Korea Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Stays No. 1 While Thriller ‘The Eyes’ Opens in Second Place
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- Toy Story 5 earned $3.3 million from 502,939 admissions over the June 26–28 frame, holding 45.38% of the South Korean market and pushing its cumulative gross to $10.8 million since its June 17 premiere.
- The Eyes, a Korean remake of the 2011 Spanish thriller 'Julia's Eyes' directed by Yeom Ji-ho and starring Shin Min-ah, opened in second place with $1.5 million from 232,952 admissions after its June 24 wide rollout.
- Colony, Yeon Sang-ho's zombie thriller starring Jun Ji-hyun, placed third with $651,811 and has now amassed a cumulative $39 million from 5.7 million admissions since its May 21 release — the biggest local earner in the top ten by lifetime gross.
- Supergirl opened in fifth place with $424,420, and concert documentary Jeong Dong-won Fan Concert Film: The Road We Meet Again debuted in seventh with $134,467, chronicling the singer ahead of his mandatory military enlistment.
- The overall South Korean weekend market totaled $6.9 million, down from $8 million the prior week, a roughly 14% decline that landed despite Toy Story 5's continued dominance.
- Happyend, directed by Neo Sora, placed eighth with $54,894, bringing its local cumulative gross to $930,696, while cross-border horror The Shrine rounded out the top ten with $44,819.
Why it matters: Toy Story 5 captured nearly half of a shrinking Korean market — the overall weekend gross fell roughly 14% week-over-week to $6.9 million — signaling that local audiences are consolidating around the Pixar sequel rather than spreading spend across new releases like 'The Eyes' and 'Supergirl.' Meanwhile, Colony's $39 million cumulative confirms it as the dominant local performer of the season.
