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Song Hye-kyo's thriller film 'Dark Nuns' No. 1 at Korean box office

Published Jan 27, 2025 05:49 am

The thriller film “Dark Nuns,” starring Song Hye-kyo, Jeon Yeo-been, Lee Jin-wook, and Moon Woo-jin, grabbed the top spot at the box office in South Korea. 

Released on Jan. 24, “Dark Nuns” has topped the daily and weekend box office tallies in South Korea. 

“Dark Nuns” is an occult drama film that tells the story of people who embark on a forbidden ritual to save a boy possessed by a powerful evil spirit. 

In the film Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Yeo-been are nuns while 15-year-old Moon Woo-jin is the boy possessed by an evil spirit. 

“Dark Nuns” opened at the No. 1 spot in South Korea, registering 163,728 in total cinema admissions and gross of $1.08 million for a daily revenue share of 51.33 percent based on data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). 

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Song Hye-kyo, Jeon Yeo-been and Moon Woo-jin in “Dark Nuns” (Next Entertainment World)

Its success continued in the next three days. The film topped the weekend box office from Jan. 24 to 25 with 588,498 tickets sold and gross of $.3.97 million or a revenue share of 42.77 percent. 

Since its opening, including pre-release screening, “Dark Nuns” has recorded 606,155 in total admissions and gross of $4.08 million. 

“Dark Nuns” is Song Hye-kyo’s return to the big screen after 11 years and her next project after the hit drama “The Glory.” 

It is a spin-off of the Korean film “The Priests” that was released in 2015. 

Placing second in the weekend box office in South Korea is the film “Hitman 2” followed by Hyun Bin’s “Harbin,” “Pokemon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew” and “IU CONCERT : THE WINNING.” 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE IN SOUTH KOREA

Jan. 24 to 26, 2025 

(Source: Korean Film Council)  

Rank

Title

Release Date

Weekly Gross

(Total)

Admissions

(Total)

Revenue Share

1

Dark Nuns

South Korea

Jan. 24, 2025

$3,973,497

($4,086,453)

588,498

(606,155)

42.77%

2

HITMAN2

South Korea

Jan. 22, 2025

$2,818,215

($3,959,013)

425,198

(604,887)

30.33%

3

HARBIN

South Korea

Dec. 24, 2024

$494,929

($30,912,961)

72,827

(4,642,083)

5.32%

4

Pokemon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew

Japan

Jan. 22, 2025

$285,137

($396,821)

45,984

(64,585)

3.06%

5

IU CONCERT : THE WINNING

South Korea

Jan. 24, 2025

$541,676

($541,676)

28,063

(28,063)

5.83%

6

THE SUBSTANCE

U.K.

Dec. 11, 2024

$177,101

($2,056,815)

25,630

(302,870)

1.9%

7

THUNDERSTRUCK COP

South Korea

Jan. 24, 2025

$117,285

($133,000)

19,328

(21,952)

1.26%

8

Pororo movie Underwater adventure

South Korea

Jan. 1, 2025

$92,030

($2,085,636)

14,516

(349,597)

0.99%

9

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary

Japan

Dec. 18, 2024

$70,088

($4,996,114)

10,657

(762,847)

0.75%

10

FIREFIGHTERS

South Korea

Dec. 4, 2024

$69,053

($25,162,330)

10,329

(3,840,562)

0.74%

 

 

 

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"Dark Nuns" (Next Entertainment World)

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Song Hye-kyo at a press conference for "Dark Nuns" (Next Entertainment World)

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