Chiikawa Holds No. 1 in Korea as Heart of the Beast Opens Second

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island topped the South Korean weekend box office for Oct. 30–Nov. 1, 2026, its third consecutive weekend at No. 1, according to Variety. The film earned $1.7 million from 221,651 admissions on 1,167 screens, 32.1% of the weekend market.

Heart of the Beast opened in second place with $1.2 million from 162,790 admissions on 1,106 screens, 23% of revenue. Since its Oct. 28 opening, the film has taken $1.5 million from 215,237 admissions.

Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng debuted third with $326,609 from 44,799 admissions on 677 screens, 6.09% of the market. The Assassin(s) placed fourth in its sixth frame with $307,719 from 41,265 admissions on 620 screens, and the Attack on Titan: Crimson Arrows re-release ranked fifth with $266,616 from 30,263 admissions on 233 screens.

Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub was sixth with $208,310 from 26,650 admissions and crossed two million total tickets. Paradise Lost placed seventh on admissions with $124,104 from 17,053 admissions on 593 screens, while Clayface was eighth in admissions with 16,641 viewers on 444 screens but grossed $140,321.

The Odyssey took ninth place in its 13th weekend with $108,833 from 13,332 admissions on 254 screens, and You, Like a Star debuted tenth with $77,264 from 10,091 admissions on 154 screens. The overall weekend market gross was $5.3 million, down from $5.6 million the previous weekend.

Longer runs behind the chart

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island opened in South Korea on Sep. 30, 2026 and has earned $20.1 million from 2,583,851 admissions. The Assassin(s) launched on Sep. 23, 2026 and has grossed $25.5 million from 3,448,036 admissions, while Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub has reached $15.7 million from 2,055,522 total viewers.