Director Na Hong-jin's film "HOPE" recently opened in North America.

It grossed about 5 million dollars in its opening week.

[An immense battle has broken out.]

"HOPE" was released on September 9 local time across 1,560 theaters in North America.

This marks the largest scale for a Korean film since "Parasite".

Drawing high interest from local audiences, it entered the box office top 10, an unusual achievement for a non-English-language film.

In addition, it recorded 4.92 million dollars—about 6.6 billion won in Korean currency—in revenue through last Sunday.

(Photo courtesy of Plus M Entertainment)