Kung Fu Panda 4 stayed at the top of the South Korean box office during a very slow weekend for movie-going—the quietest in over a year. The animated movie held a strong position, capturing nearly 44% of the market despite a 32% drop in its earnings from the previous week. It made $1.91 million from Friday to Sunday. Since its release 12 days ago, the movie has made a total of $8.48 million.
The film Exhuma, which was number one for six weeks before, stayed in second place. It earned $772,000 and held nearly 18% of the market share. Since its release on February 22, Exhuma has made a massive $82.7 million from 11.8 million viewers.
Overall, the box office was weak, with total revenues across South Korea’s approximately 2,500 cinemas dropping to just $4.37 million, a low not seen since October 2022.
However, things might look up with the upcoming Wednesday release of The Roundup: Punishment, the fourth movie in a popular crime comedy action series starring Don Lee. This film already made $126,000 in previews over the weekend, bringing its total so far to $240,000.
In third place, this past weekend was the Japanese romance movie The Last 10 Years, which first premiered in Korea in May 2023. It brought in $319,000 over the weekend, reaching a total of $2.87 million.
The Korean crime drama Troll Factory about online scams came in fourth, earning $201,000. It has now made a total of $6.65 million after four weekends.
Dune: Part Two landed in sixth place with $146,000, though its higher ticket prices ranked it seventh in terms of admissions. Since its release on February 28 in Korea, it has earned $16.9 million from 1.99 million tickets sold.
The American horror film The First Omen made $125,000 this weekend, bringing its total to $1.30 million after three weekends.
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire added just $73,000 this weekend, with a cumulative total of $3.68 million since its release on March 27.
Finally, Leon, a movie directed by Luc Besson nearly thirty years ago, earned $40,800 in a re-release, ranking it tenth this weekend. Source
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