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'Oppenheimer' surpasses 1 million audience in South Korea

Published Aug 19, 2023 11:28 pm

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has surpassed the one million mark in total audience in South Korea as it maintained its No. 1 position for five straight days. 

“Oppenheimer” reached the milestone on Aug 19 or on the fifth day since it opened in South Korea on Aug. 15. 

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 “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures International)

According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), “Oppenheimer” sold 341,202 tickets on Aug. 19 to reach 1.31 million in total admissions in five days. 

It earned $2.73 million on Aug. 19 to reach a five-day gross of $10.41 million. “Oppenheimer” has topped the daily box office in South Korea since it opened on Aug. 15. It is poised to top the weekend box office in the country. 

Placing second in the daily box office is the Korean film “Concrete Utopia, which sold 207,316 tickets and grossed $1.55 million on Aug. 19. Since it opened on Aug. 9, “Concrete Utopia” has garnered 2.61 million in total admissions and $19 million in gross. 

South Korea recently picked “Concrete Utopia” as its entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 96th Academy Awards or Oscars next year. 

Here is the daily box office in South Korea on Aug. 19, according to KOFIC. Numbers in parentheses are totals since opening. 

RANK

TITLE

Release Date

Daily Gross

(Total)

Admissions

(Total)

1

Oppenheimer

U.S.

Aug 15, 2023

$2,731,091

($10,415,996)

341,202

(1,317,115)

2

Concrete Utopia

South Korea

Aug 09, 2023

$1,557,258

($19,033,296)

207,316

(2,613,684)

3

HONEYSWEET

South Korea

Aug 15, 2023

$772,666

($2,626,475)

103,398

(361,465)

4

Smugglers

South Korea

Jul 26, 2023

$442,629

($33,964,062)

58,732

(4,724,015)

5

Elemental

U.S.

Jun 14, 2023

$336,222

($50,180,055)

44,893

(6,860,394)

6

Meg 2: The Trench

U.S.

Aug 15, 2023

$139,297

($645,136)

17,473

(82,754)

7

A Man of Reason

South Korea

Aug 15, 2023

$99,263

($649,643)

13,190

(88,660)

8

Octonauts: Above and Beyond – Season 2

U.K.

Aug 10, 2023

$33,051

($427,041)

4,700

(64,470)

9

Ransomed

South Korea

Aug 02, 2023

$35,266

($7,444,830)

4,675

(1,038,385)

10

Mission: Impossible - 

Dead Reckoning Part One

U.S.

Jul 12, 2023

$29,665

($29,925,697)

3,812

(3,997,742)

 

 

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