BTS Love Yourself In Seoul Had An Even Better Opening Day Than Burn The Stage In Box Office

BTS’s second theatrical release, Love Yourself In Seoul, had a one-day release on January 26th. Naturally, the limited timeframe had every ARMY scrambling to get a ticket.

Burn The Stage earned $18.5 million overall worldwide but this is due to the extended release of the movie which allowed ARMY to attend it over a whole weekend.

BTS Just Broke Another Record With “Burn The Stage: The Movie”

If we compare the opening day in the United States of Burn The Stage to Love Yourself In Seoul we can see a big difference. Burn The Stage grossed $1.2 million on its opening day while Love Yourself In Seoul grossed a whopping $2.8 million during its one day release in the U.S.

US Opening day:

Burn The Stage — $1.2M
Love Yourself In Seoul — $2.8M pic.twitter.com/cfRJlPrU0o

— BTS Charts (@btschartdata) January 28, 2019

Love Yourself In Seoul earned a further £518,810 in the UK during its day release.

🇬🇧 UK Box Office

“Love Yourself In Seoul – BTS World Tour 2019, the latest concert film about Korean boyband BTS, grossed £518,810 from 291 sites for a £1,783 site average. It was the fourth-highest grossing title on Saturday, its sole day of release.” https://t.co/QDERJUGOGd

— BTS Charts (@btschartdata) January 28, 2019

KBS has also reported that in Korea, Love Yourself In Seoul was the second highest movie in the box office last weekend, only losing out to Extreme Job.

KBS reports that the BTS concert film "Love Yourself in Seoul" is in second place in Korea's box office.
The film, which was shown on 26th, attracted 180,000 spectators and became a new powerhouse for the box office.

#BTS @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/sSL71NULSM

— 💙 Galaxy Sekokjin 💙 (@Galaxy_Seokjin) January 28, 2019

Love Yourself in Seoul performed incredibly well for a movie that had such a limited release. ARMY really supported it and everyone loved it.