For the second weekend in a row, The First Slam Dunk took first place at the Korean box office.
The film grossed ₩2,863,986,346/$2,276,619 (+29.7%) and sold 276,453 tickets for a total of ₩24,253,135,916/$19,279,122 and sold 2,348,330 tickets.
In response to the film’s popularity, distributor NEW’s affiliate Music & New released a limited edition vinyl LP of the Slam Dunk animated series OST , to 3040 fans.
In second place we find Avatar: The Water Route which, after suffering competition from new releases, manages to overtake the Korean film The Point Men . Both recorded an increase in attendance compared to the previous week: respectively 113,663 (+17.31%) and 92,361 (+9.66%).
In South Korea, it became the first foreign film to surpass 10 million tickets sold (10,552,794) during the pandemic.
Director YIM Soonrye ‘s The Point Men fell to third place, reaching 1,620,272 tickets sold and ₩134,405,367,643/$13,099,843.
Damien Chazelle ‘s Babylon , released on February 1, placed fourth with 65,892 weekend admissions, bringing the total to 97,212 tickets. The total proceeds amount to ₩978,163,100/$777,554.
Weekend February 3-5:
01 (01) The First Slam Dunk ₩2,863,986,346 ($2,276,619), +29.67%, Tot: ₩24,253,135,916 ($19,279,122) Tickets: 2,348,330 Sept5
02 (03) Avatar: The Waterway ₩1,671,134 ($1,671,134 ), +17.3%, Tot: ₩134,405,367,643 ($106,840,559) Tickets: 10,552,794 Sep8
03 (02) The Point Men ₩932,692,716 ($741,409), +9.7%, Tot: ₩16,479,601,928 ($13,84.0 ) tickets: 1,620,272 Sep3
04 (NA) Babylon ₩676,120,304 ($537,457), +7.0%, Tot: ₩978,163,100 ($777,554) tickets: 97,212 Sep1
05 (07) Hero ₩472,923,404 ($375,933), +4.9%, Total: ₩31,025,733,400 ($24,662,761) tickets: 3,140,658 Sep8
06 (05) Someday or One Day₩461,874,472 ($367,150), +4.8%, Total: ₩2,363,303,214 ($1,878,619) Tickets: 239,247 Sep2
07 (04) Phantom ₩419,011,188 ($333,077), +4.3%, Total: ₩6,237 .708,931 ($4,958,433) Tickets: 610,394 Sept3
08 (06) M3GAN ₩396,130,695 ($314,889), +4.1%, Tot: ₩1,999,474,006 ($1,589,407) Tickets: 196,074 Yet To Come
Sep2 09 (N) in Cinemas ₩720,986,500 ($573,121), +7.5%, Total: ₩1,330,223,500 ($1,057,411) tickets: 60,469 Sep1
10 (08) Puss in Boots 2 ₩258,219,616 ($205,262), +2, 7%, Total: ₩7,523,369,773 ($5,980,421) Tickets: 793,674 Sep5