Motion-comedy Hitman 2 dominated the Korean field workplace for a second consecutive weekend, claiming 28% of admissions.
The movie earned $1.3m from Friday to Sunday (February 7 to 9), in accordance with Kobis, the Korean Movie Council’s field workplace monitoring service.
The sequel has grossed $15m since its January 22 launch, surpassing unique Hitman: Agent Jun, which took $14.1m in 2020, and pushing the movie previous its break-even level of two.3 million admissions. Kwon Sang-woo reprises his position as secret agent-turned-webtoon artist who, on this instalment, is falsely accused of plotting a terrorist assault.
Rating second was thriller romance Secret: Untold Melody, which added $937,000. Based mostly on Taiwanese blockbuster Secret from director and musician Jay Chou, the variation has amassed $3.8m in its first two weeks. It stars Do Kyung-soo of Okay-pop boy band EXO alongside Received Jin-ah from Netflix’s Hellbound.
Thriller thriller Nocturnal opened in third place with $623,000. The movie stars Ha Jung-woo (The Handmaiden) as a bereft detective looking for solutions after the disappearance of his spouse and dying of his brother. His suspicions develop when his investigation lands on a bestselling creator who seemingly predicted his brother’s dying.
Darkish Nuns, a spin-off from 2015’s The Monks, ranked fourth with $561,000. The exorcism thriller has grossed $10.7m since its January 24 launch.
Oscar contender The Substance, directed by Coralie Fargeat, held regular in fifth, including $208,000 for a $2.9m cume after practically two months on launch.
In sixth was The Successful, a live performance movie from Okay-pop singer IU. It earned $120,000, bringing its cume to $1.3m.
Seventh place went to historic motion movie Harbin, which added $105,000. Since releasing on the finish of final yr, the movie has amassed $32m.
In eighth place was a 4K director’s minimize restoration of Tarsem Singh’s The Fall with $93,000. The 2006 cult characteristic, which premiered at Locarno, has recorded extra than100,000 admissions after eight weeks on launch for a cume of $835,000.
Rounding out the highest 10 have been two animated movies from highly-popular properties: Pokémon: Lucario And The Thriller of Mew with $89,000, and Pororo Film: Underwater Journey with $60,000.
Trying forward, Marvel’s Captain America: Courageous New World leads advance ticket gross sales with 43% of whole bookings.
