Zombie thriller Colony, directecd by Korea’s Yeon Sang-ho, has flown past three million admissions during its second weekend of release in its home market, following its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section at Cannes film festival.
Released in Korea on May 21, the film has so far racked up 3,475,000 admissions and grossed $24.84M, according to data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), making it the second highest grossing film of the year so far behind The King’s Warden with $108M.
Colony hit the 3 millions admissions mark on its tenth day of release on Saturday (May 30), faster than the 14 days it took The King’s Warden to reach that benchmark. In KOFIC’s weekly chart, A24’s Backrooms, which opened on May 27, is currently ranking second after grossing $2.19M in its first weekend, followed by Michael with $997,000 on its third weekend and a cumulative gross of $10.28M.
Showbox is distributing both The King’s Warden and Colony, along with the third biggest release of the year, horror film Salmokji : Whispering Water, which has 3.24 million admissions and grossed $22M since its April 8 release. Project Hail Mary is the fourth highest grossing film of 2026 so far with $21.8M.
In total, six out the top ten films of the year are Korean productions, also including Once We Were Us, Humint and Choir Of God, signalling a revival for local cinema which has struggled at the box office in recent years. The other imported films in the top ten include Avatar: Fire And Ash, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and The Devil Wears Prada.
Colony stars Gianna Jun (My Sassy Girl) as a biotechnology professor attending a conference in Seoul when a virus breaks out and starts transforming the other attendees into zombies. The film is produced by Wow Point, Smilegate, Midnight Studio and Showbox, with the latter handling international and selling the film to more than 120 territories, including Well Go USA for North America.
