Korea Box Office: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Outpaces ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Again in Strong Second Weekend

by | Aug 17, 2026 | Entertainment

Korea Box Office: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Outpaces ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Again in Strong Second Weekend

‘The Odyssey’ continued its strong performance at the South Korean box office during the Aug. 14–16 weekend, generating $13.2 million from approximately 1.7 million admissions across 2,114 screens. The Christopher Nolan-directed film claimed 59.07% of the total weekend market share and demonstrated growth from its opening frame, expanding its cumulative gross to $35.2 million since launching Aug. 5.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ maintained second position in its third week of release, collecting $5.6 million from roughly 768,000 admissions and accounting for 25.47% of the weekend total. The superhero title has accumulated $53.5 million in South Korean earnings to date.

Other notable performers included the animated family feature ‘Teenieping: Legend of the Whale Heartstone’ in third place with approximately $906,000, while the action-comedy sequel ‘Ok! Madam: Bon Voyage’ debuted in fourth position with $827,800. The anime mystery film ‘Detective Conan the Movie: Fallen Angel of the Highway’ claimed fifth place with $831,509 from its opening days, while the survival thriller ‘Hope’ maintained strong performance in seventh place with cumulative earnings of $33.8 million. A re-release of the 2018 Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ appeared in the top ten, pushing its South Korean total to $60.9 million.

The overall South Korean box office generated $22.3 million for the weekend, remaining relatively consistent with the prior week’s performance.

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