Hollywood Trio Lift Korea Box Office to Biggest Weekend of 2021

variety.com:

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korea enjoyed its biggest weekend box office of 2021 propelled, unusually, by a trio of Hollywood titles. “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” topped the chart with a $2.68 million haul, ahead of “Cruella” and “F9.”Aggregate national box office for the three days from Friday to Sunday was $7.12 million, according to data from the Korean Film Council’s Kobis tracking system.

That was a 10% improvement on the previous two weekends, when “F9” had given a turbo charge to takings.For much of the early part of the year weekend grosses had been stuck in the $2.5 million to $4 million range.