Another good week for THE CHASER, which has now raced past 3.6 million admissions. Four million is a certainty, and I suppose 5 million is looking increasingly possible. Very good news for Showbox (the distributor) and Na Hong-jin (director).

Otherwise, not a lot of note this week. There is a lot of parity in the top-10, with even the No. 10 film on 145 screens.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD opened way down in 17th (which I saw an quite liked, in a great-bad-movie sort of way).

Hong Sang-soo’s NIGHT AND DAY was in 19th, and now has slightly over 7,000 admissions.

This Week Title…………………………………….. Release Date Screens Nationwide Weekend Revenue (bil. won) Total Revenue (bil. won)
1. The Chaser (Chugyeokja – Korean) 2.14 424 3.10 23.72
2. Vantage Point 2.28 279 1.35 4.86
3. Babo – Korean 2.28 284 1.31 4.59
4. My New Partner – Korean 3.06 265 0.80 0.92
5. 27 Dresses 3.06 262 0.74 0.84
6. My Blueberry Nights 3.06 191 0.43 0.55
7. Assembly 3.06 189 0.26 0.31
8. Jumper 2.14 174 0.23 10.88
9. Spiderwick Chronicles 2.14 149 0.21 4.00
10. Rambo 4 2.28 145 0.071 0.64

(Source: KOBIS – Figures represent 97% of nationwide box office)