“Top Gun Maverick” reclaimed the lead at the South Korea box office as “Thor: Love and Thunder” slowed rapidly and Korean cinemas endured a weekend that slowed the recent recovery trend.“Top Gun Maverick” earned 5.77 million between Friday and Sunday, in its fourth week of release in Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
That was a drop of only 11 from its previous weekend.In contrast, “Thor Love and Thunder” registered a 66 weekend-on-weekend tumble, falling from 9.88 million previously to 3.34 million.
Nevertheless, it already has a healthy cumulative of 20.6 million since releasing on July 6, 2022.“Decision to Leave,” the Park Chan-wook-directed crime thriller that debuted in Cannes, ranked third again with a weekend score of 1.72 million.
While its performance has caused some commentators to ask whether art house films still have a place in Korean cinemas, its box office total of 9.68 million makes
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