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

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Korea Weekend Box Office - May 9-11

IRON MAN continued strong for a second weekend, taking in nearly $5 million, bringing its total 12-day take to over $18 million (or 2.8 million admissions).

SPEED RACER did relatively well in Korea (at least compared to its disastrous opening in the United States), with 424,000 admissions, or $2.74 million.

TAKEN is still doing bizarrely well in Korea, bringing its one-month total to $13.5 million. I have no real explanation for its success here.

Not a bad little bonus for DETECTIVE CONAN, using a second holiday weekend to bring its total to $530,000.

This WeekTitle............................................Release DateScreens NationwideWeekend Revenue (bil. won)Total Revenue (bil. won)
1.Iron Man 4.306174.8518.02
2.Speed Racer 5.084852.412.74
3.Taken 4.093030.9913.54
4.Forbidden Kingdom 4.243000.627.22
5. Horton 4.303440.523.16
6.Beastie Boys (Korean) 4.303060.604.07
7.Priceless 5.081240.360.41
8.Tale of the Legendary Libido (Garujigi - Korean) 4.303090.191.62
9.Seouli Boinya (Korean) 5.081650.140.17
10.Detective Conan: Phantom of Baker Street 5.01410.130.53
(Source: KOBIS - Figures represent 97% of nationwide box office)

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