Period thriller “The Night Owl” South Korean box offices soared as “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” faded.
Locally-made “Owl” According to Kobis data, which is a tracking service provided by the Korean Film Council, $4.85 Million was earned between Friday and Sunday. Over the five days from its Wednesday debut, the 15-rated, C-JeS Entertainment-produced title earned $6.14 million.
This was sufficient to put an end to the war “Wakanda Forever” It was ranked third after a second weekend of dominance on the Korean charts. However, it suffered a 61% decline in its third weekend. It has been 19 days since it was last seen in Korean cinemas. “Wakanda” The film has amassed $15.8million, ranking it as the 12th most viewed movie of the year. It is also the sixth-best-performing Hollywood title.
Korean action movies remained unchanged at the second spot “Decibel,” albeit falling by 54% week-on-week. The latest weekend saw it earn $1.19million, giving it an overall cumulative earnings of $5.79million.
Korean romantic film “Ditto” The company dropped from the third position in its debut weekend to the fourth place during its second outing. The company earned $563,000 in its first weekend, and then fell to fourth on Sunday. This is a cumulative total of $3.25 Million over 12 days.
The overall, nationwide box office was $8.66 million, up a shade from the previous weekend’s $7.99 million total. This was the highest weekend since mid September, however it still leaves the nation’s year-to date total at a significant lower level than pre-COVID.
U.S. title, “Strange World” was the weekend’s second-ranked new release title. The Friday-Sunday week saw it earn $378,000 and the first five days, $466,000 respectively.
The chart is lower for the smash-hit Japanese animation “One Piece Film Red” Premium-priced previews earned the film $86,000. This would make it the sixth most-watched film over the weekend. The film is now in the ninth spot on local charts. On Wednesday, the film will get its complete commercial release in Korea.