‘Moonfall’ Lands a Win on Depressed Korea Box Office Weekend
21.03.2022 - 05:29
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRoland Emmerich’s space action film “Moonfall” landed in South Korea at the top of the box office chart. But the country’s continuing COVID problems mean that “Moonfall” and all other titles operated at a desperately low orbit.As the biggest new release of the week Moonfall pushed aside Korean-made “In Our Prime,” the previous weekend’s winner.
Its opening score, however, was the lowest for any top-ranking film this year.“Moonfall” scored just $880,000 over the weekend for distributor Noori Pictures, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days from its Wednesday release, the film managed $1.17 million.
“In Our Prime” dropped 32% week on week to come second with $750,000 over the weekend, giving it a 12-day cumulative of $3.04 million.“The Batman” dropped from second to third position, earning $471,000 over the weekend. Since its March 1 debut, the superhero film has amassed $7.06 million.
That lowly figure makes the film the second biggest to be released in Korea this year. It is the third highest grossing film of 2022 if December-released “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is also included.The weekend’s other new releases of imported titles included: “Spencer” with $225,000 ($342,000 over five days); Japan’s “Her Blue Sky” with $38,300 and “Marry Me” with $35,100.Nationwide aggregate receipts over the weekend totaled just $2.82 million, the second consecutive weekend that overall box office has been stuck below $3 million.The desperately low level of business in what used to be the world’s fourth largest box office market is closely linked to the country’s staggeringly high levels of new coronavirus infections.The last few
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