《吉伊卡哇》剧场版韩国票房三连冠：累计观影人次破258万
日本动画电影《剧场版吉伊卡哇：人鱼之岛的秘密》在韩国火得停不下来。据韩国电影振兴委员会票房系统KOBIS的统计，在10月30日至11月1日的周末，该片以170万美元票房、221,651观影人次连续第三个周末登顶韩国票房榜，当周市场份额达32.1%，共在1,167块银幕上映。
该片9月30日在韩国上映，一个多月来累计票房已达2,010万美元，累计观影人次2,583,851。同一周末，布拉德·皮特主演的好莱坞惊悚片《Heart of the Beast》在韩国开画，居票房榜第二；韩国电影市场当周总票房约530万美元，较前一周的560万美元略有回落。
《吉伊卡哇》改编自日本漫画家Nagano的人气漫画，主角是几只小巧可爱的生物。这部漫画从社交网络起家，如今已是横扫亚洲的人气IP，周边商品与联名合作遍布日本、韩国与中国各地的商店。这部剧场版由东宝发行、及川启执导，讲述吉伊卡哇一行前往人鱼之岛冒险的故事。
一部日本动画能在韩国连压好莱坞新片三周，靠的是角色IP的黏性：它的观众不只是儿童，还有大量成年粉丝。（票房数据来源：KOBIS，经Variety报道）
'Chiikawa the Movie' Tops the South Korean Box Office for a Third Straight Weekend, Passing 2.58 Million Admissions
The Japanese animated film 'Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island' cannot be stopped in South Korea. According to KOBIS, the Korean Film Council's box office tracking service, the film earned $1.7 million from 221,651 admissions over the October 30 to November 1 weekend, topping the South Korean chart for a third consecutive weekend with a 32.1 percent market share across 1,167 screens.
Released in South Korea on September 30, the film has now grossed $20.1 million in the market from 2,583,851 admissions. Brad Pitt's Hollywood thriller 'Heart of the Beast' opened the same weekend in second place. The overall Korean market took in about $5.3 million for the weekend, down from $5.6 million the week before.
'Chiikawa' is adapted from Japanese artist Nagano's hit manga about a group of tiny, adorable creatures. What began as social media comics has become one of Asia's biggest character properties, with merchandise and collaborations filling stores across Japan, South Korea and China. The film, distributed by Toho and directed by Kei Oikawa, follows Chiikawa and friends on an adventure to a mermaid island.
That a Japanese cartoon can outdraw new Hollywood releases in South Korea for three straight weeks speaks to the stickiness of character IP: much of its audience is not children, but adult fans. (Box office data: KOBIS, as reported by Variety.)
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