Also from now on you may notice a few more Twitch reviews as I have been taken on as their Korean correspondent.
Enjoy!
FUTURE FILMS
(Twitch, May 12, 2012)
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Weekly Review Round-up (05/12-05/18, 2012)
A lot of reviews this week and many of them for a trio of action/war film which are currently making the rounds in North America, either in theatres or on the home video market. I'm thrilled to see such interest in these titles but the fact that they all stem from the same genre doesn't really give me high hopes for expanding English-language consumers interest in the broader Korean film industry. THese titles just confirm that Korean cinema, at present, is still viewed as a niche genre industry abroad, which couldn't be further from the truth. Sigh...
Also from now on you may notice a few more Twitch reviews as I have been taken on as their Korean correspondent.
Enjoy!
Also from now on you may notice a few more Twitch reviews as I have been taken on as their Korean correspondent.
Enjoy!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Weekly Review Round-up (04/21-04/27, 2012)
A number reviews for My Way as it plays in limited release across the US and some reviews from the recent Terracotta Far East Film Festival and the current Udine Far East Film Festival.
The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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RECENT RELEASES
(A Girl's Journey to the East, April 27, 2012)
(Cine Vue, April 22, 2012)
(Hangul Celluloid, April 24, 2012)
(London Korean Links, April 22, 2012)
(Seen in Jeonju, April 22, 2012)
Dancing Queen
(CUEAFS, April 22, 2012)
My Way
(The One One Four, April 22, 2012)
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 26, 2012)
(Twitch, April 25, 2012)
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 25, 2012)
Silenced
(CUEAFS, April 25, 2012)
(Drama Beans, April 22, 2012)
(Salon, April 21, 2012)
(Rockets & Robots Are Go, April 21, 2012)
(Columbia Daily Tribune, April 26, 2012)
(myreviewer.com, April 27, 2012)
PAST FILMS
Castaway on the Moon, 2009
(Japan Cinema, April 27, 2012)
Feathers in the Wind, 2005
(Otherwhere, April 23, 2012)
Flower Island, 2001
(Init_Scenes, April 24, 2012)
Iodo, 1977
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 24, 2012)
Mr. Wacky, 2006
(VCinema Show, April 24, 2012)
Night Journey, 1977
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 25, 2012)
Pollen, 1972
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 24, 2012)
Rainy Days, 1979
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 25, 2012)
Shadowless Sword, 2005
(mihansa.net, April 19, 2012)
The Old Garden, 2006
(Korean Grindhouse, April 21, 2012)
Treeless Mountain, 2009
(Aidy Revies, April 26, 2012)
Wang Sib Ri, My Hometown, 1976
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 27, 2012)
Yeongja's Heyday, 1975
(Modern Korean Cinema, April 27, 2012)
The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Weekly Review Round-up (01/14-01/20, 2012)
Lots of reviews this week with The Front Line being released in the US. Four movies also came out this week in Korea though as of yet only review has surfaced, expect more to come.
CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES
(The Korea Times, January 19 2012)
(hancinema.net, January 14, 2012)
RECENT RELEASES
(Varied Celluloid, January 13, 2012)
(Init_Scenes, January 18, 2012)
(Film Business Asia, January 16, 2012)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 13, 2012)
(Modern Korean Cinema, January 19, 2012)
(examiner.com, January 14, 2012)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 16, 2012)
(Hangul Celluloid, January 18, 2012)
(Empire, January 18, 2012)
(Haunted Hell, January 19, 2012)
Spellbound
(Beyond Hollywood, January 13, 2012)
The Front Line
The Man From Nowhere
(Dramas Whoo!, January 16, 2012)
(The One One Four, January 14, 2012)
(Beyond Hollywood, January 19, 2012)
PAST FILMS
A Man Who Was Superman, 2008
(Rainy Day Movies, January 13, 2012)
Chaw, 2009
(Movie Mobsters, January 15, 2012)
(Otherwhere, January 13, 2012)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 18, 2012)
The Coast Guard, 2002
(boxofficebuz.com, January 16, 2012)
The Isle, 2000
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 15, 2012)
The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Korean Box Office Update (01/06-01/08, 2012)
MI4 Takes Fourth Victory Lap, Closes in on Record
| Title | Release Date | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (us) | 12/15/11 | 477,851 | 6,243,796 |
| 2 | Wonderful Radio | 1/5/12 | 281,296 | 334,855 |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (us) | 12/21/11 | 223,500 | 1,862,606 |
| 4 | Perfect Game | 12/21/11 | 133,580 | 1,155,313 |
| 5 | Friends: Naki on Monster Island (jp) | 12/29/11 | 118,342 | 407,958 |
| 6 | My Way | 12/21/11 | 112,905 | 2,002,323 |
| 7 | The Darkest Hour (us) | 1/5/12 | 82,684 | 98,450 |
| 8 | Lion King 3D (us) | 7/9/94 | 46,257 | 270,993 |
| 9 | Spellbound | 12/1/11 | 46,231 | 2,945,469 |
| 10 | Pokemon: White - Victini and Zekrom (jp) | 12/22/11 | 30,116 | 345,153 |
| - | My Barefoot Friend | 12/15/11 | 378 | 2,970 |
| - | Bleak Night | 3/3/11 | 139 | 22,350 |
| - | Green Days | 6/23/11 | 120 | 51,195 |
| - | King of Pigs | 11/3/11 | 118 | 18,782 |
| - | Jam Docu KANGJUNG | 12/22/11 | 68 | 502 |
Mission Impossible IV continued its remarkable run, banking another 477,851 admissions, though that was down a little over 50%. With 6,243,796 tickets sold to date it's still another 1.5 million away from Transformers 3's 2011 crown which may be mission impossible but we'll see if Ethan Hunt and crew can pull it off.
The second Sherlock Holmes lost about half its business in its third outing, garnering 223,500 sales. It looks set to cross the two million mark, which will likely be its last major milestone as it continues to diminish through the month.
Perfect Game has crossed the one million mark but has done so with little fanfare as the well-received baseball pic has added 133,580 to its total this weekend. A mediocre performance for a big holiday release.
Spellbound at number 9 sold another 46,231 tickets as it winds down its run and is now very close to the 3 millin mark.
Jesus Hospital is the Korean film opening next week and I can't imagine it will be in any position to boost domestic ticket sales. We'll have to wait until the following Lunar Day weekend when a number of high profile releases find their way into theaters. MI4 may spend a fifth week on top, unless The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo opens big.
The Korean Box Office Update is a weekly feature which provides detailed analysis of film box office sales over the Friday to Sunday period in Korea. It appears every Monday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News and the Weekly Review Round-up. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Weekly Review Round-up (12/31, 2011 - 01/06, 2012)
For the first WEEKLY REVIEW ROUND-UP of 2012, a few reviews for new releases in Korea and a lot of pieces on older Korean films which is always nice to see.
CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES
The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES
(The Korea Times, January 4, 2012)
Spellbound
(The Korea Times, December 29, 2011)
RECENT RELEASES
(joblo.com, January 4, 2012)
(Modern Korean Cinema, January 5, 2012)
(Modern Korean Cinema, January 3, 2012)
(Rainy Day Movies, January 3, 2012)
(Init_Scenes, January 4, 2012)
(Asian Movie Web, January 2, 2012)
(Init_Scenes, January 3, 2012)
(New Korean Cinema, January 4, 2012)
Sunny
(Asian Movie Pulse, January 3, 2012)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 4, 2012)
PAST FILMS
(Init_Scenes, December 31, 2011)
Baby and Me, 2008
(UnitedKpop, December 31, 2011)
Death Bell, 2008
(Twitch, January 4, 2012)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 2, 2012)
Pyongyang Nalpharam, 2006
(North Korean Films, January 3, 2012)
Secret Sunshine, 2007
(koreanfilm.org, January 1, 2012)
Silmido, 2003
(gwangjublog.com, January 3, 2012)
Taegugki, 2004
(Nerdlocker, January 5, 2012)
Tale of Cinema, 2005
(Rainy Day Movies, January 4, 2012)
The Host, 2006
(Film in Asian, January 4, 2012)
Untold Scandal, 2003
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 5, 2012)
The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Korean Box Office Update (12/30, 2011 - 01/01, 2012)
Korean Films Outdone By Hollywood as 2012 Gets Underway
| Title | Release Date | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (us) | 12/15/11 | 1,013,668 | 5,386,797 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (us) | 12/21/11 | 448,287 | 1,432,109 |
| 3 | My Way | 12/21/11 | 416,646 | 1,735,608 |
| 4 | Perfect Game | 12/21/11 | 238,191 | 890,261 |
| 5 | Friends Naki on Monster Island (jp) | 12/29/11 | 166,347 | 203,118 |
| 6 | Spellbound | 12/1/11 | 147,183 | 2,819,392 |
| 7 | The Lion King 3D (us) | 12/29/11 | 139,178 | 170,962 |
| 8 | Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Reshiram (jp) | 12/22/11 | 75,759 | 285,518 |
| 9 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked (us) | 12/15/11 | 61,468 | 516,727 |
| 10 | Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Zekrom (jp) | 12/22/11 | 57,113 | 234,721 |
| - | Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! | 11/17/11 | 693 | 10,172 |
| - | My Barefoot Friend | 12/15/11 | 301 | 2,498 |
| - | Punch | 10/20/11 | 181 | 5,316,625 |
| - | Green Days: Dinosaur and I | 6/23/11 | 136 | 51,622 |
| - | ●REC | 11/24/11 | 80 | 2,843 |
For the third straight weekend, Tom Cruise's fourth Mission Impossible has taken the top spot and once again with over a million admissions. It's 1,013,668 take has increased its haul to an exceptional 5,386,797 which already good enough for No. 4 on the 2011 chart. Sherlock Holmes 2 also held very well as it receded only 10% for a 448,287 take.
The Perfect Game dropped about a third to 238,191, also after an unimpressive start. Competition has been fierce but perhaps audiences were given too many baseball pictures this year after Kang Woo-suk's GLove and Kim Sang-jin's underperforming Fighting Spirit, not to mention the Brad Pitt starring Moneyball which played very recently.
The rest of the top 10 was filled with Japanese animes and Hollywood kids fare while outside the top 10, Korean films barely registered.
Next week, Wonderful Radio opens but it has been getting poor reviews and I can't imagine it will be the film to unseat MI4 which seems destined for a fourth victory lap. Business will pick up for local fare in a few weeks with the Lunar Day holiday weekend but until then, things look pretty grim.
The Korean Box Office Update is a weekly feature which provides detailed analysis of film box office sales over the Friday to Sunday period in Korea. It appears every Monday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News and the Weekly Review Round-up. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Korean Box Office Update (12/23-12/25, 2011)
Tom Cruise's MI4 Scales Over My Way for Surprise Top Spot
| Title | Release Date | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Mission: Impossible 4 (us) | 12/15/11 | 1,230,676 | 3,677,069 |
| 2 | My Way | 12/21/11 | 770,220 | 1,001,676 |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (us) | 12/21/11 | 517,421 | 659,039 |
| 4 | Perfect Game | 12/21/11 | 340,574 | 473,088 |
| 5 | Spellbound | 12/1/11 | 184,145 | 2,536,632 |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked (us) | 12/15/11 | 162,953 | 383,500 |
| 7 | Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Reshiram (jp) | 12/22/11 | 130,231 | 142,727 |
| 8 | Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Zekrom (jp) | 12/22/11 | 113,229 | 124,173 |
| 9 | The Adventures of Tintin (us) | 12/7/11 | 39,870 | 773,043 |
| 10 | Arthur Christmas (us) | 11/25/11 | 31,682 | 614,441 |
| - | Punch | 10/20/11 | 856 | 5,315,682 |
| - | My Barefoot Friend | 12/15/11 | 437 | 1,653 |
| - | SIU | 11/24/11 | 271 | 1,118,060 |
| - | Life Is Peachy | 12/8/11 | 223 | 2,887 |
| - | Dancing Cat | 11/17/11 | 191 | 11,849 |
| - | The Forgotten Bag | 11/17/11 | 147 | 6,323 |
| - | Too Many Villains | 12/15/11 | 123 | 760 |
Korean audiences seemed starved for either blockbuster fare or children's movies over this past holiday weekend. The bottom five of the top 10 were all movies aimed at children, including two Japanese animes. I've been noticing the relatively poor performance of these kids' films over the past few weeks but now that I see the market share their combined efforts occupy I wonder whether foreign distributors were just a little careless in looking at the release calendar for Korea, ultimately too many films with a specific audience battled it out for a piece of the same pie.
After last week's huge opening, Mission Impossible IV has actually increased 20% to 1,230,676. The film has accumulated nearly four million admissions already and has done so against considerable competition. Tom Cruise and company will likely end up very high on the yearly chart but how far will they go?
The sequel to Sherlock Holmes had a solid debut with 517,42, slightly below the original's bow in 2009. The Perfect Game had a decent 340,574 weekend but I expected a bit more after the strong previews. However, there is some positive buzz surrounding the film so business could pick up, though it is a busy marketplace. Spellbound dropped three spots but held onto to 60% of its business for a 184,145 weekend and with over 2.5 million admissions through this point, the three million mark is not out of the question.
As already mentioned the bottom five in the chart were all children's films: Alvin and the Chipmunks (162,953); Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Reshiram (130,231); Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Zekrom (113,229); The Adventures of Tintin (39,870); and Arthur Christmas (31,682).Outside the Top 10: Punch shed most of its theaters and sold 856 tickets; My Barefoot Friend added 437 admission in its second week; SIU also lost the majority of its theaters and wound up with 271; Life Is Peachy dropped to 223; Dancing Cat added 191 to its impressive limited run; The Forgotten Bag sold 147 this week; and Too Many Villains, a film I'm tremendously excited to see, sadly sold a paltry 123 tickets in its second weekend, with only 760 in total.
Next Week: All eyes will be on MI4 and My Way as we see how they perform in their third and second weeks respectively.
The Korean Box Office Update is a weekly feature which provides detailed analysis of film box office sales over the Friday to Sunday period in Korea. It appears every Monday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News and the Weekly Review Round-up. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Weekly Review Round-up (12/17-12/23, 2011)
A pair of reviews for the Kim Jong-il produced godzilla propaganda film Pulgasari (1985) this week and a huge amount of writeups from Hanguk Yeonghwa and Connor McMorran who recently wrapped up his fantastic Kim Ki-duk week. A variety of other reviews for films, past and present, were also published this week.
CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES
(Film Journal, December 20, 2011)
(The Korea Times, December 22, 2011)
RECENT RELEASES
(Korean Class Massive, December 18, 2011)
(Otherwhere, December 23, 2011)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 11, 2011)
(Modern Korean Cinema, December 20, 2011)
Poetry
(Modern Korean Cinema, December 22, 2011)
Suicide Forecast
(The One One Four, December 20, 2011)
(hancinema.net, December 17, 2011)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 19, 2011)
PAST FILMS
3-Iron, 2004
(Rainy Day Movies, December 17, 2011)
Breath, 2007
(Rainy Day Movies, December 19, 2011)
Double Agent, 2003
(Hangul Celluloid, December 21, 2011)
Dream, 2008
(Rainy Day Movies, December 19, 2011)
(My Film Views, December 20, 2011)
Memento Mori, 1999
(Subtitles Online, December 15, 2011)
Oldboy, 2003
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 12, 2011)
Pulgasari, 1985 - North Korean
Samaritan Girl, 2004
(Rainy Day Movies, December 18, 2011)
The Bow, 2006
(Rainy Day Movies, December 18, 2011)
The Evil Twin, 2007
(Init_Scenes, December 21, 2011)
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 16, 2011)
The Host, 2006
(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 10, 2011)
The King and the Clown, 2005
(Init_Scenes, December 20, 2011)
Time, 2006
(Rainy Day Movies, December 19, 2011)
The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Korean Box Office Update (12/16-12/18, 2011)
Weekend of December 16-18:
Domestic business took a big hit this past weekend as Korean films were mostly shut out by Hollywood competition. It was a similar story last year when the seventh Harry Potter film combined with other American fare to shut local movies out. Admissions were down slightly year-on-year (1.85 versus 1.8 million) as was the Korean market share (22% versus 26%) but it was close and next weekend will no doubt see a big bounce for local products as we wrap up the year.
Tom Cruise's publicity tour of the peninsula seems to have paid off as his new installment in the Mission Impossible, Ghost Protocol, had an enormous 1,079,510 opening weekend. This accounted for 60% of all business through the three days. Reviews are positive but competition will be very fierce next weekend when it is likely to cede its crown but perhaps the Christmas frame will be big enough to allow to retain much of its business.
Last week's surprise No. 1 Spellbound, which had increased over an already strong start, lost a little under half its business in its third weekend, no doubt succumbing to foreign competition. It has already banked over two million admissions and will still eek out a little more but the three million looks to be out of reach.
Hollywood took the next four spots, starting with the new Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel, subtitled Chip-wrecked, which underperformed, just as it did the US. Its 134,916 take was below its predecessor. The Adventures of Tintin crumbled over 80% and was left with 78,342. The new Twilight lost a similar amount, falling to 61,730. Arthur Christmas, the third Hollywood kids film in the top 6, receded 70% for 34,536.
| Title | Release Date | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (us) | 12/15/11 | 1,079,510 | 1,305,581 |
| 2 | Spellbound | 12/1/11 | 313,159 | 2,028,187 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-wrecked (us) | 12/15/11 | 134,916 | 142,865 |
| 4 | The Adventures of Tintin (us) | 12/7/11 | 78,342 | 639,251 |
| 5 | Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I (us) | 11/30/11 | 61,730 | 1,397,968 |
| 6 | Arthur Christmas (us) | 11/25/11 | 34,536 | 571,281 |
| 7 | The Perfect Game | 12/21/11 | 32,364 | 45,958 |
| 8 | Punch | 10/20/11 | 24,895 | 5,300,134 |
| 9 | SIU | 11/24/11 | 11,568 | 1,102,645 |
| 10 | The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall (uk) | 12/15/11 | 5,350 | 6,193 |
| - | The Final Blow | 12/7/11 | 2,323 | 56,846 |
| - | The Life of a Woman (1968) | 1,748 | 2,551 | |
| - | My Way | 12/21/11 | 1,192 | 7,145 |
| - | Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! | 11/17/11 | 468 | 9,329 |
| - | Amen | 12/8/11 | 360 | 969 |
Tom Cruise's publicity tour of the peninsula seems to have paid off as his new installment in the Mission Impossible, Ghost Protocol, had an enormous 1,079,510 opening weekend. This accounted for 60% of all business through the three days. Reviews are positive but competition will be very fierce next weekend when it is likely to cede its crown but perhaps the Christmas frame will be big enough to allow to retain much of its business.
Hollywood took the next four spots, starting with the new Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel, subtitled Chip-wrecked, which underperformed, just as it did the US. Its 134,916 take was below its predecessor. The Adventures of Tintin crumbled over 80% and was left with 78,342. The new Twilight lost a similar amount, falling to 61,730. Arthur Christmas, the third Hollywood kids film in the top 6, receded 70% for 34,536.
Korean baseball pic The Perfect Game scored 32,364 in previews ahead of next weeks opening. Punch saw another decline that brought it down to 24,895 and now has 5,300,134 admissions to date. SIU lost 90% of its business as it added 11,568 during its last round in the top 10. Rounding out the chart was The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall, a UK production of the famed musical.
Outside the top 10: The Final Blow added 2,323 to its haul; 1968 film The Life of a Woman was rereleased and sold 1,748 tickets; My Way filled 1,192 seats in very limited previews; Documentary Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! added 468 to its run; and Kim Ki-duk's Amen sold 360 tickets in limited engagements, he claims that there will be no further exhibitions for the film, nor will it become available on DVD, we'll see...
Next Week: Kang Je-gyu's enormous pan-asian WWII blockbuster My Way looks set to pulverize the box office and coudl set some record numbers. Also opening will be The Perfect Game which had strong previews this week. Should be quite a weekend!
The Korean Box Office Update is a weekly feature which provides detailed analysis of film box office sales over the Friday to Sunday period in Korea. It appears every Monday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News and the Weekly Review Round-up. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
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