Locally-produced crime action thriller “The Roundup: Punishment” dominated the South Korea box office for a second weekend. In contrast, Hollywood’s “The Fall Guy” opened softly in third place.
Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed “The Roundup: Punishment” grossed $13.8 million between Friday and Sunday, earned from 1.92 million ticket sales.
That represented a huge 83% market share over the weekend, albeit down from 92% a week earlier. The second weekend score also represented a 33% week-on-week decline. The film has earned $55.8 million, including earnings from a smattering of previews a weekend earlier. The running total came from an aggregate 7.96 million spectators.
That makes “The Roundup Punishment” the second highest-scoring film this year and, after just 12 days play, it is already the seventh best performing film in Korea since the beginning for the pandemic era. Two of the titles currently ahead of “Punishment” are its franchise predecessors 2022’s “The Roundup” with $96.6 million and 2023’s “The Roundup: No Way Out” with a total of $77 million.
Over the latest weekend, “Kung Fu Panda 4” scored $1.17 million. Its aggregate score is now $11.1 million, earned since a release on April 10.
“The Fall Guy,” which also fell short of expectations on its North American debut, earned only $544,000 between Friday and Sunday, with a 3% market share. Over its full five-day opening in Korea, the film managed to pass the $1 million mark and finished Sunday with $1.12 million.
In fourth place, a new “Pokemon” film earned $440,000 over the weekend. Over its five opening days, its total was $660,000.
Fifth place belonged to rereleased Japanese drama title “The Last Ten Years,” which picked up $181,000. Its cumulative total is $3.43 million.
Box office champion, “Exhuma” earned an incremental $105,000 in sixth place. Its running total is $84.5 million earned from 11.9 million spectators.
European animation film “Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel” opened in seventh place. It earned $72,000 from the weekend and $108,000 over its full five-day opening run.
“Challengers,” which opened a week earlier, earned $66,800 for a two-weekend total of $352,000.
Japanese animation film, “Sylvanian Families: A Gift From Freya” earned $48,500 over the weekend. Over its full five-day opening, it managed $79,000.
Bringing up tenth place was “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” with just $33,000. Since releasing on April 17, it has earned just $334,000.