{"id":2262544,"date":"2026-02-02T08:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2262544"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:13:12","slug":"korea-box-office-once-we-were-us-stays-no-1-as-send-help-and-sister-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/korea-box-office-once-we-were-us-stays-no-1-as-send-help-and-sister-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Box Office: \u2018Once We Were Us\u2019 Stays No. 1 as \u2018Send Help\u2019 and \u2018Sister\u2019 Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">The local romance \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37764737\/\">Once We Were Us<\/a>\u201d maintained its position at the top of the South Korean box office , according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0197065\/\">Korean Film Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37764737\/\">Once We Were Us<\/a>\u201d earned $1.2 million from 179,740 admissions between Friday and Sunday. Directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5999730\/\">Kim Do-young<\/a> and starring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3640854\/\">Koo Kyo-hwan<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3209606\/\">Moon Ga-young<\/a>, the local remake of the 2018 Chinese hit \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8033592\/\">Us and Them<\/a>\u201d follows two former lovers who first met in 2008 and unexpectedly reunite on a flight a decade later. The film has now reached a cumulative gross of $15.5 million from 2,322,852 admissions.<\/p>\n<p>In second place, the local musical drama \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32347250\/\">Choir of God<\/a>\u201d continued its strong performance in its fifth week, earning $974,062 from 148,319 admissions. Starring Park Si-hoo and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4875226\/\">Jeong Jin-woon<\/a>, the film centers on a North Korean security officer who organizes a deceptive choir to interact with an international Ngo to secure foreign funds for the state. Its&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local romance \u201cOnce We Were Us\u201d maintained its position at the top of the South Korean box office , according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. \u201cOnce We Were Us\u201d earned $1.2 million from 179,740 admissions between Friday and Sunday. 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