The big-budget, cgi-fest D-WAR continued its strong opening over the weekend, taking in 2.95 million admissions, or about $20.1 million, since its opening Wednesday, according to its distributor Showbox. That works out to the second-best opening ever in Kore, ahead of SPIDER-MAN 3, and just behind THE HOST.
(Note: I have no idea where Film 2.0 got their low numbers from this week. The official boxoffice system, KOBIS, had 2.7 million admissions off of 94% of the national boxoffice. But Showbox's official number was 2.95 million).
Given the weak word of mouth on D-WAR, I would be surprised if it makes it to 10-million admissions. It will do well, but I think THE HOST's record is safe.
The No. 2 spot went to CJ Entertainment’s MAY 18, earning nearly $5 million over the weekend to bring its 11-day cum to about $23.2 million (3.4 million admissions, according to CJE).
The Korean horror film EPITAPH, distributed by Studio 2.0, opened a somewhat disappointing fifth, earning about $2 million.
Together, those three films accounted for over 78% of the national boxoffice last weekend, a nice turnaround after three months of Hollywood domination.
Title - Weekend Admissions - Total Nationwide Admissions
1. D-War - 1,931,947 - 2,770,563 (Korean)
2. May 18 - 932,557 - 3,219,124 (Korean)
3. Die Hard 4.0 - 259,631 - 2,956,606
4. Ratatouille - 188,553 - 703,101
5. Epitaph - 185,414 - 296,580 (Korean)
6. Transformers - 115,260 - 7,276,979
7. 1408 - 108,793 - 170,965
8. Harry Potter and the Long Title - 70,703 - 3,652,325
9. Evan Almighty - 26,269 - 228,447
10. Hitcher - 10,873 - 18,268
(Source: KOBIS)
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Don't mean to be pedantic, but it's EpitaPh, not EpitaTh.
Not pedantic at all. One mistake could have been anything. But two or three times? That was just dumb. Thanks.
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