Posts Tagged ‘box office’
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Gift of Room 7 joins 10 million ticket club
The Korean domestic box office has been booming lately, that’s for sure. And now we have another addition to the top ten all-time box office record-holders: heartwarming jailbird daddy-daughter comedy The Gift of Room 7 has surpassed the 10-million ticket mark and edged its way past D-war and Speed Scandal for eighth place. Is anyone... More »
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P.S Partner, Wolf Boy hit box office milestones
It’s been a strong weekend for movies, near the end of what’s been a strong year all around (with its record-breakers and new entries into the top 10 list). As this weekend comes to a close, two films have hit significant milestones, the first being romantic comedy My P.S. Partner (P.S. = phone sex), which... More »
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Gwanghae, The Man Who Became King climbs box office charts
It’s just a good year for movies, apparently. We’ve got another chart-climber on our hands: prince-and-pauper historical drama Gwanghae, The Man Who Became King (also going by Masquerade) is nearing the 11-million ticket mark in its seven-week run. Between this, The Thieves, and Gone With the Wind, 2012 is definitely the year of the domestic... More »
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The Thieves tops all-time domestic box office
I didn’t know if it would happen despite an explosive start, but on October 2, caper film The Thieves finally broke out into the front of the pack, topping the all-time Korean domestic box office chart at number one. The Host has held the top spot since 2006, with a grand total of 13,019,740 tickets... More »
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The Traffickers sells organs, movie tickets
Out go the capers, in come the thrillers. This weekend at the box office was dominated by dark thrillers, with Daniel Choi and Lim Chang-jung’s new organ-harvesting crime film The Traffickers taking top honors in its opening week, in what looks like a pretty suspenseful ride. (Box office No. 2 went to My Neighbor, a... More »
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Kim Soo-hyun piggybacks The Thieves’ 10 millionth moviegoer
Ha, this is what you get when you make a public wager, your film blows up into a huge box office success, and then you have to do as you jokingly promised you would. In Kim Soo-hyun’s case, he’d made a declaration last month at the film’s red carpet event that if The Thieves broke... More »
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Joseon caper film Gone With the Wind is a hit
It’s a summer for caper blockbusters, and there’s a new top thief in town: Cha Tae-hyun’s sageuk action-comedy Gone With the Wind (the literal translation), aka The Grand Heist (English-language title). The movie opened two weeks ago, and has enjoyed brisk ticket sales, reaching 3 million over the weekend. (Technically it was on Day 12;... More »
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The Thieves breaks more records, climbs all-time charts
Turns out if you cast enough bandits in your movie, they’ll run away with the bank. New summer heist movie The Thieves has reported numbers for its second weekend, breaking another set of box office records in Korea. In Week 2 the film has sold nearly 7 million tickets — 6,884,220 admissions in total by... More »
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The Thieves sets new box office record
So, apparently summer + blockbuster + multiple A-list stars + caper + action = hit movie. WHO KNEW? The Thieves opened on Thursday, July 25, and quickly racked up the ticket admittances, setting a new all-time box office record: its 436,628 ticket sales in Day 1 is the top Korean film opening ever, solidly taking... More »
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Bow, the Ultimate Weapon takes first place at the box office
This summer’s seen a number of strong films, at least box-office-performance-wise. (Sector 7, for instance, has been largely panned for its story but has been racking up the ticket sales. Others that have enjoyed solid numbers include explosion-laden Quick with Lee Min-ki, and the Korean War blockbuster The Front Line.) Joining those films is sageuk... More »
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