‘Peninsula’ continues to lead Asian box office

Dominating the domestic box office for 2 successive weeks, zombie thriller “Peninsula” surpassed its breakeven point of 2.5 million ticket sales over the weekend, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the movie’s supplier Next Home entertainment World on Monday, information from government-run agency Korean Movie Council revealed the movie had actually garnered just over 2.

While “Peninsula” presently ranks 2nd on KOFIC’s data for real-time ticket booking rate, falling behind upcoming action smash hit “Steel Rain 2: Summit,” the zombie motion picture is anticipated to surpass 3 million admissions on Tuesday.

The movie, a loose sequel to 2016 worldwide hit “Train to Busan,” has stayed atop ticket office charts in other Asian nations also. The film has actually topped ticket office two weeks straight in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, and also ranked No. 1 at Mongolia’s ticket office upon its release Friday.

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In Thailand, where the movie introduced Thursday, the movie set a record-high opening haul for a Korean film at $1.32 million, and has actually held its leading area considering that. “Train to Busan” held the previous opening day record for a Korean film at $650,000

The movie was presold to 185 nations ahead of its main release, and has validated release dates for nations in Europe and The United States And Canada in the coming month.

Director Yeon Sang-ho’s “Peninsula” is set on the post-apocalyptic Korean Peninsula four years after the break out of the zombie disease. It stars Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun, and includes established actors Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-jae and Kim Do-yun, along with rookie actors Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Re and Lee Ye-won in supporting roles.