Korea Box Office: ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ Passes $55 Million on Second Weekend, as ‘The Fall Guy’ Trips
05.05.2024 - 20:17
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief
Locally-produced crime action thriller “The Roundup: Punishment” dominated the South Korea box office for a second weekend. In contrast, Hollywood’s “The Fall Guy” opened softly in third place.
Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed “The Roundup: Punishment” grossed $13.8 million between Friday and Sunday, earned from 1.92 million ticket sales.
That represented a huge 83% market share over the weekend, albeit down from 92% a week earlier.
The second weekend score also represented a 33% week-on-week decline. The film has earned $55.8 million, including earnings from a smattering of previews a weekend earlier.
The running total came from an aggregate 7.96 million spectators.
That makes “The Roundup Punishment” the second highest-scoring film this year and, after just 12 days play, it is already the seventh best performing film in Korea since the beginning for the pandemic era. Two of the titles currently ahead of “Punishment” are its franchise predecessors 2022’s “The Roundup” with $96.6 million and 2023’s “The Roundup: No Way Out” with a total of $77 million.
Over the latest weekend, “Kung Fu Panda 4” scored $1.17 million.
Its aggregate score is now $11.1 million, earned since a release on April 10.
“The Fall Guy,” which also fell short of expectations on its North American debut, earned only $544,000 between Friday and Sunday, with a 3% market share. Over its full five-day opening in Korea, the film managed to pass the $1 million mark and finished Sunday with $1.12 million.
In fourth place, a new “Pokemon” film earned $440,000 over the weekend.
Over its five opening days, its total was $660,000. Fifth place belonged to rereleased
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