Action comedy “Confidential Assignment 2: International” remained at the top of the South Korean box office for the fourth consecutive week. Its enduring success has come despite a slew of new releases meant to catch up with the National Foundation Day weekend movement.
Between Friday and Sunday, “Confidential Assignment 2” grossed $2.19 million from 304,000 ticket sales and a market share of 29%. Weekend earnings raised it to $43.3 million cumulative since its September 7, 2022 release.
It is only the fourth film this year to cross the six million mark and the third Korean film to achieve that, after The Roundup (12.7 million) and Hansan: Rising Dragon (7.26 million).
The Korean comedy “Honest Candidate 2” opened at number two with $1.74 million over the weekend and $2.69 million over the five days since its release on Wednesday.
The Korean music “Life is Beautiful” took third place. He earned $1.07 million over the weekend and $1.75 million over the opening seven days.
Two other new titles, both animated, reached the top five. Japan Crayon Shin-chan: School Mystery! The Splendid Tenkasu Mystery” earned $899,000 over the weekend and $1.04 million over five days. The Korean-made Hello Carbot the Movie: The Secret of the Suspicious Magic Troupe earned $538,000 over the weekend and $612,000 over five days.
Monday is a public holiday in South Korea, which means there could be some continued upside at the box office. (There are two more holidays on October 9 and October 10) But the latest holiday did little to revive the fortunes of movie theaters.
The last weekend brought in $7.71 million nationwide, compared to last week’s non-holiday session, worth $7.21 million.
Except for the Chuseok holiday in mid-September, the Korean box office has once again settled in the $7-10 million range per weekend since the beginning of August. This came after a much stronger three months after ending most COVID restrictions at the beginning of May.
The rush of newcomers shunned two recent releases, the re-released “Avatar” and the Korean thriller Project Wolf Hunting. “Avatar” managed $697,000 over the weekend for a total of $2.30 million. “Project Wolf Hunting” dropped from second to seventh with a score of $270,000 over the weekend. She now has a 12-day cumulative backlog of $3.07 million.
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