{"id":36291,"date":"2025-09-01T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/36291\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:24:16","slug":"infinity-castle-holds-no-1-at-korea-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/36291\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinity Castle’ Holds No. 1 at Korea Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJapanese blockbuster \u201cDemon Slayer<\/a>: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle\u201d held the top spot at the Korean box office for a second weekend, grossing $6.3 million from 800,819 admissions over Aug. 29\u201331. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film has now accumulated $24.4 million since opening on Aug. 22. Directed 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. The film is currently No. 2 on the global chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korean film \u201cMy Daughter is a Zombie<\/a>\u201d remained in second place with $1.4 million, bringing its total to $36.3 million since its July 30 release. Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2018s racing drama \u201cF1\u201d followed closely with $1.1 million, lifting its cumulative gross to $36.6 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tChinese romantic drama \u201cJust For Meeting You\u201d debuted in fourth with $288,232 from 40,486 admissions across 494 screens. Directed by Liu Yulin, the film stars Liu Haocun as Xu Nian Nian and Song Weilong as Yang Yi. Adapted from a popular youth novel, it tells the story of a transfer student whose rivalry with a top student turns into a tender romance, raising the question of whether they can confront their long-held feelings when they meet again later in life.<\/p>\n

\n\tJapanese horror mystery \u201cKinki,\u201d directed by Koji Shiraishi and starring Miho Kanno, Chihiro Seno, Eiji Akaso, and Yusei Ozawa, placed fifth with $271,601, pushing its total to $1.8 million. U.S. action sequel \u201cNobody 2<\/a>\u201d opened in sixth with $148,482, while South Korean rom-com \u201cPretty Crazy,\u201d from director Lee Sang-geun and led by Im Yoon-ah and Ahn Bo-hyun, ranked seventh with $106,738 for a $2.8 million total.<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korean animated feature \u201cThe King of Kings\u201d added $89,780 in eighth, reaching $8.7 million overall. U.S. body-swap comedy \u201cFreakier Friday\u201d opened in ninth with $84,956, while \u201cSmurfs\u201d rounded out the chart with $43,819, taking its cumulative gross to $1.1 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe top 10 films combined for $9.8 million over the weekend, down from $17.4 million the previous frame. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese blockbuster \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle\u201d held the top spot at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[14442,18625,18,117,19,17,327,18626,5517],"class_list":{"0":"post-36291","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-nobody-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36291","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=36291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}