James Cameron’s long-awaited “Avatar: Hearth and Ash” made a dominant entry on the Korean field workplace, opening to $10.2 million from 1.3 million admissions over the Dec. 19–21 body.
In line with KOBIS, the monitoring service operated by the Korean Movie Council, the movie accounted for almost two-thirds of complete weekend income, taking part in throughout 2,514 screens and quickly scaling to a $13.6 million cumulative haul in simply 5 days.
Disney’s “Zootopia 2” moved to second however remained a formidable holdover, including $4 million to push its Korean complete to $41.2 million after 4 weekends in launch. The animated sequel drew greater than 620,000 admissions and continued to dominate household audiences regardless of the arrival of Cameron’s tentpole.
Native animated title “Pororo the Film: Candy Fortress Journey” positioned third with $250,668, bringing its complete to $805,395.
South Korean comedy-drama “The Folks Upstairs” adopted intently in fourth with $262,926 for a cumulative $3.2 million. Directed by Ha Jung-woo and starring Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Dong-wook, Lee Ha-nee and Ha Jung-woo himself, the movie follows a downstairs couple pushed to exhaustion by fixed noise from their upstairs neighbours. A tense dinner meant to resolve the problem shortly unravels into a night of sharp confessions and shifting dynamics.
Japanese anime function “Jujutsu Kaisen: Shibuya Incident / Culling Recreation – The Film” ranked fifth, grossing $129,992 and lifting its complete to $2.3 million. Directed by Shōta Goshozono, the movie condenses the anime’s Shibuya Incident arc as Yuji Itadori and his allies face a coordinated curse assault on Halloween. The aftermath units up the looming Culling Recreation and Yuta Okkotsu’s mission that places Yuji’s destiny in jeopardy.
Common’s horror sequel “5 Nights at Freddy’s 2” got here in sixth with $126,015, elevating its cumulative take to $1.4 million.
Preview screenings of “Crayon Shinchan the Film: Tremendous Scorching! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers” entered the chart in seventh with $75,097 forward of its Dec. 24 launch. Musical sequel “Depraved: For Good” continued to taper in eighth with $49,252, reaching $6.5 million general.
Japanese filmmaker Miyake Sho’s Locarno Golden Leopard winner “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” added $45,916 for a $238,103 complete. Drawing from Tsuge Yoshiharu’s 1967 and 1968 brief tales, the movie follows a screenwriter named Lee (performed by Korean actor Shim Eun-kyung) as she embarks on contrasting seasonal journeys — a summer time encounter at a seaside city and a winter retreat to a distant mountain lodge.
Oscar shortlisted Japanese interval drama “Kokuho” rounded out the highest ten with $31,713, pushing its cumulative gross to $1.1 million.
The highest ten movies collectively grossed $15.2 million over the Dec. 19–21 weekend, up from final weekend’s $9.5 million.
