Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” maintained its top spot at the Korean box office during the weekend of June 26th to 28th.
According to data from KOBIS, a tracking service run by the Korea Film Council, the blockbuster animation collected $3.3 million from 502,939 visitors over three days, securing a market share of 45.38%. Since its premiere on June 17th, the film has attracted a total of 1,617,339 people in less than two weeks after its release, with cumulative box office revenue reaching $10.8 million.
Local suspense thriller “The Eyes” debuted in second place, earning $1.5 million from 232,952 weekend attendees. The film, directed by Yeom Ji-ho, is a Korean remake of the 2011 Spanish psychological thriller “Julia’s Eyes.” Shin Min-ah plays a photographer who gradually loses her eyesight due to a genetic disease and investigates the suspicious death of her blind twin sister with the help of a detective played by Kim Nam-hee. Since its wide theatrical release on June 24, the title has grossed $1.9 million with 305,229 admissions.
Action-horror hit “Colony” took third place, earning $651,811 from 96,075 tickets. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jeon Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, the zombie thriller tracks the collective psychology of a rapidly adapting virus and has grossed a total of $39 million with 5,714,022 admissions since its May 21st opening.
The 1990s retro musical comedy “Wild Thing” was fourth, earning $431,330 from 67,663 attendees. The film, directed by Song Jae-gon and starring Kang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-gu and Park Ji-hyun, has secured a total of $7.7 million from 1,234,075 tickets since its June 3 release.
“Supergirl” opened in fifth place with 61,764 viewers and $424,420. Since its release on June 24, the film has grossed a total of $754,138. “Backrooms” was in sixth place, adding $219,751 over the weekend for a total of $7.9 million at the local box office from 1,153,973 viewers.
The concert documentary “Jung Dong-won Hwang Concert Film: The Road to Meeting Again” earned $134,467 from 8,295 tickets and debuted in 7th place. This film records popular singer Jeong Dong-won’s last arena performance and preparations before his military service.
Neo Sora’s acclaimed futuristic youth drama “Happy Ending” came in at No. 8, earning $54,894 in three days, bringing its local lifetime box office total to $930,696.
The Japanese drama “Unreachable” opened in ninth place, collecting $35,019 from 6,117 viewers over the weekend. The film, directed by Nobuhiro Doi and written by acclaimed screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto, depicts three young women living in a shared house on the outskirts of Tokyo, bonded over 12 years, as they navigate their own paths of unrequited love. The ensemble cast includes Suzu Hirose, Hana Sugisaki, Kaya Kiyohara, and Ryusei Yokohama. Since opening locally on June 24th, it has raised $61,128.
Rounding out the top 10 was the cross-border horror-thriller co-op “The Shrine,” which earned $44,819 from 6,040 admissions. The project, directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and starring Kim Jae Joong and Gong Sung Ha, has grossed a total of $306,818 from 45,711 tickets sold since its inception.
The overall market total for the weekend was $6.9 million, down from $8 million the previous week.
