NOTES ON ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE AND MORE FROM KOREA (OR WHEREVER)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Korea Weekend Box Office - March 7-9

Another good week for THE CHASER, which has now raced past 3.6 million admissions. Four million is a certainty, and I suppose 5 million is looking increasingly possible. Very good news for Showbox (the distributor) and Na Hong-jin (director).

Otherwise, not a lot of note this week. There is a lot of parity in the top-10, with even the No. 10 film on 145 screens.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD opened way down in 17th (which I saw an quite liked, in a great-bad-movie sort of way).

Hong Sang-soo's NIGHT AND DAY was in 19th, and now has slightly over 7,000 admissions.

This WeekTitle............................................Release DateScreens NationwideWeekend Revenue (bil. won)Total Revenue (bil. won)
1.The Chaser (Chugyeokja - Korean) 2.144243.1023.72
2.Vantage Point 2.282791.354.86
3.Babo - Korean 2.282841.314.59
4.My New Partner - Korean 3.062650.800.92
5. 27 Dresses 3.062620.740.84
6.My Blueberry Nights3.061910.430.55
7.Assembly 3.061890.260.31
8.Jumper 2.141740.2310.88
9.Spiderwick Chronicles 2.141490.214.00
10.Rambo 4 2.281450.0710.64
(Source: KOBIS - Figures represent 97% of nationwide box office)

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