From Busan to the UK: How New Releases Are Performing at the Box Office

The 31st Busan International Film Festival is under way and runs through October 15, with Michelle Yeoh honored on its opening night, according to Screen Daily. Away from the festival, new releases in South Korea and the UK have been testing the market in recent weeks.

South Korea. The Korean remake of The Intern, starring Choi Min-sik and Han So-hee, opened on September 16 and led the weekend of September 18 to 20 with 275,183 admissions and about $1.9 million. That ended a six-week streak for The Odyssey, which has earned $91.2 million from 11.2 million admissions in Korea, Screen Daily reports. It was the first Korean film to top the chart in 50 days, according to Gulf News. Over the Chuseok holiday, Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub opened on September 23 and crossed one million admissions with $7.5 million in its first week.

United Kingdom. Verity opened at No. 1 over the weekend of October 2 to 4 with £3.40 million, according to the Film Distributors' Association. Digger opened fourth with £1.09 million, and the Bollywood sequel Drishyam: The Conclusion opened eighth with £471,160. Resident Evil took second place in its third weekend and has earned £11.24 million so far. You can read about the US results in our reports on Verity's debut and Digger's second weekend.

The Undertow reports that the top 15 films earned £10,976,221 over the weekend. That was down 26% from the week before and the seventh-worst weekend of the year. Avengers: Endgame Encore had the biggest drop, at 83%. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has now earned almost £100 million in the UK.

The Social Reckoning and The Uprising open in UK cinemas this weekend. Street Fighter, Whalefall and Forgotten Island follow on October 16, according to Screen Daily.