{"id":578588,"date":"2026-08-24T07:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578588\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:34:09","slug":"korea-box-office-the-odyssey-bests-spider-man-to-hold-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578588\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Bests ‘Spider-Man’ to Hold Top Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d maintained its commanding position atop the South Korea box office during the weekend of Aug. 21\u201323. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole generated $10.6 million from 1,321,204 admissions over the three-day frame across 2,182 screens, capturing 66.3% of total weekend business. Showing formidable holding power in its third outing, the film pushed its cumulative local gross to $56.8 million from 7,109,368 total admissions since its Aug. 5 launch.<\/p>\n

\n\tSuperhero tentpole \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a>\u201d held onto second place in its fourth frame, taking $2.9 million from 386,754 admissions. The film accounted for 18.39% of the market, lifting its cumulative South Korea haul to $61.4 million from 8,127,615 total admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cInsidious: Out of the Further\u201d opened in third place, generating $547,555 from 71,592 admissions across 678 screens. Since its Aug. 20 premiere, the release has collected $706,508 from 93,922 total admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tLocal animated feature \u201cTeenieping: Legend of the Whale Heartstone\u201d finished fourth, adding $480,487 from 69,482 admissions. Directed by Kim Soo-hoon, the musical fantasy adventure follows Princess Romi, Heartsping, and their crew venturing into the deep sea to rescue Queen Velita. The sequel has grossed $5.3 million from 788,263 viewers since its Aug. 5 rollout.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnimated mystery \u201cDetective Conan the Movie: Fallen Angel of the Highway\u201d took fifth place in its second weekend, pulling in $380,240 from 50,053 admissions. Directed by Takahiro Hasui, the franchise installment has reached a total of $2.5 million from 356,276 tickets.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe local action-comedy sequel \u201cOk! Madam: Bon Voyage\u201d took sixth place, generating $239,231 from 33,585 admissions. Directed by Lee Cheol-ha and starring Uhm Jung-hwa, Park Sung-woong, Lee Sang-yun, and Sooyoung, the film has now earned $2 million. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPaw Patrol: The Dino Movie\u201d placed seventh, collecting $143,937 from 20,488 admissions to move its gross to $671,567 from 95,605 admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tSci-fi thriller \u201cHope<\/a>\u201d took eighth place, adding $130,477 from 18,366 admissions. Directed by Na Hong-Jin<\/a> and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the alien-encounter feature has accumulated $35 million from 4,518,395 admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tStudio Ghibli\u2019s 2010 animated fantasy \u201cThe Secret World of Arrietty,\u201d directed by Yonebayashi Hiromasa, placed ninth via a specialty re-release, earning $82,305 from 10,431 admissions to lift its lifetime South Korea gross to $5.6 million from 1,086,258 tickets.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top ten was \u201cWarfare,\u201d which pulled in $58,172 from 7,333 admissions over the frame. The real-time Iraq War encounter film has generated $108,585 from 13,863 admissions since its Aug. 19 rollout.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $16.1 million, down from last week\u2019s $22.3 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d maintained its commanding position atop the South Korea box office during the weekend of Aug. 21\u201323.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,2883,409,221731,111,139,69,4634,95371],"class_list":["post-578588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-hope","tag-movies","tag-na-hong-jin","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-spider-man-brand-new-day","tag-the-odyssey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}