South Korea Box Office for THE WAILING (2016)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
South Korea Box Office | $50,267,547 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $51,521,990 | Details |
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Synopsis
The arrival of a mysterious stranger in a quiet rural village causes suspicion amongst the villagers—but as they begin killing each other for no apparent reason, that suspicion turns to panic. When the daughter of the investigating officer falls under the same savage spell, he calls in a shaman to assist in finding the culprit.
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Movie Details
South Korea Releases: | May 12th, 2016 (Wide), released as THE WAILING |
Video Release: | September 6th, 2016 by Well Go USA Video |
MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
Running Time: | 156 minutes |
Keywords: | Sick Child, Supernatural, Life in a Small Town, Medical and Hospitals, Dream Sequence, Nightmare, Non-Chronological |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Thriller/Suspense |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | 20th Century Fox Intl, Side Mirror , Ivanhoe Pictures |
Production Countries: | Republic of Korea |
Languages: | Japanese, Korean |
Home Market Releases for October 4th, 2016
October 4th, 2016
The theme for this week on the home market is “good, but not great”. There are a lot of releases, but almost none of them rise above merely good. This meant there were very few contenders for Pick of the Week and the only real choice was The Wailing. It earned perfect reviews, so even though the Blu-ray isn’t loaded with extras, it is still the best release of the week.
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Theater Averages: Witness Seen by Many, Earns $14,523
June 8th, 2016
The Witness was the top draw on the theater average chart earning $14,523 in its lone theater. The Fits was the only other member of the $10,000 club earning $10,602, also in one theater. One last note: We are still relying on estimates for Art Bastard and since it is an independent film, we might not get the final number. At the moment, it has an average of $9,800 in two theaters, so there's a chance it actually snuck its way into the $10,000 club.
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Weekend Estimates: Turtles Power to $35.25 Million Debut
June 5th, 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will top the box office chart this weekend with a respectable $35.25 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The weekend as a whole is looking fairly ordinary though, thanks in large part to the muted debuts of X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass last weekend, and their predictably-steep post-Memorial-Day declines. Apocalypse is off 66% this weekend to $22.325 million and $116.5 million in total. Alice will eke out $10.7 million or so for a two-week total of $50.8 million. Overall, the market will be down about 1% from the same weekend last year, and 20% below the comparable weekend from 2014.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Will The Wailing be the Moby Dick of Limited Releases?
June 3rd, 2016
One second. ... I'm going to have to take a break to recover from that pun in the title. That one hurt me just typing it up. There are several films on this week's list that are earning unanimously positive reviews, or very close to it. Unfortunately, none of them look like they have what it takes to be a break out hit in limited release. The Fits (Reviews) is just too small a film, while both The President (Reviews) and The Wailing (Reviews) are foreign-language films. Hopefully I'm just being too pessimistic.
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International Box Office: Apocalypse Leaves World Intact with $103.2 million
May 25th, 2016
X-Men: Apocalypse started its international run in first place with $103.2 million. At first glance, that's a good start. On the other hand, the film is playing in 75 markets, so it doesn't have a lot of markets left to open in. Back to the original hand, one of the markets it has yet to open in is China. The film's biggest single market was the U.K., where it opened in first place with $10.99 million in 598 theaters. This is nearly 30% less than Days of Future Past earned and with weaker reviews, it will likely have weaker legs. The movie-to-movie decline was even steeper in Russia, where it was down 38% to $6.41 million on 1,208 screens, and in Australia, where it was down 39% with $4.68 million on 574. On the other hand, it was down a mere 6.4% in Mexico to $8.8 million and actually rose 22% in the Philippines to $4.9 million. If it can get to $600 million worldwide, then the film will break even some time during its home market run.
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International Box Office: Billion Dollars Loom Large for Civil War with Weekend Haul of $84.2 million
May 18th, 2016
Captain America: Civil War remained in top spot as it races towards $1 billion worldwide. Over the weekend, it added $84.2 million in 55 markets lifting its international total to $645.0 million, while its worldwide total hit $941.0 million. The film had no new openings this past weekend, but it pulled in $31.87 million in China for a total of $155.95 million after 11 days in that market. The film will top $1 billion by Friday, at the latest.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
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2016/05/13 | 1 | $13,109,618 | 1,481 | $8,852 | $16,300,061 | 1 | |
2016/05/20 | 1 | $9,579,684 | -27% | 1,391 | $6,887 | $31,430,973 | 2 |
2016/05/27 | 2 | $4,464,103 | -53% | 910 | $4,906 | $38,848,315 | 3 |
2016/06/03 | 3 | $2,733,316 | -39% | 582 | $4,696 | $44,103,972 | 4 |
2016/06/10 | 5 | $984,819 | -64% | 439 | $2,243 | $46,147,575 | 5 |
2016/06/17 | 8 | $418,718 | -57% | 291 | $1,439 | $47,864,879 | 6 |
2016/06/24 | 10 | $155,807 | -63% | 142 | $1,097 | $48,440,684 | 7 |
2016/07/01 | 13 | $56,988 | -63% | 70 | $814 | $49,123,011 | 8 |
2016/07/08 | 27 | $16,599 | -71% | 23 | $722 | $49,066,623 | 9 |
2016/07/15 | 36 | $4,040 | -76% | 8 | $505 | $50,242,109 | 10 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
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Australia | 6/10/2016 | $73,058 | 10 | 12 | 34 | $169,617 | 7/24/2023 |
France | 7/8/2016 | $87,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $278,011 | 8/17/2018 |
New Zealand | 6/24/2016 | $9,766 | 3 | 3 | 6 | $14,867 | 7/22/2016 |
North America | 5/20/2016 | $77,892 | 2 | 35 | 142 | $786,633 | |
South Korea | 5/12/2016 | $13,109,618 | 1481 | 1481 | 5337 | $50,267,547 | 8/2/2016 |
Spain | 11/18/2016 | $3,305 | 2 | 2 | 2 | $3,305 | 11/25/2016 |
United Kingdom | 11/25/2016 | $2,010 | 8 | 8 | 8 | $2,010 | 12/2/2016 |
Worldwide Total | $51,521,990 | 7/24/2023 |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.
Leading Cast
Kwak Do-won | Jong-goo |
Jeong-min Hwang | Il-gwang |
Chun Woo-hee | Moo-Myeong |
Supporting Cast
Jun Kunimura | Foreigner |
Kim Hwan-hee | Hyo-jin |
Her Jin | Mother-in-law |
Jang So-yeon | Wife |
Kim Do-yoon | Yang I-sam |
Son Kang-gook | Oh Seong-bok |
Park Seong-yeon | Kwon Myeong-joo |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
Na Hong-jin | Director |
Na Hong-jin | Screenwriter |
Suh Dong-hyun | Producer |
Kim Ho-sung | Producer |
Robert Friedland | Executive Producer |
John Penotti | Executive Producer |
Lee Hwo-kyung | Production Designer |
Kim Sun-min | Editor |
Jang Young-gyu | Composer |
Hong Kyung Pyo | Director of Photography |