Korea Box Office: Yeon Sang-ho’s Cannes Midnight Screener ‘Colony’ Rockets to No. 1 With Dominant Opening

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According to Variety’s source item, Korea Box Office: Yeon Sang-ho’s Cannes Midnight Screener ‘Colony’ Rockets to No. 1 With Dominant Opening, Fresh from its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror zombie extravaganza “Colony” re-energized the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 22–24. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the big-budget feature grossed a spectacular $9.4 million […]

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