2014.09.12 ~ 2014.09.14
"Tazza 2" keeps its roll going…
"Tazza: The High Rollers 2" had a fantastic week and managed to extend its lead at the top of pile.Kang Hyeong-cheol's comedy drama attracted over 540K filmgoers (26.7%) over the weekend to move its total tally now to 3.1M ($24.6M), which makes it the ninth highest-grossing Korean film of 2014 having just overtakenDirector Chang's"The Target". Kang's closest competition came in the form of the American musical drama "Begin Again" and its 351K (17.1%), but otherwise the top ten remained largely unchanged except for Frank Miller's neo-noir "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" creeping in at ten.
Last week Steven Quale's"Into the Storm"fought its way back to third having taken a tumble the weekend before. "Into the Storm" claimed 225K stubs to puts its new admissions total in Korea at 1.8M ($14.5M), and was closely tailed by Luc Besson's sci-fi action flick "Lucy" (225K – 11.3%). Last weekend "Lucy" say pretty in second place with over 621K to its name, and with the weekend's latest haul Bresson's latest now moves onto 1.7M admissions.
Lee Seok-hoon's popular period piece"Pirates"continued its slow decent out of favour as it slipped another spot to fifth. Lee's action adventure scored 205K (9.6%) from 464 screens to advance its total tally now to 8.3M ($61.8M). However"Pirates"still needs around another 300K to surpass "Miss Granny" as the second highest grossing Korean film of year.
Lee Jae-yong's touching family drama "My Brilliant Life" entered the fray on the third and has now amassed, with the additional 194K (8.8%) it scored over the weekend, over 1,4M admissions ($10.8M). "My Brilliant Life" also marks the watershed in this week's chart with our next entry, "Step Up: All In", only managing 95K admissions (4.4%) and remains unmoved in seventh.
In eighth, and also stubbornly staying put, came the unstoppable"The Admiral: Roaring Currents"byKim Han-min. The film has managed to smash any and all records that came before its 30 July release, and has been doing a victory lap at the bottom half of the chart for the last two weeks. Kim's box officeChampadded another 71K (3.3%) to bring its already gargantuan bottom line to 17.5M ($130M). Lastly, this past weekend's top ten was rounded out by "Maya The Bee 3D" (50 K) and neo-noir adaptation "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" (45K).
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Last weekend's report:[HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.09.05 ~ 2014.09.07
Korean Box Office - Admissions for the Weekend 2014.09.12 - 2014.09.14 (www.kobis.or.kr)
| # | Films | Release date | Week-end | Total |
| 1 | "Tazza: The High Rollers 2" (타짜-신의 손) | 2014/09/03 | 540 529 | 3 107 417 |
| 2 | "Begin Again" | 351 523 | 1 862 520 | |
| 3 | "Into the Storm" | 225 121 | 1 887 517 | |
| 4 | "Lucy" | 225 063 | 1 795 522 | |
| 5 | "Pirates"(해적: 바다로 간 산적) | 2014/08/06 | 205 439 | 8 362 217 |
| 6 | "My Brilliant Life" (두근두근 내 인생) | 2014/09/03 | 194 269 | 1 481 136 |
| 7 | "Step Up: All In" | 95 684 | 491 460 | |
| 8 | "The Admiral: Roaring Currents"(명량-회오리바다) | 2014/07/30 | 71 115 | 17 517 516 |
| 9 | "Maya the Bee 3D" | 50 554 | 212 313 | |
| 10 | "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" | 45 246 | 60 396 | |
| Korean movies only | ||||
| "Hill of Freedom" (자유의 언덕) | 2014/09/04 | 5 094 | 24 677 | |
| "The King of Jokgu" (족구왕) | 2014/08/21 | 3 949 | 30 921 | |
| "The Wicked"(마녀) | 2014/09/11 | 3 606 | 5 216 | |
| "Buckwheat Flower, A Lucky Day and Spring" (메밀꽃, 운수 좋은 날, 그리고 봄봄) | 2014/08/21 | 2 048 | 24 070 | |
| "Wrestling"(레쓰링) | 2014/09/11 | 802 | 1 725 | |
| "Night Flight"(야간비행) | 2014/08/28 | 710 | 7 801 | |
| "Golden Chariot in the Sky" (하늘의 황금마차) | 2014/09/04 | 236 | 1 751 | |
| "게이봉박두3: Some" (Gay Omnibus Vol. 3) | 212 | 212 | ||
| "My Ordinary Love Story" (내 연애의 기억) | 2014/08/21 | 100 | 46 775 | |
| "Splendid but Sad Days" (순천) | 2014/09/25 | 73 | 1 048 | |
- C.J. Wheeler ([email protected]; @KoreaOnTheCouch)
Source from :Hancinema