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Korean
Film News
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Box Office: January 31 - February 1, 2004
/ 2004-02-05 |
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Several films opened at the box-office this weekend, but the top of the chart
remained the same, with box-office smash Silmido and CJ Entertainment's
Once Upon a Time in High School adding to their totals. Silmido
has now passed 2001's Friend to become the top-grossing Korean film of
all time (see related story in news section), and the film appears likely to
reach the as yet unscaled plateau of 10 million admissions.
Two Korean
films also debuted this weekend, with romance Au Revoir, U.F.O.
performing the best with 38,000 admissions for third place on the chart. The
film stars actor KIM Beom-soo and actress LEE Eun-ju in the story of a bus
driver who falls in love with a blind woman. Meanwhile, Spy Girl starring
debut actress KIM Jung-hwa earned a slightly disappointing 17,468 admissions for
#6 on the chart.
Japanese critical and commercial hit Zatoichi by
KITANO Takeshi also debuted this week, but as the film's distributor declined to
provide figures it does not appear on the chart. The film has reportedly grossed
in the neighborhood of 20,000 - 25,000 admissions over the two-day
weekend.
title (distributor) Seoul 2-day admissions -- (Nationwide
to January 25)
1. Silmido (Cinema Service) 115,300 (8,576,000)
2.
Spirits of Jeet Kune Do: Once Upon a Time in High School (CJ Entertainment)
83,000 (2,620,416)
3. Au Revoir, U.F.O. (Tube Entertainment) 38,000
(120,000)
4. Paycheck (CJ Entertainment) 28,000 (520,000)
5. 100 Days With
Mr. Arrogant (Cinema Service) 24,000 (1,415,000)
Source: distributor
estimates published in Cine21 magazine
Darcy
Paquet
(KOFIC)
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