2017.02.03 ~ 2017.02.05
"Arrival" lands in third;"Confidential Assignment"and"The King"remain unmoved...
"Arrival", an American adaptation of Ted Chiang's 1998 short story, "Story of Your Life", was the highest new entry this week, but the 298,665 admissions (13.05%) it claimed was not enough to prevent two local flicks from scoring another big one-two finish.
Kim Seong-hoon-III's"Confidential Assignment"andHan Jae-rim's"The King"have occupied the top two spots for three weeks now; the former led the last two weeks, and with the 1,047,947 admissions it claimed here (roughly 45.64% of the sales), Kim's latest's new bottom line moves to $44.8 million (6.2 million)-it's the highest-grossing Korean film of the year.
"The King", starringJo In-SeongandJeong Woo-seong, since losing pole position two weeks ago, managed to perform well in second: despite a loss of around 300 screens,"The King"attracted 17.79% of the sales (409,364 admissions) and is now on the verge of 5 million admissions. While"Confidential Assignment"was able to capture roughly the same percentage of the pie compared to last weekend,"The King"'s share of the sales dipped from 30% (1.24 million) to 17.8%.
Two Oscar-nominated films from America were up next: Denis Villeneuve's "Arrival" (eight nominations) and "Moana" (Best Animated Feature) occupied third and fourth respectively, with the latter hitting the 2-million admission mark thanks to the 171,480 (7%) it attracted over the weekend. This is the fourth week for Disney's "Moana" in Korea and so far Disney's 56th animated feature film has grossed $2.1 million; worldwide, this 3D computer animation has banked $553.3 million (it cost $150 million to produce).
The last film in the Resident Evil film series, "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter", directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, fell one place to fifth with 110,006 admissions (4.96%), followed by Makoto Shinkai's phenomenal picture, "Your Name". Shinkai's romantic fantasy had its premiere at the Anime Expo back in July 2016 and started screening in Japan a month-and-half later, but its international release quickly saw it become the highest-grossing anime film worldwide ($330 million, surpassing "Spirited Away"'s $289 million). With the 69,035 admissions it scored over the weekend, "Your Name"'s total tally in Korea now moves onto 3.5 million ($24.9 million).
"La La Land', by Damien Chazelle, won big at 74th Golden Globes (a record-breaking seven wins) and it's nominated in fourteen categories for the upcoming Oscars (another record). Since arriving in Korea back in early December, Chazelle's romantic musical has become somewhat of a permanent feature in the charts; this is the first time in weeks that it's dropped from sixth place, and with the 35,893 it claimed here, "La La Lands" total gross in Korea is now $24.4 million (3.2 million admissions).
The only other new entry was a debut drama by Garth Davis. Like "Arrival", "Lion" is an adaptation, this time of a non-fiction book by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose, "A Long Way Home". The debutant's efforts have also been recognised by the Academy: "Lion" has six nominations including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. And its first weekend out in Korea yielded 35,356 admissions ($414,500).
"The Lego Batman Movie", a spinoff of "The Lego Movie" by Chris McKay, officially gets released this coming Thursday, but a few screens were open (279) where DC's Legolized hero managed to snatch 28,742 admissions (1.22%). ("The Lego Batman Movie" had its premiere in Dublin late last month and opens in America a day after Korea, February 10.) The final spot in the chart fell toHong Heon-pyo's 72-minute animation,"Turning Mecard W: The Revival of Black Mirror". This action-packed picture added 18,729 stubs and moved its bottom line to $2.75 million (422,853 admissions).
Korean Box Office - Admissions for the Weekend 2017.02.03 - 2017.02.05 (www.kobis.or.kr)
# | Films | Release date | Week-end | Total |
1 | "Confidential Assignment"(공조) | 2017/01/18 | 1 048 401 | 6 272 505 |
2 | "The King"(더 킹) | 2017/01/18 | 409 662 | 4 991 122 |
3 | "Arrival" | 298 930 | 358 344 | |
4 | "Moana" | 171 495 | 2 146 086 | |
5 | "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" | 110 264 | 708 007 | |
6 | "Your Name" (君の名は。) | 69 058 | 3 554 668 | |
7 | "La La Land" | 35 921 | 3 210 524 | |
8 | "Lion" | 35 389 | 59 441 | |
9 | "The Lego Batman Movie" | 28 742 | 29 582 | |
10 | "Turning Mecard W: The Revival of Black Mirror"(터닝메카드W: 블랙미러의 부활) | 2017/01/18 | 18 733 | 422 857 |
Korean movies only | ||||
"Le Tour: My Last 49 Days" (뚜르: 내 생애 최고의 49일) | 2017/02/01 | 6 116 | 20 203 | |
"Master"(마스터) | 2016/12/21 | 759 | 7 145 523 | |
"Fabricated City" (조작된 도시) | 2017/02/09 | 750 | 7 021 | |
"Misbehavior"(여교사) | 2017/01/04 | 421 | 117 180 | |
"Garak Market Revolution" (장기왕: 가락시장 레볼루션) | 2017/02/02 | 379 | 647 | |
"Pandora"(판도라) | 2016/12/07 | 175 | 4 583 155 | |
"Moon Young"(문영) | 2017/01/12 | 154 | 7 010 | |
"Love Me Once Again" (1968, 미워도 다시 한번) - Re-release | 150 | 6 760 | ||
"Because I Love You"(사랑하기 때문에) | 2017/01/04 | 104 | 340 766 | |
"Weekends"(위켄즈) | 2016/12/22 | 90 | 4 436 |
- Chris Wheeler
Source from :Hancinema