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Detective Conan tops South Korea box office on opening day

Detective Conan tops South Korea box office on opening day

The new Detective Conan film opened at No.

1 at South Korea’s box office, drawing about 25,000 people on its first day.

The animated mystery follows Conan, Japanese police and the FBI as they investigate a counterfeit banknote case and try to prevent a national crisis.

The Chiikawa film led advance bookings, with about 63,000 tickets sold by 9 a.m.

the next morning.

It ranked fourth on the previous day, with about 12,000 viewers.

Chiikawa had attracted about 2.64 million viewers overall since opening on September 30.

The thriller The Final Interview placed second on opening-day attendance, while Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast ranked third.

The next box-office picture may shift as advance bookings turn into admissions, but no later results are given.

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