{"id":21715,"date":"2025-08-25T07:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21715\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:39:08","slug":"infinity-castle-dominates-korean-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21715\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinity Castle’ Dominates Korean Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJapanese animated blockbuster \u201cDemon Slayer<\/a>: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle\u201d stormed the Korean box office over the Aug. 22\u201324 weekend, opening with $12.6 million from 1.6 million admissions, according to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. <\/p>\n

\n\tPlaying on 2,298 screens, the film captured a commanding 72.6% of market share and has earned $12.9 million in total, including previews. The film is currently No. 1 on the global chart. <\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Sotozaki Haruo and produced by ufotable, \u201cInfinity Castle\u201d adapts the climactic final arc of Gotouge Koyoharu\u2019s blockbuster manga. Returning voice cast members include Hanae Natsuki, Kit\u014d Akari, Shimono Hiro, and Matsuoka Yoshitsugu. The film follows the Demon Slayer Corps\u2019 all-out assault on Kibutsuji Muzan\u2019s stronghold in a bid to end the war between humans and demons.<\/p>\n

South Korean film \u201cMy Daughter is a Zombie<\/a>\u201d dropped to second place but still drew $1.9 million from 272,232 admissions. The film, directed by Pil Gam-sung and starring Jo Jung-seok, Lee Jung-eun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Yoon Kyung-ho, and Choi Yoo-ri, has now reached $34.2 million since opening on July 30.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrad Pitt<\/a>\u2018s racing drama \u201cF1\u201d followed in third with $1.1 million, pushing its cumulative gross to $35 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tJapanese horror mystery \u201cKinki,\u201d directed by Koji Shiraishi and starring Miho Kanno, Chihiro Seno, Eiji Akaso, and Yusei Ozawa, placed fourth with $342,323. Its running total stands at $1.3 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korean romantic comedy \u201cPretty Crazy,\u201d from director Lee Sang-geun and led by Im Yoon-ah and Ahn Bo-hyun, earned $322,228 for a $2.6 million cume.<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korean animated feature \u201cThe King of Kings\u201d added $154,849, lifting its total to $8.7 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSmurfs\u201d grossed $78,929 for $1.1 million to date, while \u201cThe Bad Guys 2<\/a>\u201d picked up $74,132, bringing its cume to $2.5 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOnly God Knows Everything, a South Korean thriller-mystery directed by Paek Seung-hwan, opened in ninth place with $73,815 for a cumulative $91,924. The film follows Do-woon (Shin Seung-ho), a priest raised in the church who, during a confessional, learns that his mother might have been murdered \u2014 and that a dangerous group may be behind it. The cast also includes Han Ji-eun, Park Myung-hoon, and Jeon So-min.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the chart, Danish-Norwegian black comedy body-horror film \u201cThe Ugly Stepsister, a satirical body-horror black comedy from Denmark and Norway, debuted in tenth with $70,617 for a total of $125,375 from 17,468 admissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese animated blockbuster \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle\u201d stormed the Korean box office…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[14442,18625,18,117,19,17,327,18626,5847],"class_list":{"0":"post-21715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-brad-pitt","9":"tag-demon-slayer","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-my-daughter-is-a-zombie","16":"tag-the-bad-guys-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}