The super mario opening gave The Super Mario Galaxy Movie the No. 1 spot in South Korea over the May 1 to May 3 weekend, where it earned $3.8 million from 575,467 admissions. The film had already started rolling out mid-week on Apr. 29, and that early start pushed its cumulative total to $4.5 million by Sunday.
South Korea’s $12.2 Million Weekend
The weekend’s $12.2 million market gross nearly doubled the previous week’s $6.2 million, with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie taking a 31.47% revenue share. For exhibitors, that kind of concentration means one title carried a large share of the traffic while the rest of the market still benefited from the broader surge.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 finished second with $3.3 million and 736,033 admissions, leaving less than half a million dollars between the top two titles. Salmokji: Whispering Water stayed in third place in its fourth week with $2.7 million, bringing its cumulative gross to $18.3 million from over 2.6 million admissions.
Project Hail Mary And Audition 109
Project Hail Mary took fourth place with $776,612 and has grossed $20.3 million since its Mar. 18 release, while Audition 109 followed in fifth with $506,887. Jung Woo’s film has reached $1.9 million and nearly 300,000 admissions, with Jung Soo-jung and Shin Seung-ho among the cast.
The King’s Warden held sixth place with $258,810 in its 13th week, lifting its total to 16,779,552 admissions and $110.1 million in revenue. The market’s climb from $6.2 million to $12.2 million gives theaters a clear signal: international sequels are still the strongest draw in South Korea, and the box office responded accordingly over the holiday weekend.
