Toy Story 5 Leads a Top-Heavy Korean Box Office in Week 27

Korea’s theatrical market in the 27th week of 2026 was defined by two dominant titles: Toy Story 5 and the domestic release Pupil (눈동자) together accounted for roughly 1.14 million of the 1.56 million admissions logged across the top 10 films, or about 73 percent of the chart’s ticket sales. According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated ticketing network (KOBIS), the week’s headline story is concentration at the top rather than breadth across new releases.

A commanding lead for animation

Toy Story 5 held first place with 601,169 weekly admissions and roughly 6.07 billion won in gross, lifting its running total to about 2.22 million admissions. At an implied average ticket price near 10,100 won, the Pixar sequel continued to convert broad family demand into the week’s single largest revenue line — more than the combined gross of everything ranked third through tenth.

Pupil followed in second with 537,478 admissions and about 5.47 billion won for the week, a close enough gross that the two leaders were separated by a narrow margin in revenue terms even as they pulled clear of the rest of the field. With a cumulative total of roughly 843,000 admissions, Pupil is still early in its run and represents the strongest domestic showing on the chart.

The long tail and a fading hit

Third place went to Colony (군체) with 128,297 weekly admissions and about 1.30 billion won. Its cumulative figure — approximately 5.84 million admissions — is by far the largest on the chart, marking it as an established hit now in the later, thinning stage of its theatrical life rather than a current driver of demand.

Below the top three, weekly admissions fell off sharply. Wild Thing (와일드 씽) and Marty Supreme each drew fewer than 70,000 viewers (69,575 and 69,067 respectively), with Marty Supreme’s cumulative total of 70,264 indicating a fresh opening. The remainder of the chart clustered tightly: Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s New Undersea Secret Base (39,157), Backrooms (38,130), and Greenland 2: Migration (35,155) were separated by only a few thousand admissions.

Soft debuts for new entrants

Several titles opened with cumulative totals nearly equal to their weekly figures, confirming first-week status: Marty Supreme, Doraemon, Greenland 2 (35,573 cumulative), and Assassination Classroom the Movie: Everyone’s Time (암살교실 모두의 시간), which closed the top 10 at 17,220 admissions and about 183 million won. None of these debuts broke into serious contention, underscoring how much of the week’s oxygen the two leaders absorbed.

Supergirl rounded out ninth place with 26,699 weekly admissions against a cumulative 138,547, a mid-run position consistent with a title past its opening surge but still holding a chart slot.

The takeaway

The overriding signal from Week 27 is top-heaviness: a strong animated tentpole and a competitive domestic release captured nearly three-quarters of both admissions and gross among the ten ranked films, while a crop of new openers arrived without generating breakout numbers. With Toy Story 5’s cumulative total climbing past 2.2 million and Pupil still building its base, the coming weeks will test whether the market broadens or continues to reward a narrow slate of leaders.