Foreign-made animated movies held the top two places at the Korean box office. Makoto Shinkai\u2019s \u201c Your Name \u201d remained on top for the second weekend, while Disney\u2019s \u201c Moana \u201d debuted in second place.
\u201cYour Name\u201d enjoyed 30% of the weekend total and earned $5.23 million. Favorable word of mouth puts it on course for 3 million admissions within the next week and to overtake \u201cHowl\u2019s Moving Castle\u201d as the biggest ever Japanese movie in Korea.
Opening on Thursday (Jan. 12,) \u201cMoana\u201d scored $4.58 million from 673,000 admissions over opening four days. It is Disney\u2019s second biggest opening score in Korea, behind 2013\u2019s \u201cFrozen.\u201d
CJ Entertainment\u2019s \u201cMaster\u201d slipped to third place with a drop of 50%. The crime drama earned $2.1 million and extended its total to $48.4 million after four weekends.
Both opening on Wednesday, \u201cAllied\u201d and \u201cAssassin\u2019s Creed\u201d took fourth and fifth, respectively. Distributed by Lotte Entertainment, Paramount\u2019s \u201cAllied\u201d earned $2.4 million over five days. Fox\u2019s \u201cCreed\u201d earned $2.1 million.
\u201cLa La Land\u201d bounced back to sixth, earning $798,000 between Friday and Sunday. The Oscars hopeful has made a total of $20.8 million in Korea to date.
With a steep drop of 85%, UPI\u2019s \u201c Passengers \u201d slipped to seventh place. The picture earned $371,000 between Friday and Sunday for a total of $4.54 million after two weekends.<\/p>\n

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