Korea Box Office: 'Colony' Conquers New Heights

The local action-horror film, 'Colony', continued its reign at the South Korean box office over the weekend of June 12-14.

According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film raked in $2 million from 301,049 admissions over the three-day frame, capturing a 34.49% revenue share.

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the survival thriller starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook features a desperate escape attempt from a mall overrun by an evolving hive-mind viral outbreak.

The film has now crossed the 5 million mark, collecting a cumulative haul of $36.3 million from 5,212,820 total admissions since its mid-May launch.

Retro music comedy, 'Wild Sing', retained second place, bringing in $1.3 million from 205,104 admissions over the weekend.

Directed by Son Jae-gon, the narrative chronicles the turbulent comeback campaign of Triangle, a popular late-1990s dance trio that split at the height of their success due to a sudden scandal.

The comedy has secured a total of $5.5 million from 869,724 tickets since its June 3 launch.

Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller, 'Disclosure Day', opened in third place, generating $827,660 from 112,387 admissions over the three-day frame.

Counting its mid-week preview rollouts, the title has amassed a total of $1.3 million.

'Backrooms' was in fourth place, bringing in $780,517 over the weekend to take its local box office footprint to a healthy gross of $6.8 million from 976,071 total admissions.

Musical biography, 'Michael', secured fifth place with $195,151.

The film has expanded its local earnings to $11.5 million from 1,589,033 tickets.

Fantasy-comedy, 'The Supernatural Sweet Shop', followed in sixth place, bringing in $113,633 from 18,850 tickets over the frame and a cumulative $955,883.

Kore-eda Hirokazu's Cannes competition title, 'Sheep in The Box', debuted in seventh place, earning $98,878 from 15,848 tickets.

The near-future emotional drama stars Ayase Haruka and Yamamoto Daigo as a grieving married couple who receive a humanoid infant robot designed to look like their late son, forcing both to confront their individual paths of silent grief.

The film has brought its early cume to $252,444.

'The Mandalorian and Grogu' followed in eighth place, capturing $99,020 to reach a local cumulative cume of $1.6 million.

A re-release of John Carney's musical drama, 'Sing Street', landed in ninth place with $56,465, pushing its historical South Korean total lifetime gross to $3.1 million.

Rounding out the top 10 was the anime, 'Dear My Hero', which generated $18,175 from 5,500 admissions.

Distributed by Nexon and screened exclusively at Lotte Cinema venues, the 32-minute animation is based on the online multiplayer game MapleStory.

The story tracks Aidan, a novice recruit joining the Cygnus Knights out of deep admiration for the heroic Adversary, as he learns to overcome his personal insecurities on a brutal fantasy battlefield.

The overall market collective gross for the weekend was $5.4 million, down from last week's $9.1 million, continuing a steady box office decline.

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