Korean cinemagoers came out to see “Tenet,” but their enthusiasm extended almost no further, as coronavirus cases resurge in the world’s number four box office market.
And Korean cinema operators are retrenching.“Tenet,” the much-anticipated time-looping spy thriller earned $2.90 million from 353,000 ticket sales over the Friday to Sunday weekend.
It played on 2,216 screens, the majority of the country’s available sites.Including previews from the previous weekend worth $719,000 and the takings from its midweek official debut, “Tenet” has accumulated $5.08 million to date in Korea, according to data from the Korean Film Council’s Kobis data system.Dropping from first place to second, hitman thriller “Deliver Us From Evil” earned $411,000, down from its previous score of $1.41 million.
Happily, it did most of its business, before the latest virus spike, and since its release on Aug.
5, the film has earned $31.8 million.Korean-made comedy “Ok! Madam” did not fare so well.
It earned just $167,000 from the weekend,
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