Yeon Sang-ho‘s “The Ugly” climbed to the top of the Korean box office with $1.9 million from 254,828 admissions over Sept. 19–21, edging past “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,” which earned $1.7 million and settled for second.
According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “The Ugly” has reached $5.4 million since opening on Sept. 11, while “Demon Slayer” stands at $37.4 million after a month in release.
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“The Ugly” stars Park Jeong-min alongside Kwon Hae-hyo, Shin Hyun-been, Im Seong-jae, and Han Ji-hyun. The plot follows Dong-hwan, the son of a visually impaired seal
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