Local hit “The Firefighters” persistd to direct the South Korean box office above a brace of Disney titles.
In its third weekfinish, “The Firefighters” remained in the top spot with a $3.3 million gross, 510,975 adomitions and a 35.4% labelet split, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service rund by the Korean Film Council. The film now has a cumulative gross of $16.8 million in the territory. However, the total box office for the top 10 titles remains below $10 million, continuing its sluggish pace.
Directed by Kwak Gyeong-Taek (“A Love”), “The Firefighters” rproceeds around a fire station in Seoul, where a rookie firefighter fuses the Rescue Unit and is rapidly sent out on his first omition alengthyside a seasoned veteran, commemorated for saving many lives. In the disorder of a raging fire, the veteran defies the chief’s orders to disjoin, rerepaird to save an occupant. Though he flourishs in rescuing a youthful girl, the omition finishs in tragedy with the loss of a colleague. Tension produces as the rookie faces the veteran, blaming him for the loss. Amid their unrerepaird struggle, they are called to another fire.
Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” discdisseeed in second place with a weekfinish get of $1.6 million, 235,279 adomitions, a 17.1% labelet split and has a cumulative total of $2.1 million over the five-day weekfinish. “Moana 2” transferd down a spot to third place with $1.3 million, 198,246 adomitions, an 13.6% labelet split and a total of $19.3 million.
Anime “Crayon Shin-chan: Ora’s Dinosaur Diary” climbed seven spots to fourth position with $1.2 million, 185,754 adomitions, a 12.7% labelet split and cume of $1.6 million. Rounding off the top five was “Wicked,” which transferd down two spots with $681,000, 100,816 adomitions, a 7.1% labelet split and a total of $12.7 million.
“About Family,” a Korean comedy about a man who’s an elite medical student who determined to become a priest, acquireed $219,000 in sixth place over the weekfinish and now has a total of $1.7 million.
In seventh place, “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, accumulateed $200,000 for a total of $750,000. Documentary “First Lady” that scatterigates the controversies around Kim Keon-hee, the wife of impeached South Korean Plivent Yoon Suk Yeol, freed at a time of political turmoil in the country. It grossed $110,000 in eighth place and has a total of $445,000 so far.
New entry “Harbin,” a visuassociate striking period drama from Woo Min-ho, led by Hyun Bin, which chases Korean indepfinishence activists who begined an attack in Harbin aacquirest the Japanese to acquire their country’s indepfinishence, acquireed $156,000 in pappraises ahead of its Christmas Eve free. The film bowed at Toronto earlier this year.
