'Top Gun Maverick' reclaims Korean box office crown in slower weekend

"Top Gun Maverick" reclaimed the top spot at the South Korean box office as "Thor: Love and Thunder" quickly slowed and Korean cinemas endured a weekend that slowed the recent trend towards recovery.

"Top Gun Maverick" grossed $5.77 million between Friday and Sunday in its fourth week of release in Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service run by the Korean Film Council (Kofic ). This is down just 11% from the previous weekend.

In contrast, “Thor Love and Thunder” saw a 66% weekend-over-weekend drop, from $9.88 million previously to $3.34 million. Nonetheless, it already has a nice accumulation of $20.6 million since its release on July 6, 2022.

“Decision to Leave,” the Park Chan-wook-directed crime thriller that debuted at Cannes, again ranked third with a weekend score of $1.72 million. While its performance has caused some commentators to wonder if arthouse films still have a place in Korean cinemas, its box office total of $9.68 million makes it the third-highest Korean film. best rated of the year so far. (In recent days, it has overtaken "Broker" and "The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure.")

The weekend's top-ranking new title was Japanese anime "Detective Conan: The Halloween Bride," which grossed $1.71 million in its first five days of release, including 1 .17 million between Friday and Sunday.

The highest-ranking Korean film of the year, “The Roundup,” earned $293,000 at #5, a cumulative $99.1 million. The cumulative figure looks lower in dollar terms than the previous week, reflecting the current relative weakness of the Korean currency.

"Elvis" only opened in sixth grade. The biopic grossed $291,000 over the weekend and $451,000 over five days.

There were plenty of other new titles. But none made a big impression. The local title, "The Killer - A Girl Who Deserves to Die" grossed $222 over the weekend and $348,000 over five days. Another Korean movie, “Contorted,” grossed $114,000 over the weekend for a five-day run-up of $181,000.

The Russo Brothers' action-thriller 'The Gray Man' grossed $91,000 from a limited release on 220 screens, good enough for ninth place, while debuting on the Netflix streaming platform .

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