Korea Box Office: Na Hong-Jin’s ‘Hope’ Holds Firm at No. 1 as Market Slows
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the big-budget film generated $5.5 million from 767,366 admissions...
Key points
- According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the big-budget film generated $5.5 million from 767,366 admissions over the three-day window, securing a commanding 66.8% share of total market revenue.
- Following its record-setting opening frame, the local tentpole has now accumulated a gross of $25.3 million from 3,415,707 total viewers.
- “Minions & Monsters” was in second place, pulling in $793,103 from 117,916 admissions over the weekend.
- The film has lifted its cumulative total to $3.9 million from 562,965 total ticket buyers since its Jul.
What happened
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the big-budget film generated $5.5 million from 767,366 admissions over the three-day window, securing a commanding 66.8% share of total market revenue. Following its record-setting opening frame, the local tentpole has now accumulated a gross of $25.3 million from 3,415,707 total viewers. “Minions & Monsters” was in second place, pulling in $793,103 from 117,916 admissions over the weekend. The film has lifted its cumulative total to $3.9 million from 562,965 total ticket buyers since its Jul. The animation is now nearing the $20 million mark in South Korea, boasting a local cumulative total of $19.8 million from 2,837,123 viewers since its mid-June launch. Showbox’s action-horror hit “Colony,” directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, took ninth place with $27,867, lifting its lifetime haul to $42.6 million from 5,949,979 total admissions since its May 21 rollout.
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