Korea Box Office: ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ Holds on for $26 Million Total

Holdover title “Deliver Us From Evil” once again topped the Korean box office, over the weekend.

It earned $6.74 million for a cumulative of $26.5 million after just 11 days on release.The hitman on a last job thriller managed a strong hold, losing only 37% in its second weekend, compared with $10.6 million on its debut.

It held on to a 51% market share.

Its trajectory should see “Deliver” overtake “Peninsula,” until now the biggest post-coronavirus title, within a couple of days.New release title, “Ok! Madam,” a comedy starring Uhm Jeong-hwa, opened in second place with a $4.57 million haul.

It played on 1,288 screens and accounted for 35% of the weekend box office.“Steel Rain: Summit” which had played as the top film three weeks ago, was a distant third.

It managed $619,000, a drop of 58% compared with last weekend.

Its cumulative is now $11.9 million.Overall, the aggregate weekend score was little changed at $13 million, compared with $13.4 million the previous session.

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