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\u201cKPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-Along Event\u201d struck a chord with Korean audiences, opening in fourth place with $323,000 from 39,000 admissions across 143 screens.<\/p>\n
At No. 1, South Korean road-trip comedy \u201cThe First Ride\u201d debuted atop the Korean box office with $1.56 million from 230,810 admissions and a commanding 28.8% market share, according to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. Directed by Nam Dae-joong (\u201cThe Great Battle\u201d), the film follows a group of childhood friends whose long-awaited trip to Thailand quickly spirals into chaotic mishaps. The ensemble cast includes Kang Ha-neul, Cha Eun-woo, Kim Young-kwang, Kang Young-suk and Han Seon-hwa. The film has earned $2.3 million to date, including midweek previews.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Japanese anime feature \u201cChainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc\u201d dropped to second with $1.08 million, lifting its cumulative total to $20.7 million. The film adapts the \u201cReze\u201d arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto\u2019s hit manga. Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara with a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, the movie follows Denji as his encounter with caf\u00e9 worker Reze leads to a clash between intimate connection and bloody chaos. Voice cast includes Reina Ueda, Fairouz Ai, Tomori Kusunoki, and Maaya Uchida. Sony\/Crunchyroll are handling distribution in the market.<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s psychological horror \u201cThe Exit 8\u201d ranked third with $602,000 for a $2.2 million total. Directed by Kawamura Genki, the film stars Ninomiya Kazunari as a man trapped in a seemingly endless subway corridor where he must detect minute anomalies to escape.<\/p>\n Stop-motion classic \u201cCoraline\u201d continued its reissue run in fifth with $284,000 (cume $2 million). \u201cDemon Slayer<\/a>: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle\u201d followed in sixth with $216,000 for a $42.1 million cumulative gross. Park Chan-wook\u2019s \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d earned $147,000 (cume $20 million), while acclaimed Pingyao winner \u201cThe World of Love\u201d added $128,000 (cume $438,000).<\/p>\n In ninth, \u201cEvangelion: Death (True)\u00b2 & Rebirth\u201d debuted with $108,000, and \u201cJujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory \/ Premature Death \u2013 The Movie\u201d rounded out the top 10 with $98,600 for a $1.5 million cumulative.<\/p>\n The top ten films collectively grossed $4.5 million, a dip from the previous frame\u2019s $4.7 million. <\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cKPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-Along Event\u201d struck a chord with Korean audiences, opening in fourth place with $323,000 from 39,000 admissions across 143 screens. At No. 1, South Korean road-trip comedy \u201cThe First Ride\u201d debuted atop the Korean box office with $1.56 million from 230,810 admissions and a commanding 28.8% market share, according to KOBIS, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2131617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[372183,405518,372182],"class_list":["post-2131616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cumulative-total","tag-kang-ha-neul","tag-kobis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Sing-Along-Event-Shakes-Up-Korea-Box-Office-Chart-as.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2131616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131618,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131616\/revisions\/2131618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2131617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2131616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2131616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2131616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}