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Korea Box Office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Holds for Second Weekend Win

Patrick Frater
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“Venom: The Last Dance” held on for a second weekend win at the South Korea theatrical box office. It fended off a decent challenge from local comedy “Amazon Bullseye.”

“Venom” earned $2.21 million in its second full weekend of release, down 48% from (a steeply revised figure of) $4.45 million reported by Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. Since releasing on Oct 23., “Venom” has built a cumulative total of $9.34 million.

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Newly released “Amazon Bullseye” shot $1.45 million over the weekend and $2.37 million over its five-day opening run. Directed by Kim Chang-ju, the film is a comedy about a Korean archery champion who has to learn some humility when a plane crash lands him in the South American jungle and puts him among tribesmen with better bow and arrow skills. The laughs begin when he takes a trio back to Korea.

Third place belonged to Hur Jin-ho’s “A Normal Family” which earned $337,000 on its third weekend of commercial release. The adaptation of Herman Koch’s “The Dinner,” in which two couples discuss a violent crime committed by their adult children, has accumulated $4.03 million.

Korean drama, “Love in the Big City” took fourth spot, earning $282,000. Since releasing on Oct. 1, it has built a cumulative total of $5.63 million.

Japanese animation, “Weathering With You” became the latest film to score a re-release in the tricky Korean market. Originally released in 2019, it earned $268,000 for fifth place.

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U.S. animation, “The Wild Robot” took $176,000 in its sixth weekend of release. It now has a total of $4.16 million since releasing in Korea on Oct. 1.

Nicolas Cage-starring “Longlegs” debuted on Wednesday. It earned $116,000 over the weekend and $184,000 over its full five-day opening run.

Korean drama “4 Minutes 44 Seconds” released only on Friday and took eighth place over the weekend with $76,100. That was narrowly ahead of re-released U.S. drama film “The Notebook” took ninth spot with $76,000.

Tenth place belonged to Russian-made animation film “The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute.” It earned $53,000 over the weekend and $59,000 over its opening five days.

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