Disney’s “Inside Out 2” held up very well during its fourth weekend of release in South Korea, reaching a cumulative score of $48 million.
The film earned $6.30 million between Friday and Sunday, earning from 906,000 ticket sales, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service of the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That meant a week-on-week decline of just 11%. And the film maintained a powerful 43% market share in its fourth week.
The cumulative total of $48.1 million from 6.92 million ticket sales confirms “Inside Out 2”’s position as the third highest grossing film of the year behind “Exhuma” and “The Roundup: Punishment.” And it has a tally nearly double that of fourth-place “Wonka,” with $24.6 million.
The daily charts showed that “Inside Out 2” was beaten by new Korean release “Escape” on Wednesday, but the new film’s lead could not be maintained. “Escape” earned $3.64 million this weekend and $5.01 million during its initial five-day run.
The action drama about a North Korean soldier who dreams of defecting and the South Korean officer who pursues him is directed by Lee Jong-pil, who previously made the surprise 2020 hit ‘Samjin Company English Class’. Starring Lee Je-hoon and Koo Kyo-hwan.
Comedy-horror film “Handsome Guys” retained third place in its second weekend. Thanks to good word of mouth, it earned $2.14 million, just 6% less than its opening weekend score. After twelve days in Korean cinemas, the film has grossed $6.49 million.
‘Hijack 1971’, a fact-based Korean kidnapping story about a plane hijacking in which an explosion caused the pilot to lose an eye, lose altitude and drop to fourth place from the previous two-week cruise level of second position. It scored $1.45 million, down 38% week-over-week, and has collected $9.95 million since its June 21 launch.
“A Quiet Place: Day One” fell to fifth place in its second weekend. Kobis shows it making $512,000 and collecting $3.55 million after 12 days of release.
“Perfect Days,” the Wim Wenders-directed, Oscar-nominated drama about a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, took sixth place in its opening weekend in Korea. It earned $85,000 during the weekend itself and $132,000 during its first five days.
Japanese animation, “Haikyu! The Dumpster Battle” increased the weekend score, but remained unchanged in seventh place. It earned $71,800 between Friday and Sunday, for a total of $5.30 million since its May 15 release.
“Dune Part Two” earned $55,000, thanks to higher-priced tickets and an opportunistic re-release, and took eighth place. (Local charts, ranked by admissions, show ninth place.) Since its release on the last day of February, the film has earned $17.0 million and has been seen by two million spectators. The first part of “Dune” was also re-released and took tenth place with $44,000, for a total of $13.4 million.
The German animated film ‘Shorty and the Legend of the Enchanted Reef’ dropped to eleventh place in its second week. It earned $29,200 for a total of $118,000 since release.
The Chinese hit film “The Invisible Guest” only opened in Korea on the 13th. It earned $24,000 over the weekend and $48,000 during its full five-day Korean debut.
The nationwide box office weekend was worth $14.7 million, up 6% week-over-week.
