap if you missed it: this is the first Chiikawa animated feature, based on Nagano's hugely popular manga. It opened in Japanese cinemas in July 2025 and became a box-office hit there.
Now the little characters are still pulling in crowds in Korea, months after the film first hit screens in Japan.
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