🎦 Sci-Fi Thriller 'Hope' Retains South Korea Box Office Lead
Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi thriller Hope dominated the South Korean box office for a second consecutive weekend. According to KOBIS data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the big-budget feature grossed $5.5 million over the weekend, drawing 767,300 moviegoers and capturing a 66.8% market share.
The Korean blockbuster’s cumulative box office earnings have now reached $25.3 million, with a total audience exceeding 3.4 million viewers.
Universal and Illumination’s animated feature Minions & Monsters held onto second place with $793,100 for the weekend (bringing its total to $3.9 million since its July 15 release), while Disney’s live-action adaptation of Moana took the third spot ($593,100 for the weekend; $6.6 million cumulative). Pixar’s Toy Story 5 ranked fourth, adding $376,500 to approach the $20 million mark in the Korean market ($19.8 million since its mid-June debut). Rounding out the top five was the animated biblical drama David, which picked up $302,400 over the weekend ($1.4 million total).
The remainder of the top ten included the Korean psychological thriller Eyes (6th place, $269,000 for the weekend; $10.6 million cumulative), the Japanese anime feature Dream Animals The Movie (7th place, opening with $92,700), Josh Safdie’s table-tennis comedy-drama Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet (8th place, $37,600; $923,500 cumulative), Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror Colony (9th place, $27,800; $42.6 million total), and the horror feature Hokum, which closed the chart in tenth place with $22,300.
South Korea’s total weekend box office reached $8.2 million, marking a noticeable dip from the $17.1 million recorded the previous week.
Source: Variety
