‘The King’s Warden’ Rules With 82% Market Share

Historic drama “The King’s Warden” maintained the highest place on the South Korean field workplace through the weekend of Feb. 27–Mar. 1, in keeping with information from KOBIS, the monitoring service operated by the Korean Movie Council. The movie captured a dominant 82.01% of the full income share, its highest share of the market since its launch.

“The King’s Warden” earned $11.8 from 1,750,991 admissions over the three-day weekend. Directed by Jang Grasp-jun and starring Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon, the drama – which follows a village chief’s safety of a deposed teenage king – has reached a cumulative gross of $56 million from 8,484,426 admissions. The movie’s efficiency displays a big maintain because it nears the ten million admissions milestone.

In second place, the espionage thriller “Humint” earned $895,678 from 124,622 admissions. Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan and starring Zo In-sung and Park Jeong-min, the movie has reached a cumulative gross of $12.6 million from 1,822,175 admissions since its Feb. 11 debut.

The live-action remake of the Japanese anime “5 Centimeters per Second” debuted in third place, incomes $217,036 over the weekend and $383,843 since its Feb. 25 launch. Directed by Okuyama Yoshiyuki and starring Matsumura Hokuto, the movie is an expanded two-hour adaptation of Shinkai Makoto’s 2007 omnibus. It follows the story of Takaki and Akari, two childhood associates who wrestle to take care of their connection over 18 years as they transfer to completely different cities and drift aside.

The musical drama “Choir of God” took fourth place for the weekend, including $154,128 for a complete of $9 million. Pixar’s “Hoppers” debuted in fifth place with $160,374. Since its mid-week opening on Feb. 25, it has earned $167,647. The horror sequel “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” opened in sixth place, grossing $156,922 from 21,373 admissions.

In seventh place, Chinese language animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” earned $123,414 over the weekend. It has earned $215,654 since its Feb. 25 launch. “Hamnet” debuted in eighth place with $78,955 and has a complete of $166,711.

Rounding out the highest ten have been the omnibus horror “App the Horror” in ninth place with $76,043 (complete $604,646) and the fantasy drama “Quantity One” in tenth with $70,207 (complete $1.7 million).

The general market collective gross for the weekend was $14.4 million, up from final week’s $13 million.