Korean Domestic Box office Aug 08-10 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total |
The Dark Knight (US) Warner Bros
| NEW | 790,587
(1,181,762)
| 4,731,223,500 | 4,586,131 | 549
| 7,010,823 |
| The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (US) Universal Pictures International | 2 | 504,463
(504,463)
| 4,731,223,500 | 2,812,253 | 543
| 1,979,215 |
| Death Bell (고死: 피의 중간고사) (S Kor) SK Telecom | NEW | 393,894
(575,231)
| 2,239,225,500 | 2,170,555 | 365
| 3,225,256
|
| The Good, The Bad and The Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) CJ Ent | 4 | 264,772
(5,923,043)
| 1,559,242,500 | 1,511,425 | 382
| 37,212,766 |
| Wall-E (US) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International | NEW | 250,648
(344,501)
| 1,416,836,500
| 1,373,386 | 351
| 1,894,180 |
| An Eye For An Eye (눈에는 눈 이에는 이) (S Kor) Lotte Entertainment | 2 | 246,173
(1,470,319)
| 1,375,830,000 | 1,333,637
| 401
| 9,046,891
|
| Sunny (님은 먼곳에) (S Korea) Showbox/mediaplex | 3 | 66,814
(1,638,543)
| 422,176,000
| 409,229
| 247 | 10,334,524 |
Keroro 3 (Jap) OnMedia Tooniverse
| NEW | 52,517
(73,481)
| 209,353,500
| 202,933
| 84
| 316,727 |
| Doraemon
the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven
Magic Users (映画ドラえもん のび太の新魔界大冒険～7人の魔法使い～)(Jap) Daewon Media | 4 | 8,951
(298,548)
| 54,967,000
| 53,281
| 42
| 1,743,444 |
| Space Chimps (US) Sungwon Icom Corp | 4 | 2,777
(267,329)
| 14,736,500
| 53,281
| 30
| 1,500,462 |
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Korean Domestic Box office Aug 01-03 2008 (97% screens reporting)
| Name of Film | Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total |
| The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (US) Universal Pictures International | NEW | 1,468,878
(2,126,032)
| 9,448,677,000 | 9,240,806 | 723 | 13,110,790 |
| The Good, The Bad and The Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) CJ Ent | 3 | 635,690
(5,274,185)
| 4,187,027,000 | 4,094,912 | 569 | 33,516,455 |
| An Eye For An Eye (눈에는 눈 이에는 이) (S Kor) Lotte Entertainment | NEW | 590,494
(889,834)
| 3,947,830,000
| 3,860,978 | 555 | 5,545,373 |
| Sunny (님은 먼곳에) (S Korea) Showbox/mediaplex | 2 | 276,112
(1,435,422)
| 1,845,289,000 | 1,804,693 | 433 | 9,089,906
|
| Nim's Island (2007) (US) Lotte Entertainment | 3 | 81,094
(638,067)
| 492,587,000 | 481,750 | 236 | 3,784,206 |
| Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (Jap) Daewon Media | 3 | 56,208
(265,298)
| 343,341,500 | 335,788 | 96 | 1,565,634 |
| Space Chimps (US) Sungwon Ico Corp | 3 | 38,486
(251,042)
| 223,547,000 | 218,629
| 141 | 1,419,223 |
| Red Cliff / Red Cliff: Part one (China) Showbox/mediaplex | 4 | 26,795
(1,561,997)
| 174,375,500 | 170,539 | 123 | 9,842,399 |
Kung Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent
| 9 | 14,227
(4,501,626)
| 89,968,000 | 87,989
| 48 | 28,305,976 |
| Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) (S Korea) CJ Ent | 7 | 5,736
(4,181,215)
| 37,622,500 | 36,795 | 33 | 27,031,877
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Korean Domestic Box office July 25-27 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (Won) | 3-Day Gross ($)
| Screens | Total |
| The Good, The Bad and The Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) CJ Ent | 2 | 849,980
(3,751,198)
| 5,703,114,500 | 5,668,606 | 825 | 24,433,065 |
Sunny (님은 먼곳에) (S Korea) Showbox/mediaplex
| NEW | 480,144
(654,835)
| 3,236,495,000 | 3,216,911 | 598 | 4,295,693 |
Red Cliff / Red Cliff: Part one (China) Showbox/mediaplex
| 3 | 101,056
(1,455,422)
| 664,725,500 | 660,703 | 328 | 9,350,639 |
Nim's Island (2007) (US) Lotte Ent
| 2 | 92,955
(406,971)
| 566,806,000
| 563,376 | 297 | 2,510,520 |
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (Jap) Daewon Media
| 2 | 60,195
(154,237)
| 366,164,000 | 363,948 | 101 | 931,762 |
Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) (S Korea) CJ Ent
| 6 | 50,940
(162,260)
| 317,728,500
| 315,806 | 215 | 28,187,547 |
Space Chimps (US) Sungwon Ico Corp
| 2 | 46,742
(4,293,361) | 293,203,500 | 291,429 | 231 | 949,473 |
Wanted (US) Universal Pictures International
| 5 | 36,191
(44,458)
| 248,844,000 | 247,338 | 207 | 19,019,511 |
100 Feet (US) Sidus FNH (Korea)
| NEW | 32,166
(2,708,868)
| 240,819,000 | 239,362
| 168 | 292,005
|
Hancock (US) Sony Pictures International
| 4 | 35,056
(2,859,041)
| 231,746,000 | 230,344 | 243 | 17,564,888 |
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Korean Domestic Box office July 18-20 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions
| 3-Day Gross (Won)
| 3-Day Gross ($)
| Screens | Total Gross
|
The Good, The Bad and The Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) CJ Ent
| NEW | 1,673,970
(2,155,050)
| 11,043,618,500 | 10,791,868
| 954
| 13,768,830 |
Red Cliff (China) Showbox/Mediaplex
| 2
| 239,858
(1,258,827)
| 1,566,734,500
| 1,531,019
| 389
| 7,953,575
|
Num's Island (2007) US) Lotte Ent
| NEW | 216,521
(243,127)
| 1,372,373,500
| 1,341,089 | 331
| 1,498,922
|
Hancock (US) Sony Pictures
| 3
| 146,869
(2,623,449)
| 954,535,000
| 932,775
| 403
| 16,732,151 |
Public Enemy Returns (S Korea) CJ Ent
| 5
| 104,926
(4,164,675)
| 699,737,500
| 683,786
| 305
| 26,899,130 |
Wanted (US) Universal Pictures
| 4
| 96,272
(2,779,946)
| 668,925,000
| 653,676 | 340
| 18,175,924 |
Space Chimps (US) Sungwon Icom Corp
| NEW
| 77,198
(84,630)
| 472,492,000
| 461,721
| 227
| 500,493
|
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (Jap) Daewon Media
| NEW | 64,404
(70,050)
| 398,303,500
| 389,224 | 100
| 422,705
|
King Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent
| 7
| 42,174
(4,606,083)
| 272,434,500
| 226,224 | 174
| 28,889,020 |
Crossing (S Korea) Big House Vantage Holdings.
| 5
| 26,380
(866,231)
| 168,275,500
| 164,439 | 144
| 5,305,681
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
It goes without saying that the star of the weekend was the one and only The Good, The Bad and The Weird
(좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈), which generated a nice 1.6 million admissions over
the weekend with a total of over 2 million admissions ($13.7m) in
total. Not bad.. No doubt CJ Entertainment will be happy with its
performance, though if it is to break records it has got a long way to
go. This will essentially depend on word-of-mouth via the Internet.
The Good, The Bad and The Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) directed by Kim Ji-woon (김지운) and starring Song Kang-ho (송강호), Lee Byeong-Heon (이병헌) & Jeong Woo-seong (정우성)
With "you know what" hammering the box office, no other film really stands a chance. But Red Cliff is doing quite well with a total of 1.2 million admissions (just short of $8m). Num's Island has opened with an average opening and Hancock has done very nicely with 2.6 million admissions ($16.7m) and Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) is still doing reasonably well and can't moan with over 4 million admissions (just short of $26.9m). Wanted has also performed very well indeed with not far off 3 million admissions.
Inevitably, however, there will be films that flop and Space Champs is set to be one of them and regrettably Crossing (크로싱),
which I still cannot understand why it hasn't performed particuarly
well even though it has met fierce competition. It hasn't even made 1
million admissions...
King Fu Panda, although on its way out, it has had a very nice run indeed with 4.6 million admissions, which equates to almost $30 milion.
Korean Domestic Box office July 11-13 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total Gross |
Red Cliff (China) Showbox/Mediaplex
| NEW | 657,297
(787,486)
| 4,301,037,500 | 4,283,353 | 540 | 5,078,890 |
Hancock (US) Sony Pictures
| 2 | 600,725
(2,310,414)
| 3,906,082,500 | 3,890,022 | 578
| 15,040,298 |
| Wanted (US0) UPI | 2 | 311,168
(2,546,230)
| 2,136,839,500 | 2,128,053 | 395
| 16,968,075 |
| Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) (S Korea) CJ Ent | 4 | 303,939
(3,927,617)
| 1,996,417,000 | 1,988,208 | 368
| 25,872,798 |
| King Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent | 6
| 190,832
(4,537,407)
| 1,171,027,000 | 1,166,212 | 371 | 29,002,522 |
| Crossing (크로싱) (S Korea) Big House Vantage Holdings | 4
| 123,220
(788,352)
| 766,119,000
| 762,969
| 297
| 4,931,009
|
| The Strangers (US) Chungeorahm Films | 2
| 49,769
(222,832)
| 311,710,500
| 310,429
| 178
| 1,389,403
|
[Rec] (Sp) Universal Pictures Int
| NEW | 38,377
(47,534)
| 264,049,000
| 262,963
| 117
| 322,433
|
Santa Maria (잘못된 만남) (S Korea) Toy Ent
| NEW | 29,252
(34,565)
| 190,874,000
| 190,089
| 182
| 223,183
|
Urmel Aus Dem Eis (Ger) Mars Films
| 2
| 7,901
(28,399)
| 45,808,500
| 45,620
| 61
| 161,651
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Another poor week for Korean cinema with Hollywood and International films making a lasting impression. Red Cliff has opened well with almost 800,000 admissions and Hancock, Wanted and King Fu Panda all have very handsome figures; 2.3m admissions ($15m), 2.5m admissions ($17m) and 4.5m admissions ($29m) respectively. Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) though is still performing well with 303,939 admissions over the weekend and almost 4m admissions ($26m) in total.
Crossing (크로싱) has been very disappointing, but I did hear
that the number of screens Crossing has been released on (297 - this
week for example) is actually much lower, which might explain its poor
performance despite the positive reviews it has recieved. But I can't
confirm this - perhaps time will tell.
Santa Maria (잘못된 만남) hasn't opened very well on 29,252 admissions for the weekend, but The Good, The Bad and The Werid (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) was released on Friday - lets hope this release brings some optimism that the industry desperately needs.
Santa Maria (잘못된 만남) directed by Jeong Yeong-bae (정영배) and starring Jeong Woong-in (정웅인), Seong Ji-roo (성지루) & Choi Ji-yeon (최지연)
Korean Domestic Box office July 4-6 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (Won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total Gross |
Hancock (US) Sony Pictures
| NEW | 1,001,557
(1,328,345)
| 6,635,619,000 | 6,380,821 | 686
| 8,413,881 |
Wanted (US0) UPI
| 2 | 493,239
(1,984,105)
| 3,379,331,000 | 3,249,570 | 464 | 12,770,448 |
| Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) (S Korea) CJ Ent | 3 | 396,210
(3,415,658)
| 2,609,577,500 | 2,509,373 | 523 | 21,751,063 |
King Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent
| 5 | 239,804
(4,289,327)
| 1,519,077,000 | 1,460,747 | 426
| 26,535,658 |
| Crossing (크로싱) (S Korea) Big House Vantage Holdings | 3 | 149,296
(582,803)
| 945,863,500 | 909,544 | 374
| 3,542,132
|
The Strangers (US) Chungeorahm Films
| NEW | 81,021
(119,633)
| 523,585,000
| 503,480
| 231
| 715,685
|
Crows: Episode 0 (Jap) Showbox/Mediaplex
| NEW | 10,875
(14,684)
| 70,242,000
| 67,545
| 191
| 90,637
|
Urmel Aus Dem Eis (Ger) Mars Films
| NEW | 10,451
(18,576)
| 61,381,500
| 59,025
| 70
| 102,373
|
Grindhouse (US) Lotte Ent
| NEW | 8,357
(11,856)
| 55,263,000
| 33,141
| 145 | 73,877
|
Summer Days With Coo (Jap) Megabox
| 2
| 5,100
(25,670)
| 33,205,000
| 31,930
| 18 | 143,945 |
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
I am afraid I don't have a lot of time this week, so I can't go into any real depth.
It has been another strong weekend for Hollywood with Hancock opening on the No.1 spot with over a million admissions over a 3 day period. Not bad at all and Wanted is hardly doing badly with almost 2 million admissions ($12.7).
Public Enemy Returns (강
철중: 공공의 적 1-1) is slipping away and seeing that it is still being shown
on 523 screens, 396,210 is not wonderful, but hardly a disaster either.
Crossing (크로싱)
is still being pushed by Big Vantage Holdings, but 582,803 admissions
since its release is not good news at all. It is a great shame. These
are the only two Korean films in the box office at the moment. One
hopes The Good, The Bad and The Weird, which is released later on in the month will reignite the box office.
Other than Hancock, all the other new releases are in the lower end of the box office with no film performing particuarly well. And Summer Days With Coo remains
at the bottom of the box office for the second week running, but this
can be misleading since its screen average is not too bad for a No.10
spot - $1,744.
Korean Domestic Box office June 27 - 29 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week
| Number of Admissions
| 3-Day Gross (won)
| 3-Day Gross ($)
| Screens
| Total Gross
|
Wanted (US) Universal Pictures
| NEW | 824,925
(1,062,219)
| 5,611,210,500 | 5,367,700
| 629 | 6,809,471 |
| Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) (S Korea) CJ Ent | 2
| 718,870
(2,706,353)
| 4,876,143,100 | 4,661,926 | 667 | 17,090,340 |
| Kung Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent | 4
| 425,807
(3,960,575)
| 2,688,829,500 | 2,570,705 | 523 | 24,360,386 |
| Crossing (크로싱) (S Korea) Big House Vantage Holdings | 2
| 240,886
(325,437)
| 1,571,205,000 | 1,502,179 | 400 | 1,983,184
|
| The Incredible Hulk (US) Universal Pictures | 3
| 46,337
(976,882)
| 299,799,500
| 286,609
| 274 | 6,035,056
|
| Sex And The City (US) Cinema Service | 4 | 28,368
(1,050,070)
| 199,377,100
| 190,618
| 129 | 6,662,193 |
| Get Smart (US) Warner Bros | 2
| 16,642
(167,958)
| 110,157,500
| 105,318
| 225 | 1,039,595
|
The Mighty Princess (무림여대생) (S Korea) Prime Ent
| NEW | 16,988
(18,619)
| 94,744,000
| 90,582
| 199 | 112,211
|
| 21 (US) Sony Pictures | 2
| 12,145
(102,513)
| 83,957,500
| 80,269
| 89
| 661,488
|
Summer Days With Coo (河童のクゥと夏休み) (Jap) Megabox
| NEW | 10,059
(18,811)
| 59,971,500
| 51,600
| 27
| 100,754
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Unfortunately, Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) has already been forced to the No.2 spot following Wanted surprising success of 824,925 admissions ($5.3 m) over the weekend, though Public
Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) was not far behind with 718,870
admissions ($4.6m) and it has generated 2.7 million admissions up until
last weekend, which is not bad at all. Let's hope its success
continues.
It appears now that Crossing
(크로싱) was being previewed on during the weekend 20 - 22 June, but its
lack of success has continued with a disappointing opening weekend with
240,866 admissions ($1.5m). I am not quite sure what has happened, but
given the amount of Hollywood films available to watch, perhaps it is a
factor.
The only other Korean film on show in the top 10 is My Mighty Princess (무림여대생), which is directed by Kwak Jae-Yong (곽재용), who is well known for his commercial hits such as My Sassy Girl (엽
기적인 그녀), but this film has quite literally died at the box office. It
hasn't even broken the 20,000 admissions mark on almost 200 screens.
The film has been plagued with problems. It has been in post-production
for 2 and a half years and the cast (Sin Min-ah (신민아) and On Joo-wan
(온주완)) and the director were wondering if it was ever going to be
released. It seems to be a combination of Prime Entertainment's lack of
faith in the film, which seems well founded since it has bombed and the
reviews have been very negative; and over some confusion regarding the
stunts, which meant the actors were forced to do it themselves and
therefore post-production tools were need to fix the lack of
authenticity, or that is how I understand it.
The Mighty Princess (무림여대생) directed by Kwak Jae-Yong (곽재용 and starring Sin Min-ah (신민아), On Joo-wan (온주완) and Yoo Geon (유건)
Hollywood
films are still going on strong, not least because of Kung-Fu Panda's
roaring performance - it has generated almost 4 million admissions
($25m), which it now must of passed. The Incredible Hulk is holding on even though it is not doing amazingly well and Sex And The City;
although it has never dominated the box office, it has remained
consistent in its mid-table position and as a result it has made over 1
million admissions ($6.6m). Get Smart and 21 haven't done particularly well, though the latter has been released on fewer screens. And Summer Days With Coo (河童のクゥと夏休み), which is a Japanese film has had a respectable opening on 27 screens with just over 18,000 admissions ($100,754).
Korean Domestic Box office June 20 - 22 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (Won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total Gross |
Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) (S Korea) CJ Ent
| NEW | 1,057,829
(1,301,660)
| 7,532,239,000 | 7,237,151 | 806
| 8,802,499 |
Kung Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent
| 3
| 597,794
(3,315,960)
| 4,051,234,500 | 3,892,521 | 604
| 20,814,568 |
The Incredible Hulk (US) Universal Pictures
| 2
| 180,663
(860,347)
| 1,247,355,500 | 1,198,488 | 415
| 5,457,021 |
Get Smart (US) Warner Bros
| NEW | 92,504
(109,263)
| 639,760,500
| 614,697
| 249
| 722,732
|
Sex And The City (US) Cinema Service
| 3
| 73,679
(958,772)
| 536,447,500
| 515,431
| 285
| 6,181,564 |
21 (US) Sony Pictures
| NEW | 56,374
(65,575)
| 387,431,000
|
372,253
| 87
| 430,997
|
Doomsday (UK, US, S Africa) Chungeorahm Film (Korea)
| NEW | 49,918
(61,025)
| 363,067,000
| 348,843 | 264
| 421,533
|
| Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (US) CJ Ent | 5
| 32,764
(4,114,267)
| 230,024,000
| 221,012
| 217
| 25,550,135 |
| The Happening (US) 20th Fox | 2
| 28,274
(328,205)
| 213,924,500
| 205,544
| 293
| 2,176,732 |
Crossing (크로싱) (S Korea) Big House Vantage Holdings
| NEW | 13,790
(23,370)
| 99,789,032
| 95,880
| 110
| 120,309
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
It goes with out saying that it has been a much better weekend for Korean cinema with Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) opening at the No. 1 and being the first film since The Chaser (추
격자) to break over 1 million admissions. But its success has been
largely helped by the fact that it was released on a staggering 806
screens. Whilst it is certainly encouraging to see it make over a
million admissions over the weekend, ultimately we will have to wait
and see whether it will repeat the success of the previous two films (Public Enemy and Another Public Enemy).
With the high number of Internet users in Korea, word-of-mouth can both
reignite or kill a film - lets hope it is not the latter. However, so
far so good, and lets hope its success will continue and therefore put
some needed drive in a domestic industry that is desperate for some
success this summer following a very dry few months.
Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1) directed by Kang Woo-seok (강우석) and starring Seol Kyeong-gu (설경구) (above) & Jeong Jae-yeong (정재영)
Crossing (크로싱),
however, has had a very disappointing opening. But I was under the
impression that it was being released this week - it doesn't make sense
to release it with Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1).
But quite often films are released a little early for previews, but 110
screens seems a little too many for previews. Nonetheless, whether it
has or hasn't been officially released, it is worrying to say the least
that its total admissions up until the end of last weekend is just over
23,000 admissions. We will have to wait and see what happens, but I
really hope it doesn't disappear from sight.
Crossing (크로싱) directed
by Kim Tae-gyoon (김태균) starring Cha In-pyo (차인표) (above, left), Sin
Myeong-cheol (신명철) (above, right) and Joo Da-yeong (주다영)
It has been another dominant weekend for Hollywood cinema despite losing the No.1 spot to Public Enemy Returns (강철중: 공공의 적 1-1). Kung Fu Panda is doing extremely well making 3.3 million admissions up until last weekend, which is very impressive. The Incredible Hulk hasn't done so well, which is a little surprising given the other comic films (Spiderman, Iron Man
etc..) have done so well in Korea - perhaps there is too much out there
for their tastes. I do wonder when the bubble will burst for these
genre of films, not just in Korean market but for the whole world.
Anyway, returning back to the box office; Get Smart hasn't opened too well on 249 screens with just over 100,000 admissions or $722,732 in the bank. Sex And The City has
failed to gather momentum that has been witnessed elsewhere, or least
in the UK - it was sold out everywhere for a couple of weeks. 21
has had a respectable opening on 87 screens - it has done much better
than films released on over double the amount of screens. Doomsday
has had a very poor opening on 264 screens - just short of 50,000
admissions over the weekend. Indiana has lost his reign on the box
office and now struggles to make 32,764
on 217 screens, but with a total number of admissions at just over 4
million, which equates to $24.5 million, it has hardly been a bad run.
But you can't say the same for The Happening,
which had a terrible weekend. Although it has made 328,205 in total,
which is not good for a fairly high profile Hollywood Film, last week
on 293 screens it only attracted 28,274 people. The bloggers have obviously have had their say about the film.
Korean Domestic Box office June 13 - 15 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week
| Number of Admissions
| 3-Day Gross (Won)
| 3-Day Gross ($)
| Screens
| Total Gross
|
Kung Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent
| 2
| 908,368
(2,459,584)
| 5,877,877,000 | 5,645,514 | 633
| 15,266,902 |
The Incredible Hulk (US) Universal Pictures International
| NEW | 455,588
(529,736)
| 3,002,283,000 | 2,883,597 |
529
| 3,310,296 |
The Happening (US) 20th Fox
| NEW | 200,576
(236,324)
| 1,391,912,000 | 1,336,887 | 304
| 1,560,555 |
Sex and The City (US) Cinema Service
| 2
| 171,691
(779,188)
| 1,184,683,000 | 1,137,850 | 362
| 5,016,038 |
| Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (US) CJ Ent | 4
| 156,450
(4,035,778)
| 1,010,612,000 | 970,661
| 351
| 25,035,077 |
What Happens in Vegas (US) 20th Fox
| 3
| 41,766
(677,421)
| 282,971,500
| 217,785
| 192
| 4,250,666
|
Beyond All Magic (흑심모녀) (S Kor) Showbox/Mediaplex
| NEW | 34,053
(40,759)
| 225,984,000
| 217,050
| 216
| 257,369 |
Flash Point (HK) Studio 18
| NEW | 17,197
(21,901)
| 115,639,000
| 111,068
| 175
| 135,669
|
| Girl Scout (걸스카우트) (S Korea) Lotte Ent | 2
| 17,045
(219,090)
| 106,004,000
| 101,813
| 223
| 1,338,814 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (US) Walt Disney | 5
| 12,293
(1,475,804)
| 72,378,500
| 69,517
| 95
| 8,854,426
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Well, as you can see Kung-Fu Panda is roaring ahead with almost 2.5m admissions ($15.2 m) up until the close of the weekend. The Incredible Hulk meanwhile hasn't done too badly, though it would of liked to be top spot, I imagine. The Happening has had a reasonable opening, opening on 236,324 admissions ($1.5m). Sex and the City
has been disappointing given its success elsewhere; perhaps its doesn't
appeal to the women like it appeals to women here - in the UK its
success has been unprecedented. Indiana is still making money with a
nice $25m in the bank so far and it is still going. Where are all the
Korean films? My apologies, I did think Public Enemy Returns was
due a release this weekend, but I got my wires crossed - it is next
weekend. It may be the first weekend a Korean film has made the top for
quite a while.
Beyond All Magic (흑심모녀) has opened very poorly - 40,759 admissions on 216 screens. Very bad... Girl Scout (걸스카우트) hasn't improved on last weeks performence - oh dear!
Beyond All Magic
(흑심모녀) directed by Jo Nam-ho (조남호) and starring Kim Soo-mi (김수미), Shim
Hye-jin (심혜진), Lee Da-hee (이다희) & Lee Sang-woo (이상우)
As for other films in the top ten; What Happens in Vegas
hasn't really done as well as 20th Fox would like, but it seems to have
filled the gap that some less successful Korean films would normally
fill. I am not sure whether that is a good or bad thing. Flash Point from Hong Kong has also opened very poorly and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
is stlil making money in the top 10, even if it is not a lot. Again,
although this film hasn't been the suucess Walt Disney would of liked,
it has filled a gap a Korean film would normally be happy to take.
Korean Domestic Box office June 06 - 08 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total Gross ($) |
Kung Fu Panda (US) CJ Ent
| NEW | 1,148,609
(1,256,318)
| 7,401,520,000 | 7,165,669 | 632
| 7,835,208 |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (US) CJ Ent | 3
| 556,057
(3,781,166)
| 3,571,786,000 | 3,457,970 | 527
| 23,657,608 |
Sex and The City (US) Cinema Service
| NEW | 348,255
(446,997)
| 2,411,457,000
| 2,334,615 | 412
| 2,922,688 |
| What Happens in Vegas (US) 20th Fox | 2
| 158,023
(585,832)
| 1,067,387,000 | 1,033,375 | 299
| 3,703,450
|
Girl Scouts (걸스카우트) (S Korea) Lotte Ent
| NEW | 132,687
(163,122)
| 882,144,000
| 854,034
| 292
| 1,020,527
|
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (US) Walt Disney | 4
| 95,102
(1,454,625)
| 574,713,500
| 556,400
| 236
| 8,802,146 |
The Eye (US) Showbox/Mediaplex
| NEW | 54,448
(64,223)
| 350,458,500
| 339,291
| 123
| 393,721
|
88 Minutes (Ger, US) Prime Ent
| 2
| 48,651
(269,165)
| 318,368,500
| 308,224
| 236
| 1,707,708
|
Iron Man (US) CJ Ent
| 6
| 23,065
(4,308,344)
| 146,337,500
| 141,674
| 99
| 26,867,351 |
Body Sob 19 (Thai) KD Media
| 2
| 12,546
(107,288)
| 78,834,500
| 76,322
| 118
| 672,798
|
Sources: KOFIC & hancinema
Well, another depressing weekend for Korean cinema. Only one Korean film in the top 10, Girl Scouts (걸스카우트)
directed by Kim Sang-man (김상만) managed to struggle to the surface.
Furthermore, it didn't really perform that well with only just over
160,000 admissions. Although it stars acting legend Nah Moon-hee (나문희)
and Kim Seon-ah (김선아); both known for their work in comedy, it has
failed to gather any momentum, though it could pick up in the week or
so - lets hope so. But if you look at the synopsis, while you could see
how it might be entertaining and funny, it is not different to many
other contemporary Korean films. Here it is:
Mi-kyung drives a
van for a private tutor institute. Yi-man works part time at a local
supermarket. Bong-sun lives with her sick children, and Eun-ji is being
chased down because of her father’s debt. Nothing can get any worse for
these women and they only dream to live a simple life in the future,
but one day, they get themselves into a big mess when Hyae-ran runs off
with their money. Mi-kyung gathers up others to catch her and get their
money back, and this is how the “Bongchon 3-dong Girl Scout” was
organized. As they fall deep into a cruel underground world, the
situation turns for the worse. (KOFIC)
Girl
Scouts (걸스카우트) directed by Kim Sang-man (김상만) and starring Kim Seon-ah
(김선아), Nah Moon-hee (나문희), Lee Kyeong-sil (이경실) & Ko Joon-hee (고준희)
There
needs to be an effort to release less Korean films and focus more on
quality and innovation that we all know Korea is more than capable of
delievring in bucket loads. Let's hope the summer will be a good one
for Korean cinema as it will be beginning to pull out the stops, which
begins next week with the release of Public Enemy Returns
directed by Kang Woo-seok (강우석) and starring one of Korea's greatest
actors Seol Kyeong-gu (설경구), which is the third film of the Public
Enemy series, which has been very successful in Korea. Released a week
later (27 June) is Crossing directed by Kim Tae-gyoon (김태균) who's previous credits include Volcano High (화산고) and starring Cha In-pyo (차인표), which looks promising as it takes the viewers into North Korea. Yoo-Soo (played by Cha
In-pyo) crosses from North Korea into China to help his pregnant wife
as he cannot find medicine or food. He is soon forced to South Korea
and in the meantime, his wife dies leaving his son alone, who searches
to find his father. A review by the Korean Herald
complemented it for its depiction of North Koreans as 'rare realism'.
This film may do better abroad, but hopefully with the right marketing
it could do really well domestically - this is the kind of the film
that the industry needs to bring back its confidence.
Moving
back to the box office, it is easy to see that Hollywood is very
dominant in the box office at present with several successful releases
such as Kung Fu Panda, which opened very well with just over 1.250m admissions and not to mention Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which is still going stong. Even The Iron Man is still making money generating almost $27 million to date. Meanwhile Sex and the City
has attracted almost 450,000 people, but given its success elsewhere,
it will be a little disappointing for Cinema Service. And of course
there is The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,
which hasn't really been box office gold, but it hasn't exactly flopped
either, thus yet another U.S film capitalising on the reduction of the
screen quota.
Korean Domestic box office May 30 - June 1 2008 (97% screens reporting)
Name of Film
| Week | Number of Admissions | 3-Day Gross (won) | 3-Day Gross ($) | Screens | Total Gross ($) |
| Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (US) CJ Ent | 2 | 848,730
(2,976,884)
| 5,546,275,000 | 5,424,187 | 735 | 18,878,116 |
What Happens in Vegas (US) 20th Fox
| NEW | 252,981
(306,209)
| 1,699,254,500 | 1,661,850 | 346
| 1,936,503
|
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (US) Walt Disney | 3 | 160,280
(1,326,335)
| 997,776,000
| 975,812
| 402
| 8,128,223
|
88 Minutes (Ger, US) Prime Ent
| NEW | 141,840
(163,022)
| 945,116,000
| 924,312
| 257
| 1,055,743
|
| Iron Man (US) CJ Ent | 5 | 100,370
(4,255,337)
| 648,811,000
| 634,529
| 323
| 26,812,715 |
We Own The Night (US) Universial Pictures
| NEW | 35,068
(43,904)
| 237,159,000
| 231,939
| 168
| 287,323
|
Never Back Down (US) Studio 2.0
| 2
| 15,497
(114,390)
| 101,775,500
| 99,535
| 156
| 717,182
|
Taken (Fr) Studio 2.0
| 8
| 12,477
(2,366,101)
| 86,170,500
| 84,274
| 80
| 15,546,287 |
Cherry Tomato (방울토마토) (S Korea) Moviez Entertainment, Cinerago Pictures
| NEW | 11,280
(13,400)
| 71,810,500
| 70,230
| 104 | 82,438
|
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