Korea Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Leaps to Powerful Lead With $12 Million Debut Weekend
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” leaped to a crushing first place debut at the South Korean box office on its opening weekend.
The American animation film earned $12.3 million from 1.75 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
Over the five days since its Wednesday debut, it accumulated $14.7 million and 2.08 million ticket sales. Those numbers gave “Inside Out 2” the third-highest opening weekend score this year at the Korean box office and the highest by an imported film.
Kobis reports that it commanded an 84% share of the weekend theatrical market. The numbers are also substantially stronger than those of the predecessor film.
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