Local science-fiction survival thriller “Hope” stormed the top of the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jul. 17–19.
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According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the highly anticipated blockbuster generated $11.3 million from 1,504,019 admissions over the three-day window, capturing a dominant 66.62% share of the total market revenue.
Directed by Na Hong Jin, the big-budget production features a star-studded international and local ensemble including Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander. The narrative centers on the residents of a remote, isolated harbor village who discover a mysterious alien entity on the outskirts of their town, quickly turning their quiet community into a desperate battleground for human survival. Capitalizing on massive pre-release anticipation and extensive preview screenings, the film has amassed a cumulative gross of $16 million from 2,129,723 total admissions.
“Minions & Monsters” debuted in second place, capturing $2.1 million from 308,575 admissions over the frame. Since its launch, the film has gathered a total local cume of $2.6 million from 374,784 ticket buyers.
“Moana” moved to third place during its sophomore outing, collecting $1.2 million from 173,555 admissions. The film has brought its South Korean cumulative haul to $5.6 million from 772,104 total viewers.
“Toy Story 5” took fourth place, bringing in an additional $834,989 from 114,720 ticket buyers. The animation has pushed its total local footprint to $19.1 million from 2,750,183 total admissions since its mid-June premiere.
Psychological horror-remake “The Eyes” finished in fifth place, generating $552,784 from 75,565 admissions. Directed by Yeom Ji-ho and starring Shin Min-ah and Kim Nam-hee, the thriller has maintained excellent longevity into its fourth frame, lifting its cumulative total to $9.9 million from 1,431,223 total admissions.
Faith-based animated musical “David” was in sixth spot, pulling in $436,845 over the frame to push its overall total past the million-dollar threshold.
Long-running genre juggernaut “Colony” placed seventh, adding $92,196 from 11,534 admissions. The Yeon Sang-ho viral hive-mind thriller starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook has achieved a cume of $42.2 million from 5,941,130 tickets since its May 21 arrival.
The Japanese animated feature “Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil” followed in eighth place, pulling in $42,042 over the three-day weekend for a cumulative gross of $424,137.
Josh Safdie’s table tennis comedy-drama “Marty Supreme,” starring Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow, took the ninth position with a weekend take of $48,551, bringing its cume to $853,810.
Rounding out the bottom rung of the top 10 was the Japanese animated franchise entry “Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity,” which added $30,669 from 3,492 admissions to push its cumulative total to $126,351.
The overall market collective gross for the weekend was $17.1 million, a massive lift from last week’s $8.2 million.