Local action-horror feature “Colony” maintained its firm grip on the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 29–31.
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film earned $6.7 million from 971,011 admissions over its second frame, securing a 56.67% share of the weekend market. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the film follows a highly adaptive hive-mind infection inside a mall. The film has brought its cumulative haul to $24.7 million from 3,474,904 total admissions since its May 21 release.
The Hollywood horror feature “Backrooms” debuted in second place, capturing $2.1 million from 303,247 admissions over the three-day period. The film has gathered a cumulative total of $2.7 million since its May 27 launch.
Biographical musical drama “Michael” took third place, pulling in $993,075 from 136,682 tickets over the weekend and has pushed its lifetime South Korean cume to $10.2 million from 1,394,934 admissions.
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” opened in fourth place with $638,763 from 77,048 admissions. Including its mid-week screenings, the feature has earned $940,742.
Fantasy-comedy “The Supernatural Sweet Shop” debuted in fifth place, drawing $358,935 from 58,474 admissions. Since its May 29 release, the live-action adaptation of the popular children’s series has earned $373,516.
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” moved to sixth place, adding $170,548 over the three-day frame to push its cumulative gross to $10.3 million. Sports drama “Wild Sing” placed seventh with $94,044 from preview screenings ahead of its upcoming release, bringing its preliminary total to $124,472.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” took eighth place, generating $87,049 from 11,980 admissions over the three-day window and a cumulative total of $10.6 million.
Rounding out the bottom rungs of the top 10 were the meta-comedy “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” in ninth place, adding $80,047 to push its cumulative total to $346,182, and the Japanese animated “Anpanman : Baikinman and Lulun in the Picture Book” in tenth, which added $50,147 for a total cume of $166,293.
The overall market collective gross for the weekend was $11.9 million, down from last week’s $13.1 million.
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