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'Hope' Tops Box Office for 8th Consecutive Day… Cumulative Attendance Reaches 2.53 Million

No. 2: 'Minions & Monsters' · No. 3: 'Moana'

Choi Hee-jae
2026-07-23 08:16:52
[Edaily Starin Choi Hee-jae Reporter] The movie "Hope," starring actors Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, and Jung Ho-yeon, continues its box office success, topping the charts.
Main trailer for the movie “Hope” (Photo courtesy of Plus M Entertainment)

According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network on the 23rd, “Hope” drew 131,833 viewers on the 22nd. Its cumulative audience stands at 2,533,448.
Second place went to Universal Pictures’ “Minions & Monsters.” “Minions & Monsters” drew 18,078 viewers, bringing its cumulative total to 428,426.
The live-action adaptation of the animated film “Moana” drew 13,159 viewers that day. Its cumulative total stands at 808,976.
“The Pupil,” starring Shin Min-a, and Disney·Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” took fourth and fifth place, respectively, continuing their long-running box office success.
With major Hollywood blockbusters—including Marvel’s flagship superhero film “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and director Christopher Nolan’s new film “The Odyssey”—set to hit theaters soon, all eyes are on whether “Hope” can maintain its box office momentum.
“Hope” tells the story of Beom-seok, the head of the Hopo Port branch office near the Demilitarized Zone, who, after receiving a report from local youths about a tiger sighting, is confronted with an unbelievable incident that shakes the entire village. Directed by Na Hong-jin, the film stars Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and Cameron Britton.

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