Korea Box Office: ‘Moana’ Captures Crown While ‘The Eyes’ Retains Second Place
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film generated $3 million from 403,931 admissions over the...
Key points
- According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film generated $3 million from 403,931 admissions over the three-day frame, securing a 36.53% share of the weekend market.
- Since its wide rollout on July 8, the film has accumulated a cumulative gross of $3.7 million from 511,471 total admissions.
- Local suspense thriller “The Eyes” held its ground in second place, pulling in $1.8 million from 257,816 admissions.
- Popular on Variety “Toy Story 5” moved to third place, collecting $1.7 million from 238,520 admissions, bringing its South Korea cume to $17.6 million from 2,580,319 total tickets since its mid-June premiere.
What happened
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film generated $3 million from 403,931 admissions over the three-day frame, securing a 36.53% share of the weekend market. Since its wide rollout on July 8, the film has accumulated a cumulative gross of $3.7 million from 511,471 total admissions. Local suspense thriller “The Eyes” held its ground in second place, pulling in $1.8 million from 257,816 admissions. Popular on Variety “Toy Story 5” moved to third place, collecting $1.7 million from 238,520 admissions, bringing its South Korea cume to $17.6 million from 2,580,319 total tickets since its mid-June premiere. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, the viral hive-mind thriller has reached a cumulative haul of $41.4 million from 5,914,322 total admissions since launching on May 21. Rounding out the bottom rung of the top 10 was “Backrooms,” which generated $65,575 over the three-day window to lift its lifetime cume to $8.5 million from 1,209,069 admissions.
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