Korea Box Office Slips 2.7% as Toy Story 5 Holds and Concentration Tightens

South Korea’s theatrical market cooled in the last full week of data for 2026 (week 27), with total gross revenue down 2.7% from the prior week. The dip came despite four fresh releases entering the chart, because none of the newcomers landed high enough to offset softening demand for the holdovers — and the money that remained pooled more tightly around a handful of titles at the top.

Toy Story 5 keeps the lead

The animated sequel Toy Story 5 stayed at number one, pulling roughly 6.07 billion won from about 601,000 admissions and lifting its running total past 2.21 million viewers. Close behind, the Korean title Nundongja took second with about 5.47 billion won and 537,000 admissions, building a cumulative audience of roughly 843,000. The two leaders were separated by only about 64,000 weekly admissions, making the top of the chart the most competitive stretch of the week.

The gap to third was steep. Gunche placed third on about 1.30 billion won and 128,000 admissions, though its cumulative audience of roughly 5.84 million was by far the largest of any film on the chart — a sign of a long-running title now in the later stage of its theatrical life.

The debutants land mid-pack

All four new entries opened below the top three. Marty Supreme fared best among them at fifth, with about 720 million won and 69,000 admissions. The new Doraemon feature came in sixth (roughly 353 million won, 39,000 admissions), followed by Greenland 2: Migration in eighth (about 335 million won, 35,000 admissions). The week’s tenth-place film, the latest Assassination Classroom feature, drew about 183 million won on 17,000 admissions in its opening frame.

None of the openers cleared the roughly 665 million won posted by fourth-placed Wild Thing, an existing release. With no title climbing the rankings and two holdovers sliding, the new supply added breadth to the chart without adding much weight to the overall gross.

Money pools at the top

The clearest structural shift was in concentration. The combined revenue share of the top three films rose from 70.6% a week earlier to 74.0%, meaning nearly three of every four won spent at the box office went to just three titles. That tightening happened alongside the 2.7% revenue decline — a pattern in which a shrinking market leans harder on its biggest draws while mid- and lower-tier films split a smaller remaining pool.

For distributors, the takeaway is a market where the ceiling still performs but the base is thinning. Toy Story 5 and Nundongja are carrying the week, and until one of the current debutants finds momentum in a second frame, the chart’s health rests largely on how long those two leaders can hold.