Locally-made political drama, “The Man Standing Next” dominated the four-day Lunar New Year holiday weekend box office in South Korea.
Opening on Wednesday (Jan.
22), the Showbox release earned $24.5 million from 3.23 million admissions over its opening six days.
It accounted for more than 53% of the total holiday weekend box office.Set 40 days before former South Korean President Park Chung-hee’s assassination in 1979, the Lee Byung-hun-starring film revolves around the relationships and conflicts among second-in-command characters who were at the peak of the power struggle.Opening on the same day, Lotte’s “Hitman: Agent Jun” and Megabox’s “Mr.
Zoo: The Missing VIP” landed in second and third, respectively.
“Agent Jun” earned $11.2 million from 1.47 million admissions between Wednesday and Monday, while “Missing VIP” earned $3.53 million over the same period.Disney’s “Spies in Disguise” also opened on Wednesday and landed in fourth place.
The animation starring Will Smith and Tom Holland as
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