“Alien: Romulus” emerged on top of the South Korean box office on a weekend with five new-release titles in the top ten chart.
The U.S. horror-thriller franchise film earned $3.47 million between Friday and Sunday, with a 28% market share, data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic) showed. Over its full five-day opening “Alien Romulus” earned $5.46 million.
Those figures were enough to push “Pilot,” the Korean comedy-drama film that had topped the box office for the past two weeks, into second position. And the generous crop of newcomers lifted the nationwide weekend box office aggregate to $12.4 million.
Incurring a 45% week-on-week loss of altitude, “Pilot” earned $2.73 million over the latest weekend, giving it a three-weekend cumulative of $26.7 million. That is the fourth highest total by any film In Korea so far this year and relegates “Wonka” to 2024’s fifth position.
Korean-produced new release film “Land of Happiness” opened in third place with a $1.57 million weekend. Over five days, it earned $3.12 million. The film is the latest cinema examination of Korea’s political turmoil in the late 1970s, the same ground as was explored by last year’s number one film “12.12: The Day.”
“Twisters” was the weekend’s third-ranked new release. It scored a modest $1.61 million and 9.3% market share between Friday and Sunday. It has a cumulative of $2.17 million from its five-day opening run and preview screenings from a week earlier.
Korean animation film “Heartsping: Teenieping of Love” slipped from second place on its debut to fifth over the latest weekend. It earned $854,000 for a 12-day cumulative total of $4.52 million.
“Victory,” a Korean-made comedy drama about cheerleading that premiered last month at the New York Asian Film Festival, opened in sixth place. It earned $636,000 over the weekend and $1.36 million over five days.
Romulus’ Grabs Opening Weekend Win
The post “Romulus’ Grabs Opening Weekend Win” by Patrick Frater was published on 08/19/2024 by variety.com