Korea Weekend Box Office - Oct. 20-22

Only a couple of new titles this week, but one of them is the new No. 1 -- Jang Jin's latest, RIGHTEOUS TIES. Jang has had several successes over the past few years, including GUNS AND TALKS (which he wrote and directed), WELCOME TO DONGMAKGOL (he wrote the stage play and the movie, and produced the movie), and MURDER TAKE ONE (wrote the play, wrote the script and directed). On the other hand, he has more than a few "underperformers" next to his name, such as THE SPY, SOMEONE SPECIAL or A MAN WHO WENT TO MARS.

GANGSTER HIGH, on the other hand, had a really impressively poor debut. Just 21,200 tickets sold? (And that includes Thursday night). Given that it was shown on 134 screens, that works out to a $1,000 per screen average. Ouch.

This Week	Title........................................	Release Date	Screens Nationwide	Weekend Attendance (Seoul only)	Total Attendance
1.	Righteous Ties	10.19	476	137,000	631,000
2.	Tazza: The High Rollers	9.27	438	129,000	5,689,000
3.	Radio Star	9.27	236	69,300	1,538,400
4.	World Trade Center	10.12	140	30,000	340,000
5.	D.O.A.	10.19	205	27,800	106,800
6.	Lady in the Water	10.12	62	10,700	132,600
7.	Marrying the Mafia 3: Family Hustle	9.21	181	8,000	3,450,200
8.	Gangster High	10.19	134	5,800	21,200
9.	Maundy Thursday	9.14	140	2,300	3,140,900
10.	Ant Bully	9.27	16	1,600	288,000

(Source: Film2.0)