Another dreary week at the box office here in South Korea. The top film, HOW THE LACK OF LOVE AFFECTS TWO MEN, won the No. 1 spot with just 281,500 in attendance (about $1.87 million), one of the lowest figures for a No. 1 film in quite a while. But it was nice to see iHQ have one of its films open at the top of the box office. iHQ has been through a long streak of disappointments, so hopefully this will be the start of something good.
Interesting to see DEVIL WEARS PRADA and PRESTIGE holding on to the Nos. 2 and 3 spots for another week, especially while last week’s No. 1, LOVE ME NOT, plummeted to No. 6.
TAZZA is pretty much finished, with 6.77 million tickets ($44.90 million), making it the seventh-biggest film in Korean history. Not a bad run at all.
Just three more days until THE DEPARTED opens in Korea. Much nerdy joy on my part.
This Week | Title…………………………………. | Release Date | Screens Nationwide | Weekend Attendance (Seoul only) | Total Attendance | 1. | How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men | 11.16 | 321 | 63,400 | 281,500 | 2. | The Devil Wears Prada | 10.26 | 169 | 57,800 | 1,509,400 | 3. | The Prestige | 11.02 | 104 | 50,400 | 571,600 | 4. | Sexy Teacher | 11.16 | 266 | 42,000 | 221,000 | 5. | A Good Year | 11.16 | 200 | 39,600 | 131,800 | 6. | Love Me Not | 11.09 | 261 | 29,200 | 506,500 | 7. | Cruel Winter Blues | 11.09 | 296 | 26,300 | 484,800 | 8. | Death Note | 11.02 | 187 | 25,000 | 712,000 | 9. | The Grudge 2 | 11.16 | 171 | 19,500 | 107,400 | 10. | Tazza: The High Rollers | 9.27 | 89 | 18,000 | 6,769,000 |
(Source: Film2.0)
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