Domestically produced crime action thriller “The Retribution: Punishment” dominated the South Korean box office for a second weekend. In contrast, Hollywood's “The Fall Guy” opened easily in third place.
Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that “The Summons: Punishment” earned $13.8 million between Friday and Sunday, earned from 1.92 million ticket sales.
This represented a huge 83% market share over the weekend, although down from 92% a week earlier. The second weekend result also represented a 33% week-over-week drop. The film has earned $55.8 million, including earnings from a series of previews the weekend before. The running total came from a total of 7.96 million viewers.
This makes “The Roundup Punishment” the second highest-grossing film this year and, after just 12 days of viewing, it is already the seventh-highest film in Korea since the start of the pandemic era. Two of the titles currently ahead of “Punishment” are its 2022 franchise predecessors “The Roundup” with $96.6 million and 2023's “The Roundup: No Way Out” with a total of $77 million.
Over the past weekend, “Kung Fu Panda 4” scored $1.17 million. Its total now stands at $11.1 million, earned since its release on April 10.
“The Fall Guy,” which also fell short of expectations in its North American debut, took in just $544,000 between Friday and Sunday for a 3% market share. During its full five-day opening in Korea, the film managed to cross the $1 million mark and ended Sunday with $1.12 million.
In fourth place, a new “Pokemon” movie earned $440,000 over the weekend. During its opening five days, its total was $660,000.
Fifth place belonged to the re-released Japanese drama title “The Last Ten Years,” which took in $181,000. Her cumulative total is $3.43 million.
Boxing champion “Exuma” earned a $105,000 raise in sixth place. Its total value is $84.5 million earned by 11.9 million viewers.
The European animated film “Richard Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel” opened in seventh place. It earned $72,000 from the weekend and $108,000 during its full five-day opening.
“The Challengers,” which opened a week ago, earned $66,800 for a two-weekend total of $352,000.
The Japanese animated film “The Sylvanian Families: A Gift from Freya” earned $48,500 over the weekend. During its full five-day opening, it grossed $79,000.
Tenth place was lifted by “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” with only $33,000. Since its release on April 17, it has earned just $334,000.
