Korea Box Office: ‘Exhuma’ Expands in Second Week, Overshadows ‘Dune 2’ Debut
05.03.2024 - 05:17
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Exhuma,” a locally produced occult drama-thriller, expanded its domination of the South Korea box office on its second week of release. That left the newly-released “Dune 2” several sand dunes behind in second place. “Exhuma,” about two shaman, a feng shui master and a mortician who attempt to undo the mysterious events happening to a U.S.-based Korean family, earned $17.2 million between Friday and Sunday, representing a 69% share of the overall box office market.
Unusually, its second weekend performance was also 19% higher than its opening score of $14.5 million a week earlier. That gave “Exhuma” a $43.5 million total since its debut in theaters on Feb. 22, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
Its 11-day total makes “Exhuma” the top-grossing Korean film of the year, overtaking “Wonka” (which in Korea had a delayed, 2024 release) on $23.8 million. In terms of admissions, which Korea uses to prepare film ranking charts, “Exhuma” sold 2.33 million tickets over the weekend and has racked up a 6.03 million total. “Exhuma” stars the veteran Choi Min-sik and rising star Kim Go-eun and is directed by Jang Jae-hyun, who previously made “Svaha: The Sixth Finger.” It debuted at the recent Berlin Film Festival in an out of competition slot.
“Dune 2” earned $4.68 million from 552,000 ticket sales in second place. Over its full five-day opening run, it has $6.78 million. Several of the stars of the film were recently in Korea to do promotional work.
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