{"id":228020,"date":"2025-07-01T01:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228020\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T01:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:19:12","slug":"brad-pitts-f1-races-to-no-1-at-korean-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228020\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Races to No. 1 at Korean Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHollywood racing drama \u201cF1<\/a>,\u201d starring Brad Pitt<\/a>, debuted atop the South Korean box office for the June 27\u201329 weekend, grossing $2.8 million from 347,422 admissions across 1,584 screens. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film accounted for 37.8% of the weekend market. It has now earned a cumulative $3.8 million from 482,490 admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tDreamWorks\u2019 \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon<\/a>\u201d moved to second place with $1.08 million and 152,226 admissions. The film has now reached $11.4 million in Korea after four weekends on release.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn third, local title \u201cNoise\u201d opened with $1.08 million from 147,849 admissions across 878 screens. Directed by Kim Soo-jin, the supernatural horror centers on Ju-young (played by Lee Sun-bin), a woman coping with hearing impairment who becomes haunted by strange sounds tied to her sister\u2019s disappearance. The film has earned $1.4 million to date.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney-Pixar\u2019s sci-fi animation \u201cElio<\/a>\u201d dropped to fourth with $851,140 from 124,484 admissions, bringing its cumulative total to $3 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother local film, \u201cHi-Five,\u201d placed fifth, earning $339,193 for a new total of $12.6 million with more than 1.84 million tickets sold since its release.<\/p>\n

\n\tPost-apocalyptic horror sequel \u201c28 Years Later\u201d earned $230,985 to place sixth. It has now grossed $2.1 million after two weekends.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning\u201d came in seventh with $173,972, lifting its cumulative total to $24.3 million with over 3.35 million admissions. <\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korean occult political thriller \u201cThe Pact\u201d followed with $133,401 from 18,840 admissions, pushing its total past $5.2 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew local entry \u201cNameless\u201d ranked ninth, grossing $132,362 from 18,023 admissions in its debut frame. Directed by Ha Jung-woo, the film is a faith-based documentary. Its total now stands at $227,522.<\/p>\n

\n\tFinally, the re-release of Studio Ghibli\u2019s classic \u201cNausicaa Of The Valley Of The Winds\u201d rounded out the top ten with $117,800 and 14,942 admissions. It has now grossed $200,318 in Korea.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe top ten films collectively grossed $7.2 million over the June 27\u201329 weekend, a significant increase from the previous frame\u2019s $6.3 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood racing drama \u201cF1,\u201d starring Brad Pitt, debuted atop the South Korean box office for the June 27\u201329…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[15923,79238,4199,707,4200,36987,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-228020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-brad-pitt","9":"tag-elio","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-how-to-train-your-dragon","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}