The South Korean box office experienced a leadership shift during the weekend of Jun. 19–21, as Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” captured the number one position.
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Hollywood heavy-hitter generated $4.8 million from 713,071 admissions over the three-day frame, securing a powerful 57.64% share of the weekend market. Since its wide theatrical rollout on Jun. 17, the family blockbuster has pulled in a swift cumulative gross of $5.9 million from 872,552 admissions.
The arrival of the animated heavyweight pushed local action-horror feature “Colony” down to second place after a month-long residency at the peak of the charts. The Yeon Sang-ho zombie thriller drew $1.2 million from 188,674 admissions over the frame, taking its cume to $37.8 million from 5,527,523 total tickets. Starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, the movie documents an intense breakout attempt inside a mall overrun by a fast-evolving hive-mind virus.
1990s retro music comedy “Wild Sing” captured third place on the chart, pulling in $863,871 from 133,556 admissions over the three-day window. Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers. The title has crossed the one-million-admissions milestone, accumulating a total local gross of $6.9 million from 1,100,567 tickets since its June 3 release.
