▲ This photo, provided by Plus M Entertainment, shows 'The Devil's Deal.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) 

 

SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Yonhap) -- The movie "The Devil’s Deal," starring Cho Jin-woong, Lee Sung-min, and Kim Moo-yul, won the top of the box office after a competition with the Japanese animation "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba To The Swordsmith Village."

 

According to the Korean Film Council's Box-office Information System on Monday, "The Devil’s Deal" has topped the box office with more than 257,000 audiences for three days (3-5 days) on weekends. The cumulative number of audiences until the previous day was about 496,000.

 

The Japanese animation "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba," which was released exclusively by CGV, was followed by 234,000 people.

 

However, in terms of sales, " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" earned 2.99 billion won (24.6% of sales share) over the weekend, ahead of "The Devil’s Deal" (2.59 billion won, 21.3%).

 

"The First Slam Dunk," which topped the box office hit in Japanese animation the previous day, ranked third with 114,000 viewers, down one notch from the previous week.

 

Lim Young-woong's concert live film "I'm Hero the Final," which marked its first weekend in theaters along with "The Devil’s Deal" and "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba," and "My Puppy," starring Yoo Yeon-seok and Cha Tae-hyun, ranked fourth and seventh, respectively.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

 

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