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.
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.
“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.
