{"id":230379,"date":"2026-01-06T12:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230379\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:36:08","slug":"fire-and-ash-rings-in-2026-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230379\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and Ash’ Rings in 2026 at No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash<\/a>\u201d continued to dominate the Korean box office over the Jan. 2\u20134 weekend, grossing $5.2 million from 630,640 admissions. According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the latest installment in James Cameron\u2019s sci-fi franchise has now amassed $44.4 million in Korea since its Dec. 17 release.<\/p>\n

\n\tDebuting in second place was South Korean romantic drama \u201cOnce We Were Us<\/a>,\u201d which opened with $1.8 million from 263,925 admissions. Directed by Kim Tae-yong, the film follows two former lovers who unexpectedly cross paths years after their breakup, confronting unresolved emotions and the lives they have built apart. The picture stars Park Bo-young and Yoo Yeon-seok and has grossed $3.2 million to date.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cZootopia 2<\/a>\u201d placed third, adding $1.6 million for the frame and lifting its cumulative total to $53.9 million, reinforcing its status as one of the top-grossing animated releases in Korea.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn fourth, \u201cEven If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight\u201d earned $789,934, bringing its total to $4.4 million. Directed by Kim Hye-young and based on the novel by Ichijo Misaki, the film stars Choo Young-woo and Shin Si-ah in a bittersweet high-school romance centered on a girl with anterograde amnesia whose memories reset each morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cChoir of God\u201d debuted in fifth with $401,938, pushing its total to $7732,062. The film follows North Korea\u2019s efforts to bypass international sanctions by seeking assistance from a Hungarian NGO to construct churches in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

\n\tJapanese animated title \u201cCrayon Shinchan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers\u201d ranked sixth with $333,136, taking its total to $2.6 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe SpongeBob Movie<\/a>: Search for SquarePants\u201d opened in seventh with $200,128, while Warner Bros.\u2019 \u201cTom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass\u201d followed in eighth with $79,311 and now has a $162,873 cume. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPororo the Movie: Sweet Castle Adventure\u201d continued its family-friendly run in ninth, earning $78,315 and lifting its cumulative gross to $1.4 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top 10, the 25th anniversary special edition of Wong Kar-wai classic \u201cIn the Mood for Love\u201d added $73,023 from limited screenings.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe top ten films collectively grossed $10.6 million, down from last weekend\u2019s $14.02 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d continued to dominate the Korean box office over the Jan. 2\u20134 weekend, grossing $5.2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[32160,93,61,60,270,118059,118060,74051],"class_list":{"0":"post-230379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-avatar-fire-and-ash","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-once-we-were-us","14":"tag-the-spongebob-movie","15":"tag-zootopia-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}