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\n\tThe local action-horror film \u201cColony\u201d held firmly onto the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 12\u201314. <\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film pulled in $2 million from 301,049 admissions over the three-day frame, capturing a 34.49% revenue share. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the survival thriller starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook features a desperate escape attempt from a mall overrun by an evolving hive-mind viral outbreak. The film has now crossed the 5 million mark, collecting a cumulative haul of $36.3 million from 5,212,820 total admissions since its mid-May launch.<\/p>\n

\n\tRetro music comedy \u201cWild Sing\u201d retained second place, bringing in $1.3 million from 205,104 admissions over the weekend. Directed by Son Jae-gon, the narrative chronicles the turbulent comeback campaign of Triangle, a popular late-1990s dance trio that split at the height of their success due to a sudden scandal. The comedy has secured a total of $5.5 million from 869,724 tickets since its June 3 launch.<\/p>\n

\n\tSteven Spielberg\u2019s sci-fi thriller \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d opened in third place, generating $827,660 from 112,387 admissions over the three-day frame. Counting its mid-week preview rollouts, the title has amassed a total of $1.3 million. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBackrooms\u201d was in fourth place, bringing in $780,517 over the weekend to take its local box office footprint to a healthy gross of $6.8 million from 976,071 total admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tMusical biography \u201cMichael\u201d secured fifth place with $195,151. The film has expanded its local earnings to $11.5 million from 1,589,033 tickets. Fantasy-comedy \u201cThe Supernatural Sweet Shop\u201d followed\u00a0in sixth place, bringing in $113,633 from 18,850 tickets over the frame and a cumulative $955,883.<\/p>\n

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\n\tKore-eda Hirokazu\u2019s Cannes competition title \u201cSheep in The Box\u201d debuted in seventh place, earning $98,878 from 15,848 tickets.The near-future emotional drama stars Ayase Haruka and Yamamoto Daigo as a grieving married couple who receive a humanoid infant robot designed to look like their late son, forcing both to confront their individual paths of silent grief. The film has brought its early cume to $252,444.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d followed in eighth place, capturing $99,020 to reach a local cumulative cume of $1.6 million. A re-release of John Carney\u2019s musical drama \u201cSing Street\u201d landed in ninth place with $56,465, pushing its historical South Korean total lifetime gross to $3.1 million. <\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top 10 was the anime \u201cDear My Hero,\u201d which generated $18,175 from 5,500 admissions. Distributed by Nexon and screened exclusively at Lotte Cinema venues, the 32-minute animation is based on the online multiplayer game MapleStory. The story tracks Aidan, a novice recruit joining the Cygnus Knights out of deep admiration for the heroic Adversary, as he learns to overcome his personal insecurities on a brutal fantasy battlefield.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $5.4 million, down from last week\u2019s $9.1 million, continuing a steady box office decline. <\/p>\n

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