Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
'Trolls World Tour' tops local holiday box office
Musical animation “Trolls World Tour” topped the local box office over the long holiday weekend. Courtesy of Universal Pictures
By Lee Gyu-lee
By Lee Gyu-lee
Universal's “Trolls World Tour” notched top spot at the local box office during the "golden holiday" weekend, which started with Buddha's Birthday on Thursday followed by International Workers' Day on Friday.
The musical animation, which hit theaters on April 29, sold more than 46,000 tickets over the four-day holiday, accumulating about 435 million won ($350,000).
Co-directed by Walt Dohrn and David P. Smith, the movie is a sequel to the 2016 hit “Trolls” which garnered about $346.9 million at the box office.
The latest offering follows two trolls Poppy ― voiced by Anna Kendrick ― and Branch ― voiced by Justin Timberlake ― who embark on a mission to stop evil rockers from destroying other music.
The film skipped theaters and was released through streaming and on-demand services in a few countries including Italy and the U.S. on April 10 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since its digital release, it has earned nearly $100 million in rental fees in the U.S., according to CNN Business.
Meanwhile, the local box office had an upturn in its ticket sales over the holiday weekend, beginning on Thursday when sales surpassed 70,000 for the first time since March.
Ticket sales on Saturday and Sunday totaled about 150,000 ― double the sales of the previous weekend.