According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole generated $3.9 million from 449,474 admissions over the three-day frame across 1,648 screens, capturing 51.4% of the total weekend market. Securing its sixth consecutive weekend victory, the blockbuster pushed its cumulative South Korean gross to $89.6 million from 10,782,715 total admissions since its Aug. 5 launch. The film accounted for 18.6% of the weekend market, lifting its cume to $3.7 million from 474,818 total viewers.
Superhero tentpole “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” was tin third place in its seventh outing, generating $544,123 from 84,719 admissions over the frame. The film accounted for 7% of the frame, bringing its local gross to $68.7 million from 8,930,413 admissions. Since its Sept. 9 premiere, the release has collected $404,575 from 53,631 total admissions.
Local family road-trip drama “The Journey to Gyeongju” took fifth place, generating $124,071 from 17,206 admissions. Directed by Kim Mi-jo and starring Lee Jung-eun, Gong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon, and Byun Yo-han, the revenge-tinged family narrative pushed its haul to $2.3 million from 332,960 viewers. Sci-fi thriller “Hope” rebounded into the top 10 in seventh place, adding $125,591 from 14,719 admissions.
Directed by Na Hong-Jin and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the alien-encounter feature has accumulated $36.2 million from 4,566,216 ticket buyers. Toho’s anime classic “Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time,” directed by Toshiya Shinohara, entered the chart in eighth place, earning $89,975 from 10,935 admissions across 129 screens for a cumulative $159,850 from 19,829 admissions. The local family crime-drama “Portrait of a Family,” directed by Lee Ji-won and starring Ryu Seung-ryong and Ha Ji-won, finished in ninth place with $66,614 from 9,752 admissions over the weekend, moving its cume to $652,858 from 97,145 viewers.
Directed by Lee Ji-won and starring Ryu Seung-ryong and Ha Ji-won, the film centers on a former superstar baseball player and a top actress whose glamorous lives unravel when a mysterious young girl appears, dragging them into a desperate struggle seven years later. Rounding out the top 10 was the upcoming animated adventure “Forgotten Island,” which took $70,125 from 9,314 admissions across early festival and special preview screenings, lifting its pre-release total to $88,051 from 11,772 viewers ahead of its wide launch on Sep. 23. The overall market collective gross for the weekend was $7.6 million, down from last week’s $9.8 million.
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