Korea Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Maintains Slender Advantage Over Surging Thriller ‘The Eyes’
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- Toy Story 5 retained #1 at the South Korean box office with $2.8M from 429,042 admissions (38.6% market share), pushing its cumulative since its mid-June debut to $14.8M from 2,218,500 total admissions.
- The Eyes, a Korean remake of the 2011 Spanish thriller "Julia's Eyes" directed by Yeom Ji-ho and starring Shin Min-ah as a visually impaired photographer, surged to second place with $2,409,406 from 359,845 admissions and lifted its cumulative to $5.5M after just two weekends.
- Colony, Yeon Sang-ho's zombie thriller starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook, held third with $480,016 from 71,076 admissions and has now earned $40.1M cumulatively from 5,842,311 admissions since its May 21 wide release.
- Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie's 1950s sports comedy-drama, debuted in fourth with $274,153 from 38,502 admissions over the three-day frame, bringing its gross to $483,503 since its July 1 early rollout.
- Wild Sing, Son Jae-gon's 1990s retro music comedy starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, rounded out the top five with $226,964 from 35,242 admissions, taking its cumulative to $8.2M since its June 3 rollout.
- The overall Korean market collective gross hit $7.3M for the weekend, slightly up from the prior weekend's $6.9M.
Why it matters: The Eyes trailed Toy Story 5 by only about $400,000 in its second weekend — a tight gap that signals the local remake is gaining ground on a Pixar sequel with far more built-in demand; Deadline's coverage separately pegs Toy Story 5 at $764M worldwide, suggesting Korea is one of the few territories where the gap is actually closing.
