Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” maintained its hold on the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 26–28.
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the blockbuster animation pulled in $3.3 million from 502,939 admissions over the three-day window, securing a 45.38% share of the market. In less than two weeks of release, the film has brought its cumulative total to $10.8 million from 1,617,339 total admissions since its Jun. 17 premiere.
The local suspense thriller “The Eyes” debuted in second place, capturing $1.5 million from 232,952 admissions over the weekend. Directed by Yeom Ji-ho, the film is a Korean remake of the 2011 Spanish psychological thriller “Julia’s Eyes.” It stars Shin Min-ah as a photographer slowly losing her eyesight due to a genetic condition who investigates the suspicious death of her blind twin sister, aided by a detective played by Kim Nam-hee. Since its wide theatrical rollout on Jun. 24, the title has accumulated a gross of $1.9 million from 305,229 admissions.
Action-horror hit “Colony” took third place, pulling in $651,811 from 96,075 tickets over the frame. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, the zombie thriller tracking a rapidly adapting viral hive-mind has now generated a cumulative haul of $39 million from 5,714,022 admissions since its wide release on May 21.
