{"id":4071,"date":"2026-07-13T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:06:05","slug":"korea-box-office-moana-captures-crown-while-the-eyes-retains-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4071","title":{"rendered":"Korea Box Office: \u2018Moana\u2019 Captures Crown While \u2018The Eyes\u2019 Retains Second Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tDisney\u2019s live-action reimagining \u201cMoana\u201d sailed straight to the top of the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jul. 10\u201312. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4069\">Natalia Sol\u00f3rzano V\u00e1squez\u2019s \u2018Spells to Revive a Witch,\u2019 About Mythical Fortune Teller Soralla de Persia, Gets Backing from Spain, Uruguay (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film generated $3 million from 403,931 admissions over the three-day frame, securing a 36.53% share of the weekend market. Since its wide rollout on July 8, the film has accumulated a cumulative gross of $3.7 million from 511,471 total admissions.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLocal suspense thriller \u201cThe Eyes\u201d held its ground in second place, pulling in $1.8 million from 257,816 admissions. Directed by Yeom Ji-ho and starring Shin Min-ah and Kim Nam-hee, the remake of the Spanish feature \u201cJulia\u2019s Eyes\u201d has now pushed its cumulative haul to $8.7 million from 1,277,263 total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cToy Story 5\u201d moved to third place, collecting $1.7 million from 238,520 admissions, bringing its South Korea cume to $17.6 million from 2,580,319 total tickets since its mid-June premiere.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe faith-based animated musical \u201cDavid\u201d debuted in fourth place, capturing $390,901 from 57,675 admissions over the three-day window. Including previews, the film has brought its early local cume to $493,014 from 75,469 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLong-running action-horror powerhouse \u201cColony\u201d took fifth place, generating $275,526 from 37,008 admissions over the weekend frame. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, the viral hive-mind thriller has reached a cumulative haul of $41.4 million from 5,914,322 total admissions since launching on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4067\">China Box Office: \u2018Kung Fu Soccer\u2019 Scores Massive $73.6 Million Opening<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d placed sixth on the chart, adding $110,163 to its ledger for a gross of $723,165, while 1990s retro music comedy \u201cWild Sing\u201d took seventh place, pulling in $72,357 to take its total to $8.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Japanese animated adventure \u201cDoraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil\u201d held the eighth position with $82,132 over the frame to land at a cume of $360,752.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPlus M Entertainment\u2019s highly anticipated epic science fiction thriller \u201cHope\u201d placed ninth, capturing $101,311 from 10,146 preview admissions ahead of its upcoming wide release. Directed by Na Hong-jin and boasting a star-studded international ensemble that includes Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the film chronicles a rural community facing an extraterrestrial threat, and has a preliminary total of $106,628.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRounding out the bottom rung of the top 10 was \u201cBackrooms,\u201d which generated $65,575 over the three-day window to lift its lifetime cume to $8.5 million from 1,209,069 admissions.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $8.2 million, up from last week\u2019s $7.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4065\">Denis\u00a0C\u00f4t\u00e9\u2019s \u2018Nobody\u2019s Violence\u2019 Acquired by Heretic Ahead of Locarno Main Competition Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s live-action reimagining &#8216;Moana&#8217; sailed straight to the top of the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jul. 10\u201312 with $3 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[658,1644,2637,755],"class_list":["post-4071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-colony","tag-moana","tag-the-eyes","tag-toy-story-5"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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