{"id":413067,"date":"2026-04-27T10:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/413067\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:41:13","slug":"korea-box-office-salmokji-whispering-water-holds-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/413067\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Box Office: ‘Salmokji: Whispering Water’ Holds Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe local horror-thriller \u201cSalmokji: Whispering Water<\/a>\u201d maintained its dominance at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Apr. 24\u201326, 2026. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film earned $2.4 million from 343,461 admissions, securing a 39.29% revenue share. Since its Apr. 8 release, the Lee Sang-min-directed film has amassed a cumulative gross of $13.9 million from nearly 2 million admissions. Starring Kim Hye-yoon and Lee Jong-won, the film follows a road-view camera crew that encounters terrifying supernatural events at a remote reservoir.\u00a0The film ranks eighth on the global chart. <\/p>\n

\n\tHollywood science-fiction epic \u201cProject Hail Mary<\/a>\u201d remained in second place, adding a shade north of $1 million over the weekend. The Ryan Gosling-starrer has now reached a cumulative gross of $19.1 million and is approaching the 2.5 million admissions mark.<\/p>\n

\n\tLocal coming-of-age comedy-drama \u201cAudition 109\u201d debuted in third place, earning $752,735 from 111,366 admissions. Directed by Jung Woo in his directorial debut \u2013 who also stars alongside Jung Soo-jung and Shin Seung-ho \u2013 the film follows a Busan native who moves to Seoul to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, only to face the harsh realities of the city. Since its Apr. 22 release, the film has grossed $1.08 million. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn fourth place, the documentary \u201cRan 12.3\u201d debuted with $549,311 from 78,339 admissions. Directed by Lee Myung-se, the film uses visual techniques and music to reconstruct the events of Dec. 3, 2024, when a surprise martial law declaration briefly halted the nation. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d fell to fifth place but continued to extend its historic run, adding $460,237. The historical drama has now reached 16,706,855 total admissions, further solidifying its position as the second most-watched film in South Korean history. Its cumulative revenue has reached $109.6 million. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe identity drama \u201cMy Name\u201d took sixth place, adding $176,112 for a cumulative total of $984,733. The film explores a teenager\u2019s struggles in 1998 alongside his mother\u2019s repressed trauma from the 1948 Jeju April 3 Uprising.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn seventh place, horror film \u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy\u201d debuted with $123,535 for a total of $208,673. It was followed in eighth place by the anime film \u201cMobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe,\u201d which earned $112,765 and a total of $192,656. <\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top ten were the re-release of \u201cKiki\u2019s Delivery Service\u201d in ninth place with $80,204 and the animated sports comedy \u201cGoat\u201d in tenth with $49,518.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $6.2 million, down from last week\u2019s $6.6 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The local horror-thriller \u201cSalmokji: Whispering Water\u201d maintained its dominance at the South Korean box office during the weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,150835,397,86964,195066,185628],"class_list":["post-413067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lee-cronins-the-mummy","tag-movies","tag-project-hail-mary","tag-salmokji-whispering-water","tag-the-kings-warden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}