The South Korean field workplace had a well-known look. Darkish drama, “Exhuma” dominated the chart with a greater than 50% market share for the fourth weekend in a row. And, for the third successive weekend, “Dune 2” positioned second.

“Exhuma,” about two shaman, a feng shui grasp and a mortician who try and reverse the mysterious occasions taking place to a U.S.-based Korean household, earned $5.80 million between Friday and Sunday. That represented a 67% share of the general field workplace market, in accordance with knowledge from monitoring service Kobis, operated by the Korean Movie Council (Kofic).

That lifted the movie’s haul to $67.3 million after practically 4 weeks on launch. The determine is the best this yr by far and the fourth highest efficiency because the starting of the COVID pandemic.

So far, “Exhuma” has bought 9.30 million tickets. And it appears sure to cross the ten million admissions mark that’s the accepted benchmark for a blockbuster in Korea.

“Dune 2” earned $1.73 million over the weekend, representing a 19% share of the whole market. Its cumulative whole over practically three weeks on launch now stands at $13.6 million. That’s the third highest rating this yr in Korea by field workplace income and the fourth highest by admissions. (“Citizen of a Sort” claims third rank as measured by ticket gross sales.)

Chart locations three, 4 and 5 had been unchanged weekend-on-weekend. “Wonka” remained in third place with $335,000, for a operating whole of $25 million. “Poor Issues” was in fourth place with $174,000, for a two-weekend whole of $822,000.

Korean animation, “Bread Barbershop: Celeb in Bakery City” held fifth place with $128,000 for a three-week whole of $1.09 million.

Liam Hemsworth-, Luke Hemsworth- and Russell Crowe-starring motion thriller, “Land of Dangerous” was the highest-placed new launch in Korea. It opened in sixth place with $105,000 between Friday and Sunday and $165,000 over 5 days.

Korean-American drama movie “Previous Lives” trailed alongside in seventh place. It earned $117,000 for a two-weekend whole of $612,000. As with “Poor Issues,” the movie’s look on the Oscars appeared to have little instant field workplace affect in Korea.

“Bob Marley: One Love,” successful in lots of worldwide markets, opened in Korea a muted eighth. It earned $87,000 over the weekend correct and $187,000 over 5 days.

“The Delivery of Korea” added $58,400 for a complete of $8.09 million since Feb. 1. And claimed ninth place. Canadian animation movie “Katak: The Courageous Beluga” opened in tenth with $59,000 over 5 days.