After a tough six months, South Korea’s box office revenues were boosted My daughter is a zombie It won the biggest opening weekend to this year.
According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) tracking service Kobis, the local comedy drama won $8.3 million from 1.17 million admissions from August 1-3. Since opening on July 30th, it has won $12.5 million from 1.87 million admissions.
This shows the best weekend figures for films in Korea so far this year, exceeding the $7.12M made by Bong Joon Ho Mickey 17 February and $5.64 million shot by Jurassic World Revival When it opened last month.
My daughter is a zombie It is already the 10th highest gross movie in Korea of 2025, and it is speculated that the film could be the first to hit 10 million admissions.
Set in the wake of a zombie outbreak, the story follows a father who takes his infected daughter to a quiet seaside village. There, he uses his experience as a wildlife trainer to tame zombies.
His father is played by Jung Sok (Exit) And the cast reunion will be starring Oscar winners Lee Jong En and Cho Yo Jeong. Parasites. Marks the second feature of PIL Gam-Sung director from 2021 onwards based on the same name webtoon by Lee Yun-Chang Hostages: No celebrities.
Korean Content Panda has already sold this feature to distributors in Asia and North America.
This performance has given the necessary trust for the Korean theatre business, which recorded a major recession in the first six months of 2025.
According to a recent report from KOFIC, box office revenue fell 33% year-on-year to $293 million (KRW48 billion) in the first half of 2025, with attendance down 32.5%. Top performers were a huge hit in the US Mission: Impossible – Final calculationgarnered $24 million from 3.39 million entry and local criminal behavior titles Yadan: Smithgarnered $23.1 million from 3.37 million admissions.
To bring viewers back to the theatre, the South Korean government has recently issued 4.5 million movie tickets, offering a KRW 6,000 ($4.34) cut in tickets.
At the weekend box office, Brad Pitt’s F1 was strong after more than a month of release, adding $3 million from $384,964 admissions, from $3.1 million to $23.8 million.
Korean animation King of Kings It rose to a third of his third outing, adding $966,000 over the weekend with $6.9 million cume. The faith-based function opened in mid-April on most other territories and costs over $70 million worldwide, of which $60 million comes from the US.
After a strong start, local fantasy action fantasy Omniscient Reader: Prophecy He dropped to fourth place over the second weekend, bringing the cume to $6.7 million (973,990 admission) with $708,000 and 116,475 admission.
Opening weekend, US Animation sequel Bad guy 2 Since opening on July 30th, it has received $770,000 from CUME’s 115,377 admissions, which costs $1.3 million (201,134 admissions).
In total, the top 10 films cost $15.2 million from August 1-3, achieving their highest weekend totals through 2025.
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