The locally-produced crime-action thriller The Roundup: Punishment maintained its lead in the South Korean box office for the second consecutive weekend, while Hollywood’s The Fall Guy had a modest start, debuting in third place.
According to Kobis, the box office tracking service run by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), The Roundup: Punishment earned $13.8 million between Friday and Sunday, generating revenue from 1.92 million ticket sales.
Despite an impressive 83% market share, this figure was down from the previous week’s 92%, representing a 33% decrease in earnings. The film has so far accumulated $55.8 million, including revenue from a limited preview the previous weekend, drawing a total audience of 7.96 million.
This performance places The Roundup: Punishment as the second-highest-grossing film of the year. After only 12 days in theaters, it already ranks as the seventh best-performing film in South Korea since the pandemic began. Two of its predecessors, The Roundup (2022), which earned $96.6 million, and The Roundup: No Way Out (2023), which took in $77 million, currently hold higher positions.
Meanwhile, Kung Fu Panda 4 earned $1.17 million over the latest weekend, pushing its total revenue to $11.1 million since its release on April 10. The Fall Guy, which had also struggled during its North American launch, earned just $544,000 between Friday and Sunday, taking a 3% share of the market. Its five-day debut in South Korea brought its total to $1.12 million.
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A new Pokémon film landed in fourth place, earning $440,000 over the weekend and reaching a cumulative total of $660,000 after five days. The re-released Japanese drama The Last Ten Years took fifth place, adding $181,000 to its cumulative total of $3.43 million.
Exhuma remained strong, earning an additional $105,000 to reach a total of $84.5 million from 11.9 million spectators. The European animated film Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel debuted in seventh place, earning $72,000 over the weekend and $108,000 during its five-day launch.
Challengers, which opened a week earlier, earned $66,800, bringing its two-weekend total to $352,000. The Japanese animated film Sylvanian Families: A Gift From Freya brought in $48,500 over the weekend, with a five-day total of $79,000. Rounding out the top ten was Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which earned only $33,000, pushing its total to just $334,000 since its April 17 release. Source
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