Korea Weekend Box Office - Nov. 16-18

For the third weekend in a row, LE GRAND CHEF was the biggest film in land, adding another $2.7 million to bring its total boxoffice to around $14 million.

BEOWULF followed closely No. 2, with around $2.6 million, or $3.7 million including previews. Once again, the folks in Hollywood screwed up their numbers, though, as for some reason the international trades are reporting BEOWULF was on 159 screens in Korea (not the actual 359, giving the movie an insane per-screen average).

Hrm, just got a call from Warner. They claim the film was on 276 screens. Wonderfully confusing.

I was surprised that the Kim Yun-jin thriller SEVEN DAYS did not do better. I thought it had a strong marketing push and pretty good reviews. Despite that, it only opened in third.

LUST, CAUTION is still doing well, at fourth. Apparently the movie is a big hit with women, who make up 70% of tickets sold (much higher than the usual male/female split, which is closer to 50/50).

SCOUT did remarkably poorly, for a film showing on over 400 screens.

And ONCE is still holding on to 10th, nearly two months after its release. In fact, ONCE's soundtrack is the best-selling foreign CD in the land at the moment,

This Week	Title............................................	Release Date	Screens Nationwide	Weekend Attendance	Total Attendance
1.	Le Grand Chef (Sikkaek - Korean)	11.01	472	379,566	1,915,622
2.	Beowulf	11.14	359	365,619	501,734
3.	Seven Days (Korean)	11.14	373	252,313	346,747
4.	Lust, Caution	11.08	297	220,343	644,057
5.	Scout (Korean)	11.14	403	129,490	167,940
6.	Going by the Book (Bareuge Salja - Korean)	10.18	243	64,589	2,108,789
7.	Maeulgeumgo Yeonsoe Seupgyeoksageon (Korean)	11.14	226	57,446	75,174
8.	The Butterfly	11.08	212	20,173	175,445
9.	Lost Lines	11.08	176	17,583	143,280
10.	Once	9.20	19	9,740	158,285

(Source: KOBIS - Figures represent 97% of nationwide box office)