Korea Weekend Box Office - Dec. 29-Jan. 1

Hi all. Sorry for not mentioning that I was taking some time off for the holidays this year. The time away was much appreciated though. Now I am back and ready for 2008.

Hollywood is certainly starting off 2008 strong, with nearly 70 percent of the boxoffice. Top film over the holidays was THE GOLDEN COMPASS, which has made over $15 million since it opened on Dec. 18. NATIONAL TREASURE 2 is also doing well, with around $8.2 million since Dec. 20.

Top Korean movies is SEX IS ZERO 2, with about $12 million since Dec. 13 (with about $1.1 million of that coming over the long holiday weekend).

Very sad to see HANSEL & GRETEL open so poorly. Just $1 million since it opened on Dec. 27. Very disappointing on a lot of levels. I missed the press screening because I was on holiday, but I hope to get a review up on this site in the next few days.

This Week	Title............................................	Release Date	Screens Nationwide	Weekend Attendance	Total Attendance
1.	The Golden Compass	12.18	397	332,053	2,167,087
2.	National Treasure 2	12.20	338	237,722	1,105,853
3.	Sex Is Zero 2 (Saekjeuk Shigong Sijeun 2 - Korean)	12.13	319	158,320	1,658,665
4.	I Am Legend	12.12	313	145,944	2,274,330
5.	American Gangster	12.27	318	137,895	165,587
6.	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	12.19	287	133,782	446,776
7.	My Love (Nae Sarang - Korean)	12.20	293	133,508	749,388
8.	Hansel & Gretel	12.27	245	117,121	140,455
9.	Rainbow Eyes (Gamyeon - Korean)	12.27	261	113,846	142,701
10.	August Rush	11.29	189	98,266	1,894,308

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

Hrm... Looks like KOBIS has updated its website. Looks nice enough, but it still does not work well at all with Safari. More information than ever, though.