‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ ranks high on the Korean box office: Pushes to the top with 12.6 million in earnings over the weekend - Report

The latest anime release, ‘

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

’, has been doing wonders with its theatrical release. The movie has been topping charts ever since its release in theatres, and has managed to take over the

Korean box office

.

‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ ranks

The Japanese animated film hit the big screens in July in Japan and went for its international release in August. The film has taken the Korean box office by storm as it ended up having a strong opening of 12.6 million dollars from 1.6 million admissions on August 22 to 24, as per reports from the Korean Film Council.The film has been playing across the country on over 2,298 screens, and has managed to get around 72.6% of its market share as per the same report. It knocked off Korean film ‘

My Daughter Is A Zombie

’ to second place, taking over the reins for the top film in the nation for now.

About ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’

The film (full title: ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle’) has been making rounds ever since its official release. The project has been directed by the famous

Sotozaki Haruo

. The film portrays the finale of the Gotouge Koyoharu manga, and shows the story of the

Demon Slayer Corps

and their assault on

Kibutsuji Muzan

’s stronghold. It explores how and why the move was made in order to put an official end to the flaming war between demons and humankind.

Other rankers on the Korean box office

The hit movie ‘

My Daughter

is a Zombie’ has managed to take second place at the box office with a total of 272,232 admissions and earnings of 1.9 million dollars over the weekend. However, the film has still managed to make another milestone possible by becoming the first Korean film to reach the 5 million movie-goers mark this year.The third place is held by ‘F1’, starring top actor Brad Pitt, earning a total of 1.1 million dollars over the weekend, bringing the gross amount of earnings to 35 million dollars.