Korea Box Office Slips 2.7% in Week 27 as Toy Story 5 Holds the Top Spot

South Korea’s theatrical market cooled in the 27th week of 2026, with total weekly sales down 2.7% even as Toy Story 5 comfortably defended first place. Fresh product filled the lower half of the chart — four titles debuted — but none of them dented the leaders, and the concentration of revenue at the very top actually tightened.

A softer week at the top line

Ticket revenue across the market fell 2.7% week over week, a modest decline that nonetheless underlines how dependent the chart remains on a small number of tentpoles. No film climbed in rank; two slipped. With the exception of the new arrivals, the standings were largely frozen — a pattern that usually points to a week without a genuine breakout.

That top-heaviness sharpened. The three highest-grossing films accounted for 74.0% of sales, up from 70.6% a week earlier. When the market thins, the biggest draws absorb a larger share of what remains, and Week 27 followed that script.

Toy Story 5 keeps its lead

Pixar’s Toy Story 5 stayed at number one with 6.07 billion won from roughly 601,000 admissions, lifting its running total to about 2.22 million viewers. Close behind, the Korean title Nundongja took second with 5.47 billion won and some 537,000 admissions; because its cumulative audience of 842,690 sits just above its weekly figure, the film is clearly early in its run and still building.

Third place went to Gunche (“Colony”), which drew 128,000 viewers for the week but carries by far the deepest cumulative total on the chart at 5.84 million — the mark of a long-running hold now well past its commercial peak. The gap between the top two earners and the rest of the field was stark: no other title cleared 700 million won in weekly revenue.

Four debuts, none breaking through

The week’s new supply clustered in the middle and lower rungs. Marty Supreme opened highest of the newcomers at fifth with 720 million won and 69,000 admissions. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Undersea Secret Fortress landed sixth, followed lower down by Greenland 2: Migration in eighth and Assassination Classroom the Movie: Everyone’s Time in tenth — each entering with cumulative totals that essentially match a single week’s turnout, confirming their fresh release.

Rounding out the chart, Wild Thing held fourth on 665 million won, the found-footage title Backrooms placed seventh, and Supergirl took ninth. That none of the four debuts cracked the top four says as much about the strength of the incumbents as the openings themselves.

What the numbers point to

The shape of Week 27 is a market in a lull rather than a slump: a single decline of 2.7%, no upward movers, and a rising share for the leaders. The near-term question is whether Nundongja, still early in its theatrical life, can convert its strong opening pace into sustained sales and challenge Toy Story 5 — or whether the next scheduled wide releases arrive before this holding pattern resolves. Until then, the chart’s fortunes rest heavily on its top three.