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Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” maintained its hold on the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 26–28.
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council,
the blockbuster animation pulled in $3.3 million from 502,939 admissions over the three-day window, securing a 45.38% share of the market. In less than two weeks of release, the film has brought its cumulative total to $10.8 million from 1,617,339 total admissions since its Jun. 17 premiere.
The local suspense thriller “The Eyes” debuted in second place, capturing $1.5 million from 232,952 admissions over the weekend. Directed by Yeom Ji-ho, the film is a Korean remake of the 2011 Spanish psychological thriller “Julia’s Eyes.” It stars Shin Min-ah as a photographer slowly losing her eyesight due to a genetic condition who investigates the suspicious death of her blind twin sister, aided by a detective played by Kim Nam-hee. Since its wide theatrical rollout on Jun. 24, the title has accumulated a gross of $1.9 million from 305,229 admissions.
Action-horror hit “Colony” took third place, pulling in $651,811 from 96,075 tickets over the frame. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, the zombie thriller tracking a rapidly adapting viral hive-mind has now generated a cumulative haul of $39 million from 5,714,022 admissions since its wide release on May 21.
1990s retro music comedy “Wild Sing” was in fourth place, bringing in $431,330 from 67,663 admissions. Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film has now secured a total of $7.7 million from 1,234,075 tickets since its June 3 release.
“Supergirl” opened in fifth place with $424,420 from 61,764 admissions. Since its release on Jun. 24, the film has earned a cumulative total of $754,138. “Backrooms” was in sixth place, adding $219,751 over the weekend to take its local box office footprint to a cumulative total of $7.9 million from 1,153,973 viewers.
Concert documentary “Jeong Dong-won Fan Concert Film: The Road We Meet Again” debuted in seventh place, earning $134,467 from 8,295 tickets. The film chronicles the popular singer Jeong Dong-won during his final arena performance and preparations prior to his mandatory military enlistment.
Neo Sora’s acclaimed near-future youth drama “Happyend” placed eighth, generating $54,894 over the three-day window to push its local cumulative lifetime gross to $930,696.
The Japanese drama “Unreachable” opened in ninth place, drawing $35,019 from 6,117 admissions over the weekend. Directed by Nobuhiro Doi and written by acclaimed screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto, the film centers on three young women shared-housing in a Tokyo suburb who are bound by a 12-year bond while navigating their individual paths of unrequited love. The ensemble cast stars Suzu Hirose, Hana Sugisaki, Kaya Kiyohara, and Ryusei Yokohama. Since its local rollout on Jun. 24, it has gathered $61,128.
Rounding out the top ten was the cross-border horror-thriller co-production “The Shrine,” which brought in $44,819 from 6,040 admissions. Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and starring Kim Jae-joong and Kong Seong-ha, the project has grossed a cumulative total of $306,818 from 45,711 tickets since its launch.
The overall market collective gross for the weekend was $6.9 million, down from the previous week’s $8 million.
