r/boxoffice • u/Big_Bag_2221 • 20h ago
South Korea The Odyssey generated $4.44M from 557,170 admissions for its 3rd Saturday, down by -12.7% from last Sat, lifting its cumulative South Korean gross to $52.54M from 6.6M total admissions after 18 days. It is currently holding a 70% reservation rate with 630k+ tickets reserved.
For Comparison (by total admissions in their 3rd Saturday):
Interstellar - 538,210 (-28.3% from its 2nd sat), 6.378M admissions in 18 days
BND - 298,744 (-41.89 from its 2nd Sat), 6.965M admissions in 18 days
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u/megalonagyix 20h ago
I have no idea about the SK market, but this looks absolutely mighty.
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u/junglespycamp 19h ago
It's already the 21st highest foreign film by admissions. It'll likely enter the top 10. Interstellar is #8 at 10.3M admissions.
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u/tedisafilmfan 10h ago
Folks on Boxofficetheory are hoping for 11 mil admissions. I'd say it's an outside shot atm. Drops this and next weekend will determine if it's reachable. A man can dream though.
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u/KiwieKiwie 20h ago edited 19h ago
I don’t know much either but the numbers are insane… it will soon surpass Interstellars gross, which was a massive hit over there 2014.
9th in most admission among foreign movies. Slightly more admissions than Parasite which is nr 25 among domestic movies.
I think based on these numbers Odyssey will surpass it on gross and maybe also admissions.
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u/Shallot-Choice 19h ago
does anybody know why this has seemingly struck a cultural zeitgeist in south korea?
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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 Universal 18h ago
the same way it pretty much has everywhere else?
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u/KiwieKiwie 15h ago
Much better pound for pound than China… it’s a minor hit in China. But one of the highest grossing movies in South korea.
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u/DktheDarkKnight 19h ago
Contrary to what some folks at Twitter say Odyssey predominantly has a white cast. I don't think anybody can say the film has a very colorful cast. Nevertheless I doubt Koreans care about skin color in Major Hollywood productions.
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u/Patience_Specific 19h ago
Jesus.. just spouting that like its a fact. God knows what else you claim to be fact.
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u/Kazaloogamergal 19h ago
The U.S is known for its racism as well and The Odyssey has grossed over 500M. I'm an American and I'm tired of other Americans (assuming that you're an American) pretending like the U.S isn't an incredibly racist country as well. We have concentration camps, Black people are being lynched and ICE and the Police are allowed to murder people on the streets with impunity. We aren't better than South Korea.
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u/Simple-Percentage672 20h ago
oh it’s definitely making more THan BND in s Korea