South Korea Box Office for Kaibutsu (괴물) (2023)

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Kaibutsu (怪物)
Theatrical Performance (US$)
South Korea Box Office $3,821,321Details
Worldwide Box Office $4,873,801Details
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Synopsis

Minato, a young boy, is displaying increasingly worrying behavior both at school and at home. His mother, Saori , decides to discuss it with the teaching staff at his school. It soon becomes apparent that his teacher, Hori, is the source of all the problems. But as the mystery unfolds, the truth turns out to be more complex than expected.

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Movie Details

South Korea Releases: November 29th, 2023 (Limited), released as Kaibutsu (괴물)
November 29th, 2023 (Wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material and brief suggestive material.
(Rating bulletin 2795 (cert #54587), 8/9/2023)
Running Time: 125 minutes
Keywords: Psychological Thriller, Single Parent
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Toho Co, Fuji Television Network, GAGA Corporation, AOI Pro Inc, Bun-Buku Inc
Production Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2023/12/01 4 $421,714   619 $681   $837,854 1
2023/12/08 5 $316,343 -25% 402 $787   $1,506,793 2
2023/12/15 4 $353,355 +12% 433 $816   $2,132,437 3
2023/12/22 7 $177,306 -50% 140 $1,266   $2,537,306 4
2024/01/05 7 $156,445   201 $778   $3,195,899 6
2024/01/12 9 $109,720 -30% 185 $593   $3,351,593 7
2024/01/19 10 $74,034 -33% 183 $405   $3,514,170 8
2024/01/26 13 $48,676 -34% 127 $383   $3,605,484 9
2024/02/02 11 $71,439 +47% 91 $785   $3,744,791 10
2024/02/09 14 $40,912 -43% 79 $518   $3,799,140 11
2024/02/16 15 $27,669 -32% 82 $337   $3,861,464 12
2024/02/23 - $10,667 -61% 26 $410   $3,889,972 13
2024/03/01 19 $6,741 -37% 17 $397   $3,907,155 0
2024/03/08 13 $20,533 +205% 57 $360   $3,992,862 15
2024/03/15 - $2,688 -87% 17 $158   $3,927,914 16
2024/03/22 - $2,221 -17% 13 $171   $3,898,066 17
2024/03/29 - $2,084 -6% 9 $232   $3,902,508 18
2024/04/26 - $1,038   5 $208   $3,821,321 22

Box Office Summary Per Territory

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Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 5/9/2024 00$0
Belgium 1/10/2024 00$0
Brazil 11/30/2023 00$0
Finland 1/5/2024 $21,157 32 32 61 $51,473 1/19/2024
France 12/27/2023 00$0
Germany 3/21/2024 00$0
Italy 8/22/2024 00$0
Japan 6/2/2023 00$0
Mexico 12/7/2023 00$0
Netherlands 1/19/2024 $81,707 49 49 143 $251,257 2/5/2024
New Zealand 11/23/2023 00$0
North America 11/22/2023 $25,603 2 121 210 $428,743
Portugal 3/7/2024 $3,226 12 12 28 $9,496 4/2/2024
South Korea 11/29/2023 $421,714 619 619 2686 $3,821,321 5/1/2024
Spain 9/29/2023 $28,419 71 71 159 $147,687 10/20/2023
United Kingdom 3/15/2024 $163,824 89 89 89 $163,824 3/22/2024
 
Worldwide Total$4,873,801 5/1/2024

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Leading Cast

Sakura Ando    Saori Mugino
Eita Nagayama    Michitoshi Hori

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Production and Technical Credits

Hirokazu Kore-eda    Director
Yûji Sakamoto    Screenwriter