Korea Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Maintains Slender Advantage Over Surging Thriller ‘The Eyes’
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- Toy Story 5 held #1 at the Korean box office July 3–5 with $2.8 million from 429,042 admissions and a 38.6% market share, lifting its cumulative gross to $14.8 million since its mid-June debut, per KOBIS data.
- The Eyes, a Korean remake of the 2011 Spanish thriller "Julia's Eyes" starring Shin Min-ah as a visually impaired photographer, generated $2,409,406 from 359,845 admissions in second place — pushing its cumulative to $5.5 million since its June 24 rollout and narrowing the gap to under $400K.
- Colony, Yeon Sang-ho's zombie thriller starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, ranked third with $480,016 and remained the season's runaway local hit with $40.1 million cumulative from 5,842,311 admissions since May 21.
- Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie's 1950s sports comedy-drama, debuted in fourth with $274,153 from 38,502 admissions — a soft opening that, including its July 1 mid-week rollout, brought total admissions to just 70,264.
- Multiple new releases posted modest openings: Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil sixth ($175,485), Greenland: Migration seventh ($132,820), and Assassination Classroom the Movie: Our Time ninth ($67,131) — all launched July 1.
- The overall Korean box office totaled $7.3 million for the weekend, slightly up from $6.9 million the prior week, with holdover titles driving most of the revenue.
- Wild Sing added $226,964 in fifth place for an $8.2 million cumulative, while Backrooms held eighth with $141,011 for an $8.3 million total since its earlier release.
Why it matters: The Eyes closed to within $400K of leader Toy Story 5 in only its second frame, setting up a realistic #1 flip next weekend; meanwhile, four new wide releases — including Marty Supreme and Greenland: Migration — all opened below $300K, leaving the Korean market overwhelmingly anchored on holdover titles like Colony, which has now crossed $40.1 million cumulative.
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