Tag: odetomyfather
Korean Box Office: British Invasion Shuts Out Local Films
Following the busy Lunar New Year holiday, admissions fell to 1.97 million over the weekend but the main victims were local films, which saw their market share plummet to 18.5%. In a surprise turn of events, it was the United...
Korean Box Office: Detectives and Spies Lead Lunar New Year Weekend
Business shot up 70% over last week, as 3.88 million holiday spectators flooded the theaters, however that figure was over a million lower than last year's Lunar New Year weekend. Granted it's not exactly as fair comparison as LNY itself...
Korean Box Office: DETECTIVE K 2 Opens Over Original
Some 2.25 million spectators shuffled into theaters during the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, which was better than last week but still far behind the comparable weekend last year, when Frozen and Miss Granny led the market. Local...
Korean Box Office: Soft Opening For C'EST SI BON Ahead Of Lunar New Year (2015 WK 6)
In the warm up to holidays, 1.81 million people visited theaters as a Korean film reclaimed the top of the charts. Local films were dominant with 62% of the market. Taking the top spot over the weekend was C'est si...
Korean Box Office: Heroes Top Fathers And Gangsters (2015 WK 5)
A Hollywood film topped the Korean box office for the first time in 2015 while a pair of local blockbusters battled for second place. Korean films did hold a combined advantage though with a 55% market share in a weekend...
Review: ODE TO MY FATHER Puts Blockbuster Spin On Melodrama
Family takes centre stage in Ode to My Father, a new Korean melodrama that is every bit as bombastic as this year's naval battle hit Roaring Currents. Directed by JK Youn (Youn Je-kyun), whose last film Haeundae sauntered over the...
