Update on Korea's Biggest Box Office Hits RN (2025)

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1st Place: Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Arc

Since it premiered in August and is scheduled to run until February next year,

It looks like the cumulative Korean audience alone will pass 5.8 million.

2nd place, Zombie Daughter, ended its run at 5.63 million viewers.

Currently streaming on OTT.

3rd place, F1 The Movie, ended at 5.21 million viewers, even after a re-screening.

Currently streaming on OTT.

4th place, Zootopia 2, surpassed 4.5 million viewers in just 3 weeks.

It is expected to pass 5 million before the end of the year.

5th place, Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc, was an unexpected hit and seems like it will stay in theaters for a long time.

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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle has already pulled in 50x its production budget,

The Mission Impossible series, which was guaranteed success, with Final Reckoning, made a near-loss,

and the continuous miserable failures of Disney live-action adaptations are being covered by Zootopia 2's success, plus the hit of Netflix's KD-Hunter success.

Since animations are hitting the jackpot one after another, regardless of OTT or theaters,

They say the animation market will only grow bigger.

TL;DR

At least this year, theaters managed to put food on the table thanks to the anime hits.

올해는 그나마 애니들 흥행으로 극장들 입에 풀칠은 함