Zombie thriller Colonydirected by Korean Yeon Sang-ho, exceeded three million admissions throughout its second weekend of launch on its dwelling market, after its world premiere within the Midnight Screenings part of the Cannes Movie Competition.
Launched in Korea on Could 21, the movie has totaled 3,475,000 admissions to date and grossed $24.84 million, based on knowledge from the Korea Movie Council (KOFIC), making it the second highest-grossing movie of the yr to date. The king’s guardian with 108 million {dollars}.
Colony crossed the three million admissions mark on its tenth day of launch, Saturday Could 30, sooner than the 14 days required The king’s guardian to achieve this benchmark. Within the weekly chart of KOFIC, A24 Behind the sceneswhich opened on Could 27, at present ranks second after grossing $2.19 million in its first weekend, adopted by Michael with $997,000 in its third weekend and a cumulative gross of $10.28 million.
Showbox distributes each The king’s guardian And Colonyin addition to the third greatest launch of the yr, the horror movie Salmokji: Whispering waterwhich totaled 3.24 million admissions and grossed $22 million since its launch on April 8. Hail Mary Undertaking is the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2026 thus far with $21.8 million.
In whole, six of the highest ten movies of the yr are Korean productions, together with As soon as we have been we, Hmm And Choir of Godsignaling a revival of native cinema which has struggled on the field workplace in recent times. Different imported movies showing within the high ten embody Avatar: Fireplace and Ashes, Tremendous Mario Galaxy film And The satan wears Prada.
Colony stars Gianna Jun (My sassy daughter) as a biotechnology professor attending a convention in Seoul when a virus breaks out and begins turning the opposite attendees into zombies. The movie is produced by Wow Level, Smilegate, Midnight Studio and Showbox, with the latter dealing with worldwide gross sales and promoting the movie in over 120 territories, together with Effectively Go USA for North America.