Na Hong-jin’s science-fiction thriller Hope continued to lead the South Korean box office over the July 24–26 weekend, holding onto first place as the market eased. According to KOBIS, the Korean Film Council’s tracking service, the film earned $5.5 million from 767,366 admissions in the three-day period, giving it a 66.8% share of total weekend revenue.
The film, which stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, follows a fight for survival in an isolated harbor town after locals encounter a mysterious alien presence nearby. After a record-setting opening weekend, the local tentpole has now reached $25.3 million from 3,415,707 viewers.
In second place, Minions & Monsters brought in $793,103 from 117,916 admissions and has now totaled $3.9 million since opening on July 15. Disney’s live-action musical Moana finished third in its third weekend with $593,187, while Toy Story 5 landed in fourth and is approaching the $20 million mark in Korea with a cumulative $19.8 million. Faith-based animated title David took fifth, and local thriller The Eyes came in sixth with a local total of $10.6 million.
Japanese animated feature Dream Animals The Movie debuted in seventh place, followed by Josh Safdie’s table tennis comedy-drama Marty Supreme in eighth. Showbox’s action-horror hit Colony placed ninth, lifting its lifetime gross to $42.6 million, while horror title Hokum rounded out the top 10. Overall weekend revenue across the market came to $8.2 million, down sharply from $17.1 million the week before.
Source: variety.com
