‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ smashes records at Korean box office

Jurassic World Rebirth starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey has carved out the first place at South Korean box office for July 4-6 by earning $5.6 million across 1645 screens.

Directed by Gareth Edwards, the dinosaur-based movie accounted for 45.2% of the market according to KOBIS, the tracking services operated by Korean Film Council.

Based on the earlier weekday previews, the movie has garnered $7.3 million in South Korea.

In contrast to Jurassic World Rebirth, Kim Soo-Jin’s psychological horror movie, Noise, now hold up the second position. With an impressive $2.3 million and 326,270 admissions, the movie’s total gross has reached $4.7 million.

Brad Pitt’s high-octane racing movie F1: The Movie has dropped to no. 3 with $2.6 million from 320,675 admissions. Cumulatively, the movie has gathered $7.8 million in total.

DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon landed in fourth position, adding $687,056 and taking the total to $12.3 million. Elio followed in fifth place as Disney-Pixar’s movie garnered a cumulative $3.6 million.

Local production, Hi-Five claimed the six position and Studio Ghibli’s timeless classic Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Winds marked the seventh position.

Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning secured the eight position with $24.1million in total.

Nameless and 28 Years Later secured ninth and ten positions respectively.

The top 10 movies at South Korea box office collectively earned $12.1 million over July 4-6 weekend, leading to a significant rise.

Is Jurassic World Rebirth a success?

Jurassic World Rebirth is a win for Hollywood as the movie hatches the new era for the Jurassic franchise with a global opening of $318.3 million, the biggest worldwide opening of the year to date. 

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