The local action-horror film “Colony” maintained its top spot at the South Korean box office during the June 12-14 weekend.
According to data from KOBIS, a tracking service run by the Korea Film Council, the film raked in $2 million from 301,049 viewers over three days, giving it a 34.49% revenue share. A survival thriller directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, it depicts a desperate escape from a shopping mall that has been taken over by an evolving collective consciousness virus outbreak. The film has now surpassed the 5 million viewer mark and has collected a total of $36.3 million in box office revenue from a total of 5,212,820 viewers since its release in mid-May.
The retro musical comedy “Wild Thing” remained in second place, earning $1.3 million from a weekend attendance of 205,104. Directed by Song Jae-gon, the story chronicles the tumultuous comeback campaign of Triangle, a popular dance trio from the late 1990s who suddenly disbanded due to scandal at the height of their success. The comedy has secured a total of $5.5 million from 869,724 tickets since its June 3 release.
Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day” opened in third place, grossing $827,660 from 112,387 people in three days. Counting the mid-week preview release, the title raked in a total of $1.3 million.
“Backrooms” was in fourth place, earning $780,517 over the weekend, and grossed $6.8 million at the local box office from a total audience of 976,071.
Music biography “Michael” secured fifth place with $195,151. The film grossed $11.5 million locally with 1,589,033 tickets. The fantasy comedy “The Supernatural Sweet Shop” followed in sixth place with $113,633 from 18,850 tickets for a total of $955,883.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes competition title “Sheep in The Box” debuted in seventh place with $98,878 from 15,848 tickets. This touching near-future drama stars Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto as a grieving couple who receive a humanoid infant robot designed to resemble their deceased son, and both are forced to face their own paths of silent grief. The film’s initial high was $252,444.
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” followed in eighth place with $99,020, bringing its cumulative local gross to $1.6 million. The re-release of John Carney’s musical drama “Sing Street” came in at No. 9 with $56,465, pushing South Korea’s historic career gross to $3.1 million.
Rounding out the top 10 was the anime “Dear My Hero,” which earned $18,175 from 5,500 attendees. Distributed by Nexon and shown exclusively at Lotte Cinema venues, this 32-minute animation is based on the online multiplayer game MapleStory. The story follows Aidan, a new recruit who joins the Order of Cygnus out of a deep admiration for heroic adversaries, as he learns to overcome his insecurities on a brutal fantasy battlefield.
The weekend’s overall box office gross was $5.4 million, down from $9.1 million the previous week, continuing a steady decline in box office revenue.
