{"id":891567,"date":"2026-09-14T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/891567\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:12:10","slug":"korea-box-office-the-odyssey-sails-to-sixth-weekend-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/891567\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Sails to Sixth Weekend Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d continued its voyage at the summit of the South Korean box office during the weekend of Sept. 11\u201313. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole generated $3.9 million from 449,474 admissions over the three-day frame across 1,648 screens, capturing 51.4% of the total weekend market.<\/p>\n

\n\tSecuring its sixth consecutive weekend victory, the blockbuster pushed its cumulative South Korean gross to $89.6 million from 10,782,715 total admissions since its Aug. 5 launch.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cObsession<\/a>\u201d climbed to second place in its second weekend, pulling in $1.4 million from 176,479 admissions across 845 screens. The film accounted for 18.6% of the weekend market, lifting its cume to $3.7 million from 474,818 total viewers.<\/p>\n

\n\tSuperhero tentpole \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a>\u201d was tin third place in its seventh outing, generating $544,123 from 84,719 admissions over the frame. The film accounted for 7% of the frame, bringing its local gross to $68.7 million from 8,930,413 admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Drama\u201d opened in fourth place, earning $223,340 from 29,512 admissions over the three-day window across 616 screens. Since its Sept. 9 premiere, the release has collected $404,575 from 53,631 total admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tLocal family road-trip drama \u201cThe Journey to Gyeongju\u201d took fifth place, generating $124,071 from 17,206 admissions. Directed by Kim Mi-jo and starring Lee Jung-eun, Gong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon, and Byun Yo-han, the revenge-tinged family narrative pushed its haul to $2.3 million from 332,960 viewers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPower Ballad\u201d placed sixth, taking $110,283 from 15,277 admissions and has gathered $633,484 from 89,399 admissions since its Sept. 2 debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tSci-fi thriller \u201cHope\u201d rebounded into the top 10 in seventh place, adding $125,591 from 14,719 admissions. Directed by Na Hong-Jin and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the alien-encounter feature has accumulated $36.2 million from 4,566,216 ticket buyers.<\/p>\n

\n\tToho\u2019s anime classic \u201cInuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time,\u201d directed by Toshiya Shinohara, entered the chart in eighth place, earning $89,975 from 10,935 admissions across 129 screens for a cumulative $159,850 from 19,829 admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe local family crime-drama \u201cPortrait of a Family,\u201d directed by Lee Ji-won and starring Ryu Seung-ryong and Ha Ji-won, finished in ninth place with $66,614 from 9,752 admissions over the weekend, moving its cume to $652,858 from 97,145 viewers. Directed by Lee Ji-won and starring Ryu Seung-ryong and Ha Ji-won, the film centers on a former superstar baseball player and a top actress whose glamorous lives unravel when a mysterious young girl appears, dragging them into a desperate struggle seven years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top 10 was the upcoming animated adventure \u201cForgotten Island,\u201d which took $70,125 from 9,314 admissions across early festival and special preview screenings, lifting its pre-release total to $88,051 from 11,772 viewers ahead of its wide launch on Sep. 23.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $7.6 million, down from last week\u2019s $9.8 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d continued its voyage at the summit of the South Korean box office during the weekend of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344,85719,34361,30335],"class_list":["post-891567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-obsession","tag-spider-man-brand-new-day","tag-the-odyssey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}