Korea Box Office: Inside Out 2 Wins Fifth Weekend, Fends Off Project Silence

May 2024 · 5 minute read

Pixar animation film “Inside Out 2” held on to top spot at the South Korean cinema box office for a fifth successive weekend, successfully fending off another local challenger. The latest was disaster-action film “Project Silence.”

“Inside Out 2” scored $3.53 million between Friday and Sunday with a 30% market share, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That increment lifted the film’s running total to $53.3 million since releasing on June 12. The total is the third highest by any film released in Korea this year and is the highest for any imported title.

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Directed and co-written by Kim Tae-gon, “Project Silence” takes a road bridge near Incheon Airport as the setting for a chain reaction of accidents, explosions and mayhem. The perils include an attack from genetically engineered dogs which are trained to target people according to their voice.

It earned $2.49 million over the weekend, earned from 356,000 spectators, and accounted for a 21% share of the weekend market.

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“Escape,” released a week earlier, slipped to third place. It earned $2.43 over the latest weekend and has amassed a cumulative of $9.19 million over 12 days on release.

Another holdover, “Handsome Guys” earned $1.48 million in fourth place. A Korean remake of “Tucker & Dale vs Evil,” the film has earned $8.91 million over 19 days in Korean theaters. Local media report that the film was made on a low budget and has now achieved profitability.

“Hijack 1971” earned $707,000 in its fourth weekend on release. That expanded its total to $11.3 million since debuting on June 21.

“Doraemon: Nobita’s Earth Symphony” was the weekend’s second-placed new release. In sixth position overall, the Japanese animation film earned $218,000 over the weekend and $270,000 over its five-day opening run.

“Fly Me to the Moon,” a U.S. comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, opened in seventh place in Korea. With a three-day debut and a smattering of previews, the film finished the weekend with $145,000.

“A Quiet Place: Day One” earned a low-key $103,000 in its third weekend. That gives it a cumulative of $3.84 million.

Japanese animation and games derivative “Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era” took $79,500 between Friday and Sunday. Over its four-day opening run, it collected $138,000.

“Love Lies Bleeding,” the acclaimed fantasy film that opened the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea a week earlier, debuted in tenth spot at the Korean box office. It earned $50,900 over the weekend and $94,000 over its five-day opening run.

Aggregate, nationwide weekend box office slipped by 20% to $11.7 million.

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