Korea Box Office: ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Third Weekend Win as Revenues Slow
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Oppenheimer” remained the top performing film in South Korea for the third successive weekend.
It earned $2.04 million for a 19-day cumulative total of $22.4 million. The row of wins for “Oppenheimer” demonstrates again Korean audiences appreciation of top acting skills.
But it also exposes the weakened selection of competing titles in the Korean market. The top-ranked new release title was the drama thriller “Don’t Buy the Seller,” which landed in second position, according to weekend data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
It scored just $1.27 million over the weekend and $1.87 million over its opening five days. That weakness pulled the nationwide cinema box office aggregate below trend and below $10 million for the second successive weekend.
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