Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” opened with an unconvincing second place debut at the South Korean cinema box office.
It earned $406,000 between Friday and Sunday and $499,000 over its full four-day opening period. Its market share was a shade below 9%, according to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
That left “Love Reset,” a local romantic comedy, at the top of the chart for the third successive weekend. It dropped only 21% to $1.84 million between Friday and Sunday and claimed a 40% market share.
After 19 days on release, its cumulative total is $11.7 million. Directed by Nam Dae-joong, “Love Reset” is the story of a young couple in the midst of divorce who are involved in a car accident and lose their memories.
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