Korea Weekend Box Office - Feb. 15-17

Huh? People were interested in seeing JUMPER? I would not have guessed that.

Nice to see THE CHASER doing well. The low-budget thriller got really good reviews and seems to have found an audience. But how long can it hold on? On Thursday, it will have to compete against the 3:10 TO YUMA, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and DEATHNOTE: L.

FOREVER THE MOMENT has now officially passed the 4-million-admissions mark, making it the biggest Korean hit since D-WAR.

This Week	Title............................................	Release Date	Screens Nationwide	Weekend Revenue (bil. won)	Total Revenue (bil. won)
1.	Jumper	2.14	429	3.72	4.69
2.	The Chaser (Chugeokja - Korean)	2.14	507	3.59	4.34
3.	The Spiderwick Chronicles	2.14	207	1.07	1.25
4.	Once Upon a Time in Corea (Korean)	1.31	310	0.72	9.25
5.	Lovers of Six Years (6 Nyeonjjae Yeonaejung - Korean)	2.05	284	0.71	6.64
6.	The Orphanage	2.14	195	0.47	0.58
7.	Life Is Beautiful (Daehani, Mingukssi - Korean)	2.14	197	0.41	0.51
8.	The Devil's Game (Deo Geim - Korean)	1.31	280	0.40	9.43
9.	Forever the Moment (Uri Saengae Choigo-ui Sungan - Korean)	1.10	265	0.36	25.63
10.	The Martian Child	2.14	18	0.060	0.070

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

As long as I am mentioning coming films, Feb. 28 sees the Korean release of Hong Sang-soo's NIGHT AND DAY and Cristian Mungiu's Cannes-winner 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS. And RAMBO 4.

March 6 is the happy day THERE WILL BE BLOOD comes out, which is the movie I really, really want to see. Wong Kar-wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS comes out then, too.