South Korea Box Office

[Legion Again]

Rank	Title		Release Date	Daily Gross (Total)	Admissions (Total)	Number of Screens	Revenue Share
1		Frozen 2 U.S.	Nov 21, 2019	$790,819 ($75,841,934)	117,655 (10,815,899)	1,426	44.51%
2		FORD v FERRARI U.S.	Dec 04, 2019	$350,454 ($3,800,590)	51,007 (508,708)	947	19.72%
3		A Little Princess South Korea	Dec 04, 2019	$164,734 ($1,883,933)	26,093 (290,074)	657	9.27%
4		KNIVES OUT U.S.	Dec 04, 2019	$158,347 ($1,817,885)	23,714 (260,945)	640	8.91%
5		Last Christmas U.S.	Dec 05, 2019	$112,757 ($1,130,159)	17,334 (161,553)	587	6.34%

 

GGV PS for Tues are up to 17k, let’s aim for 125k admits. 

Edited December 9, 2019 by Arendelle Legion

[danhtruong5]

Some websites say that from Mid Dec, winter vacation (school holiday) starts in SK. Lets hope some late legs will kick in.

[Legion Again]

Rank	Title		Release Date	Daily Gross (Total)	Admissions (Total)	Number of Screens	Revenue Share
1		Frozen 2 U.S.	Nov 21, 2019	$811,006 ($76,589,597)	123,063 (10,938,995)	1,461	42.42%
2		FORD v FERRARI U.S.	Dec 04, 2019	$330,828 ($4,128,561)	48,005 (556,747)	948	17.3%
3		A Little Princess South Korea	Dec 04, 2019	$183,394 ($2,065,776)	29,507 (319,583)	683	9.59%
4		KNIVES OUT U.S.	Dec 04, 2019	$163,791 ($1,980,324)	24,507 (285,475)	655	8.56%
5		START-UP South Korea	Dec 18, 2019	$82,456 ($82,456)	18,717 (18,717)	110	4.31%
6		Last Christmas U.S.	Dec 05, 2019	$114,878 ($1,244,192)	17,502 (179,071)	603	6%

 

Damn, off by almost 2k       
 

-37% weekly   
 

Wed CGV PS flat at 17k, just going to forecast 125k again.    
 

Jumanji 3 CGV PS 14k, based on KO and FvF last week let’s say roughly 60-80k today? Seems it will be well behind Frozen for its OW, which might be $4M or so? Jumanji 2 opened to $6M or so 5-day and had unremarkable legs to $13M.   
 

Edit: Also, you may notice there were almost 19k limited previews for START-UP. I did not realize those were happening, and it skewed the KOBIS PS numbers for it. If there are more limited previews sometime in the next week it could be skewing the overall PS number further.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Arendelle Legion

[keysersoze123]

why no big local releases. Its been ages since I remember seeing one. I hope some movie breaks Roaring Currents record as well.

[Steven]

It will near 12m admission by this weekend

[Legion Again]

26 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

why no big local releases. Its been ages since I remember seeing one. I hope some movie breaks Roaring Currents record as well.

Extreme Job became #2 just earlier this year. Parasite and EXIT did well too in June/Aug. I think imbruglia mentioned something about 2 or 3 local biggies this winter but I’m not convinced about START-UP anymore.

 

13 minutes ago, Steven said:

It will near 12m admission by this weekend

Pass 12M imo. Maybe 12.1ish?

[keysersoze123]

54 minutes ago, Arendelle Legion said:

Extreme Job became #2 just earlier this year. Parasite and EXIT did well too in June/Aug. I think imbruglia mentioned something about 2 or 3 local biggies this winter but I’m not convinced about START-UP anymore.

 

Pass 12M imo. Maybe 12.1ish?

3 local hits for an year is awful. How many big locals release on yearly basis(including ones that disappoint). Considering how big the movies could be one would think they would release more.

[Legion Again]

3 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

including ones that disappoint

Not really in a position to answer that part, but locals doing 9M+:  

2018 — 1

2017 — 2 

2016 — 2

2015 — 2

2014 — 2

2013 — 4

2012 — 2   
 

So, 2019 seems like it’s been a fine and in fact stronger than average year for local biggies to me. Could pick up a 4th in December, which is a very common release month for local biggies.

[LPLC]

Hello everyone, by Sunday Frozen 2 could be near 12 millions admissions, with Christmas and holidays coming next week, could the movie reach 14 millions admissions and $100M ?

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, LPLC said:

Hello everyone, by Sunday Frozen 2 could be near 12 millions admissions, with Christmas and holidays coming next week, could the movie reach 14 millions admissions and $100M ?

It’s possible but not very likely. That said, START-UP does have more sneaks today, so I have no idea how strong its proper PS are 🤷‍♂️   
 

If it disappoints+this weekend is as strong as I hope for F2, it would it be that outlandish.

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, LPLC said:

Hello everyone, by Sunday Frozen 2 could be near 12 millions admissions, with Christmas and holidays coming next week, could the movie reach 14 millions admissions and $100M ?

It’s possible but not very likely. That said, START-UP does have more sneaks today, so I have no idea how strong its proper PS are 🤷‍♂️   
 

If it disappoints+this weekend is as strong as I hope for F2, it would it be that outlandish.

[Legion Again]

Jumanji doing great walkups, as perhaps should have been expected. Maybe 125k day depending on how CGV heavy it plays. Here are first 5 days of J2 for comparison:  

125k

108k

135k

269k

255k  

 

890k 5-day OW

 

F2 great walkups also, headed for maybe 132 k or so. So a mild increase despite the competition that opened today, and just -26% weekly. Could be in a for a pretty nice weekend if Thursday holds normally and bounces aren’t too muted.

[imbruglia]

big 3 chains (cgv,lotte,megabox) all moved their December Culture Day to 26th Thursday.

 

[imbruglia]

CGV Want To See 

2019.12.18
Si Dong(START-UP) - 4,136 (+3,148) *local

 

2019.12.19
Baek Doo San(ASHFALL) - 3,672 (+2,382) *local 

 

2019.12.24
Cats - 7,033 (+3,658)

 

December
Forbidden Dream - 2,105(+1.489) *local 

 

2020.01.08
Dolittle -1,993 (+571) 

 

2020.01.15
Secret Zoo - 162 *local

 

Jan
Spies in Disguise - 55
Bad Boys For Life - 82
Star Wars- The Rise of Skywalker - 1,668 (+444) 

[Legion Again]

10 minutes ago, imbruglia said:

big 3 chains (cgv,lotte,megabox) all moved their December Culture Day to 26th Thursday.

 

Makes sense, to avoid Culture Day Christmas.    
 

Do you know perchance if START-UP will have any more limited sneaks like yesterday and today?    
 

Jumanji egg was 92 very very initially, but now down to 85. Not good.    

[danhtruong5]

1 hour ago, Arendelle Legion said:

Makes sense, to avoid Culture Day Christmas.    
 

Do you know perchance if START-UP will have any more limited sneaks like yesterday and today?    
 

Jumanji egg was 92 very very initially, but now down to 85. Not good.    

24th Dec is Tue, 25th is Wed, 26th is Thu. Can we expect these days strong movie bussiness?

[Legion Again]

Rank	Title		Release Date	Daily Gross (Total)	Admissions (Total)	Number of Screens	Revenue Share
1		Frozen 2 U.S.	Nov 21, 2019	$804,755 ($77,231,371)	125,599 (11,064,940)	1,270	33.01%
2		Jumanji : The Next Level U.S.	Dec 11, 2019	$707,316 ($715,151)	109,302 (109,926)	1,175	29.01%
3		FORD v FERRARI U.S.	Dec 04, 2019	$261,263 ($4,387,881)	38,819 (596,581)	703	10.71%
4		A Little Princess South Korea	Dec 04, 2019	$123,561 ($2,187,628)	20,736 (340,751)	579	5.06%
5		KNIVES OUT U.S.	Dec 04, 2019	$137,110 ($2,116,273)	20,553 (306,511)	502	5.62%
6		Killed My Wife South Korea	Dec 11, 2019	$107,539 ($119,094)	16,316 (17,913)	533	4.41%
7		START-UP South Korea	Dec 18, 2019	$82,975 ($165,245)	14,096 (32,813)	77	3.4%

 

Frozen is starting to show some actually nice legs here, let’s see if it lasts. Minor daily bump on J3 OD while most other movies dropped 16-30%, puts F2 down about 29% weekly in actuals.  Should profit further from Jumanji’s poor reception.    
 

CGV PS are 15k, going to say 118k. With normal FSS patterns that should give it a good shot to be above Extreme Job’s 4th weekend and maybe even a 4th 1M+ weekend. AFAIK the only other movies with 4 1M+ weekends are Ode to my Father and Veteran, both of which opened much lower.   
 

EDIT: Look like just 1k or less sneaks for START-UP today, but it’s no longer looking very formidable on KOBIS. I guess Ashfall may be the bigger opener next week.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Arendelle Legion

[PKMLover]

With current ATP for F2, it needs 14M to touch $100M....??

[Legion Again]

3 hours ago, PKMLover said:

With current ATP for F2, it needs 14M to touch $100M....??

Bit more than 14.2, even.   
 

Midday update, 109k

[PKMLover]

17 minutes ago, Arendelle Legion said:

Bit more than 14.2, even.   
 

Midday update, 109k

It has the same PS as monday but monday is better ....