{"id":664066,"date":"2026-05-25T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664066\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:38:10","slug":"korea-box-office-yeon-sang-hos-colony-rockets-to-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664066\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Box Office: Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Colony’ Rockets to No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFresh from its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeon Sang-ho<\/a>\u2018s action-horror zombie extravaganza \u201cColony<\/a>\u201d re-energized the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 22\u201324. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the big-budget feature grossed a spectacular $9.4 million from 1,283,343 admissions over the three-day frame, capturing a dominant 71.85% of the total market revenue.<\/p>\n

\n\tDistributed by Showbox, the film has brought its cumulative total to $10.9 million from 1,501,633 admissions since its wide theatrical launch on May 21. The survival thriller marks the filmmaker\u2019s high-profile return to the signature zombie architecture of \u201cTrain to Busan.\u201d It was the eighth highest grossing film in the world, per Comscore. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe astronomical debut of the local heavyweight pushed pop biopic \u201cMichael<\/a>\u201d down to second place. The musical drama pulled in $1.9 million over its sophomore weekend, maintaining a steady 15.04% share of the market. The film has now pushed its cumulative South Korean cume to a healthy $7.9 million from 1,075,229 admissions since its May 13 premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>\u201d slipped one spot to third, adding $372,363 to its ledger. The film now has a cumulative gross of $9.8 million from 1,538,814 total admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d placed fourth, pulling in $335,728 from 44,951 tickets over the three-day window. The film now has a cumulative total of $10.3 million. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Japanese animated feature \u201cGintama: Yoshiwara in Flames\u201d opened in fifth place, drawing $191,216 over the three-day period. Directed by Naoya Ando, the film retells the iconic manga arc with brand-new subplots. ince its May 20 launch, the film has grossed $322,235.<\/p>\n

\n\tLong-running independent horror-thriller \u201cSalmokji : Whispering Water\u201d moved to sixth place, adding $176,284. The Lee Sang-min genre standout has maintained extraordinary longevity, amassing a cumulative total of $21.8 million from 3,222,502 admissions since its early April wide release.<\/p>\n

\n\tHollywood science-fiction epic \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d took seventh place, filtering in an additional $115,367 to stretch its South Korean lifetime gross to $21.5 million. It was followed in eighth place by the Canadian meta-comedy \u201cNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie,\u201d which debuted with $98,358 over the frame for a total cume of $157,521.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the lower rungs of the top ten were two Japanese animated features: \u201cAnpanman: Baikinman and Lulun in the Picture Book,\u201d which debuted in ninth place with $69,015 following its May 23 release, and \u201cThe Dangers in My Heart: The Movie,\u201d which landed in tenth with a weekend gross of $94,847 and a total cume of $123,537.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $13.1 million, up from last week\u2019s $6.8 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh from its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeon Sang-ho\u2018s action-horror…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[101801,88,27354,206,149222,96357],"class_list":["post-664066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-colony","tag-entertainment","tag-michael","tag-movies","tag-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie","tag-yeon-sang-ho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}