Historical drama The King’s Warden crossed the 13 million admissions mark at the South Korean box office during its sixth consecutive weekend at number one. The film earned $8.2 million from 1,253,733 admissions over the March 13-15 weekend. Data comes from KOBIS, the Korean Film Council tracking service.
The King’s Warden, directed by Jang Hang-jun and starring Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon, depicts a village chief protecting a deposed teenage king in the 15th century. Since its February 4 debut, it has accumulated $86.8 million from 13,467,811 admissions, according to KOBIS data. Over the March 13-15 weekend, it captured a 76.36% revenue share, topping the chart for the sixth straight week with $8.2 million from 1,253,733 tickets sold. This performance elevates it on South Korea’s all-time highest-grossing films list. The overall box office grossed $10.8 million that weekend, down from $14.2 million the prior week. Pixar’s Hoppers placed second, adding $1.1 million from 173,213 admissions for a $3.5 million cumulative total since March 4. New release Samakdo, a horror-mystery directed by Chae Ki-jun with Jo Yoon-seo and Kwak Si-yang, debuted third with $246,268, reaching $354,305 total. Brad Pitt’s F1 re-entered fourth, earning $322,138 to hit $37.1 million lifetime from over 5.2 million admissions. Humint, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan and starring Zo In-sung and Park Jeong-min, took fifth with $109,668, accumulating $13.2 million from nearly 2 million admissions. Other entries included Attack on Titan The Movie: The Last Attack in sixth ($92,656, total $6.6 million), a re-release of Pride & Prejudice in seventh ($57,934), Choir of God in eighth ($40,397, total $9.1 million), Mad Dance Office in ninth ($32,424, total $254,019), and Sentimental Value in tenth ($37,966, total $394,081).
