Only a couple of new titles this week, but one of them is the new No. 1 — Jang Jin’s latest, RIGHTEOUS TIES. Jang has had several successes over the past few years, including GUNS AND TALKS (which he wrote and directed), WELCOME TO DONGMAKGOL (he wrote the stage play and the movie, and produced the movie), and MURDER TAKE ONE (wrote the play, wrote the script and directed). On the other hand, he has more than a few “underperformers” next to his name, such as THE SPY, SOMEONE SPECIAL or A MAN WHO WENT TO MARS.

GANGSTER HIGH, on the other hand, had a really impressively poor debut. Just 21,200 tickets sold? (And that includes Thursday night). Given that it was shown on 134 screens, that works out to a $1,000 per screen average. Ouch.

This Week Title…………………………………. Release Date Screens Nationwide Weekend Attendance (Seoul only) Total Attendance
1. Righteous Ties 10.19 476 137,000 631,000
2. Tazza: The High Rollers 9.27 438 129,000 5,689,000
3. Radio Star 9.27 236 69,300 1,538,400
4. World Trade Center 10.12 140 30,000 340,000
5. D.O.A. 10.19 205 27,800 106,800
6. Lady in the Water 10.12 62 10,700 132,600
7. Marrying the Mafia 3: Family Hustle 9.21 181 8,000 3,450,200
8. Gangster High 10.19 134 5,800 21,200
9. Maundy Thursday 9.14 140 2,300 3,140,900
10. Ant Bully 9.27 16 1,600 288,000

(Source: Film2.0)