‘Black Widow’ Gives Korean Box Office Its Best Weekend of the Year
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA powerful opening by “Black Widow” lifted the South Korean box office to its biggest weekend this year.
The Disney-Marvel title dominated proceedings with an 80% market share.The film launched in Korea on Wednesday and raced far ahead of the competition.
According to data from Kobis, the Korean Film Council-operated tracking service, “Black Widow” played on 2,500 screens.That compared with just 680 screens for “Hard Hit” the Korean thriller that had topped the previous two weekends. “Hard Hit” took a 70% blow, falling from a $2.05 million score to just $597,000.
Its cumulative score stands at $7.43 million since release on June 23.“Black Widow” surpassed that score inside four days. Its five day-total.
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