Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Claims South Korean Box Office Crown With $13.2 Million Second Weekend
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey seized the top of the South Korean box office for the weekend of August 14–16, 2026, pulling in $13.2 million from 1.69 million admissions across 2,114 screens. That gave it a 59.07% share of the entire weekend market, per KOBIS data tracked by Variety.
The film grew its second weekend by nearly 28% — an unusual upward climb that lifted its cumulative South Korean gross to $35.2 million from 4.54 million total admissions since its August 5 rollout. Most films taper after opening; The Odyssey did the opposite.
Slipping to second place was Spider-Man: Brand New Day, now in its third weekend in the market. The Sony title earned $5.6 million from 767,839 admissions, claiming a 25.47% weekend share. Its cumulative South Korean haul stands at $53.5 million from 7.28 million admissions. The film had opened explosively in late July, collecting $144.5 million domestically — the United States and Canada — over its second weekend, according to AP News, and was projected to reach a $425 million global opening, which would rank as Sony's second-best ever, per Deadline.
The overall South Korean weekend market collectively grossed $22.3 million, nearly matching the prior week's $22.9 million — a sign that audience appetite held steady even as the top two titles swapped positions.
Holding third was the Korean animated musical Teenieping: Legend of the Whale Heartstone, directed by Kim Soo-hoon. The film, a fantasy adventure about Princess Romi and Heartsping exploring an undersea kingdom to rescue Queen Velita, added $906,294 from 133,928 admissions, bringing its cumulative to $4.2 million since its August 5 launch.
The local action-comedy sequel Ok! Madam: Bon Voyage opened in fourth with $827,800 from 120,982 admissions. Directed by Lee Cheol-ha and starring Uhm Jung-hwa, Park Sung-woong, Lee Sang-yun, and Sooyoung, it follows a former secret agent turned twisted-doughnut shop owner whose family cruise becomes a hostage crisis staged by international mercenaries. Its cumulative stands at $1.3 million.
Just behind it, the anime mystery Detective Conan the Movie: Fallen Angel of the Highway took fifth with $831,509 from 116,521 admissions. Directed by Takahiro Hasui, the film follows Conan Edogawa investigating high-speed vehicular sabotage on an expressway network. It has earned $1.5 million since opening on August 12.
Sixth place went to the family debut Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, which captured $272,230 from 39,639 admissions, lifting its cumulative to $330,430 since its August 13 release. The sci-fi survival thriller Hope, directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, placed seventh, adding $280,866 from 38,708 admissions. The village-set alien encounter thriller has pushed its cumulative to $33.8 million from 4.48 million ticket buyers — a robust number for a local title sharing the weekend with two international juggernauts.
Rounding out the top ten: Japanese director Tomoaki Fujino's personal family documentary What Should We Have Done? took eighth with $69,362 from 9,499 admissions, lifting its total to $490,387. The faith-based animated feature David claimed ninth, adding $45,188 from 6,714 admissions for a $2 million cumulative from 298,694 viewers. And a re-release of the 2018 Queen musical biopic Bohemian Rhapsody closed out the list, drawing $32,941 from 4,234 admissions and extending its historic South Korean cumulative to $60.9 million from nearly 10 million tickets sold.
What gives this weekend its texture is the range of films drawing audiences. A Hollywood epic, a superhero blockbuster, Korean animation, a local comedy sequel, Japanese anime, a family franchise, a sci-fi thriller, and a documentary all shared the same ten spots. The market did not narrow around one title; it spread across genres and origins, and the collective gross barely dipped from the week before.
