Korea Box Office Has Strongest Weekend of 2021

The South Korean box office had a weak Lunar New Year, but reached its highest weekend total of 2021.

It achieved that with the help of strong hold over performances by “Soul” and “Demon Slayer The Movie: “Mugen Train” and two new release titles that entered the chart in third and fourth place.“Soul” kept its first place and increased its weekend score by 5% to $1.84 million, in its fourth weekend of release.

Since January 20, it has accumulated $13.1 million, according to data from the Korean Film Council’s Kobis tracking service.Japanese hit “Demon Slayer” stayed in second place with $796,000 in its third weekend outing.

Since January 27, it has earned $5.33 million.The strongest fresh release of the session was Korean romantic comedy “New Year Blues” which pulled in $728,000 and has a cumulative total of $1.1 million.

The story of four couples over one fateful weekend, the film is directed by Hong Ji-young and was released by Acemaker Movieworks.

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