Anime 'Chiikawa' holds top spot in Korea for third weekend

The Japanese animated film 'Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island' remained the number one movie in South Korea over the Oct. 30-Nov. 1 weekend, marking three straight weeks at the top of the box office. Data from KOBIS, the Korean Film Council's tracking service, confirmed the Toho-distributed title's continued dominance, while Brad Pitt's thriller 'Heart of the Beast' opened in the same period.

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