Korea Box Office: ‘Wakanda Forever’ Narrowly Holds off New Releases

Patrick Frater

20 November 2022 at 8:15 pm·2-min read

A volley of new releases kept life in the South Korean box office over the weekend. They ranked second, third and fourth, leaving “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” with a narrow lead in first place for the second week.

“Wakanda Forever” earned $2.99 million in its second weekend, a 55% week-on-week decline. The score was enough to propel the Marvel franchise title to $13.7 million after 12 days on release, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

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The film’s market share was more than halved, to 38%, as the new entrants took up some of the running. Nationwide, the weekend generated $7.93 million of business, little changed from the previous weekend total of $8.16 million.

First among the new releases was “Decibel,” a Korean action film that bowed recently at the U.S.’s Asian World Film Festival. In its commercial release it earned $2.55 million or a 32% share of the weekend market. Over its opening five days it scored $3.60 million.

Korean-made romance “Ditto” took third place with $1.34 million and a 17% market share. Over five days, it amassed $2.20 million.

English-language thriller “Fall” opened in fourth place with $299,000 over the weekend and collected $436,000 over its opening five days.

“Hansan: Redux” opened with $51,000 in eighth place. Another Korean title “Café Midnight” crept into the top ten with $41,000 over the four days since its Thursday release.

Holdover title, “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” rounded out the top five with $184,000. That lifts its cumulative since Oct. 12 to $2.61 million.

Japanese animation, “Crayon Shin-chan: School Mystery! The Splendid Tenkasu Mystery” kept playing in sixth. Its $144,000 weekend score raised its cumulative to $6.07 million.

Korea’s “Confession” earned $127,000 over the weekend. After three weeks on release, it has a cumulative of $5.39 million.

“Life is Beautiful” earned $27,000 in ninth position. It has a total of $8.02 million since releasing at the end of September.

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