Korea Weekend Box Office - December 2007/12/28 ~ 2007/12/30

This Week..........Title.........................................................................Weekend Attendance.................Total Attendance
1........................The Golden Compass.(USA)........................................332,053...................................... 2,167,087
2,.......................National Treasure 2 (USA)...........................................237,722......................................1,105,853
3........................Sex is Zero 2 (Korean)................................................158,320......................................1,658,665
4........................I am Legend (USA).....................................................145,944.......................................2,274,330
5........................American Gangster (USA)...........................................137,895.......................................165,587
6. ......................Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (USA).....................133,782.......................................446,776
7........................My Love (Korean).......................................................133,508 ......................................749,388
8........................Hansel and Gretel (Korean).........................................117,121......................................140,455
9........................Rainbow Eyes (Korean)..............................................113,846......................................142,701
10.....................August Rush (USA)......................................................98,266.......................................1,894,308

Now Let me explain a recent new thing that has happened in Korea.

Kobis releases preliminary numbers on Mondays and then the final #'s are confirmed on Tuesdays. When the #'s are updated I will update this article also.

This is why some of the numbers do not look correct.

Well this sure was not a good week for new releases. Number 8 and 9 were new Korean films and it looks like both are bombs. #8 was supposed to be a Korean adult version of the classic story and it has not received many positive reviews.

Neither new USA film, #5 and #6 looks like it will do blockbuster business here in Korea.

The big surprises are still the #1 and #3 film. I did not expect much from either and #1 has broken 2 million tickets sold and looks like #3 will soon do at least 2 million tickets sold also.