Korea Box Office: Comatose Weekend Sees ‘Sleep’ Walk to Third Session Win
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Locally-made fantasy drama “Sleep” headed the Korean box office charts for the third successive weekend.
But theaters were comatose ahead of bigger new releases timed for the Chuseok holiday season. “Sleep” earned just $1.06 million between Friday and Sunday, with a 27.5% market share, according to data from Kobis the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.
Its cumulative after 19 days in cinemas now stands at $9.50 million. The film’s three weekends at the top of the chart have coincided with low power competition and a month-long decline in cinema attendance.
The nationwide box office aggregate for the latest weekend was worth just $3.85 million. That was the quietest box office weekend of 2023.
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