South Korea boxoffice thread
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Speed Racer
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South Korea boxoffice thread
Guys, I've decided to start a new thread for South Korea boxoffice! It was not an easy decision, but I'll do my best!! I'll post weekend boxoffice and past 4 weekends' as well. Avatar has been showing amazing legs for Hollywood release over here. It becomes the first foreign picture to draw over 10 million viewers - the sixth film to do so in local theaters. Also It is now the highest grossing film here, with sales of 95.6 billion KRW as of Jan. 28 and may soon be the first film here to make 100 billion KRW. Only five South Korean movies have ever sold over 10 million tickets ― "Silmido" (11.08 million in 2003), "Taegukgi" (11.74 million in 2004), "King and the Clown" (12.3 million in 2005), "The Host" (13 million in 2006) and "Haeundae" (11.39 million last year). Days to break 10m admissions
# | Over 10m movies | days |
1 | The Host | 21 |
2 | Haeundae | 33 |
3 | Avatar | 38 |
4 | TaeGukGi | 39 |
5 | King and the Clown | 45 |
6 | Silmido | 58 |
All time Admissions
# | Top 10 movies of All time | Admissions |
1 | Avatar(as of 3/31) | 13,312,359 |
2 | The Host | 13,019,740 |
3 | King and the Clown | 12,302,831 |
4 | TaeGukGi | 11,746,135 |
5 | Haeundae | 11,397,097 |
6 | Silmido | 11,081,000 |
7 | Take off | 8,443,898 |
8 | D-war | 8,426,973 |
9 | Speed Scandal | 8,280,308 |
10 | Friend | 8,181,377 |
It might be hard for Avatar to beat 'The Host', but should be #2 in admissions. >> Finally Avatar gets #1 title !
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Speed Racer
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
There are 318 theaters - 2,169 screens (112 3d, 5 IMAX, 4 4D screens) in Korea. Here are ticket prices in USD for a regular film in Korea's big chain theaters. ($1 = 1150 KRW)
| Early morning movie | Student | Adult | Senior Citizen |
Seoul | $4.50 | $6 | weekday:$7 weekend:$8 | $3.50 |
Provinces | $4.50 | $5.50 | $7 | $3.50 |
For Avatar 3D, Adult $11.5 Student $9 For IMAX 3D, Adult $14 Student $11.5 For Avatar 4D Adult $16 Student $12.5
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Nazgul9
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Cool.
But what's 4D?
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
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Speed Racer
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Top 10 movies - Weekend of Jan 01, 2010
# | Title | Weekend(admissions) | % Change | Screens | Overall | Week |
1 | Avatar | 1,481,638 | -6% | 729 | 6,623,821 | 3 |
2 | Jeonwoochi | 1,007,219 | -21% | 575 | 3,464,395 | 2 |
3 | Sherlock Holmes | 455,259 | -23% | 378 | 1,584,641 | 2 |
4 | Nine | 241,157 | - | 360 | 335,250 | 1 |
5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 | 240,261 | - | 267 | 346,005 | 1 |
6 | Pokemon DP | 61,766 | -51% | 66 | 255,787 | 2 |
7 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 46,648 | -80% | 269 | 441,790 | 2 |
8 | Management | 5,916 | - | 43 | 7,643 | 1 |
9 | Into Great Silence | 5,276 | 68% | 7 | 29,533 | 5 |
10 | 2012 | 5,184 | -72% | 21 | 5,383,432 | 8 |
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Speed Racer
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Nazgul9 wrote: Cool.
But what's 4D? 4D theaters provide a digital 3D + five-sensory experience such as vibration, wind, scent, vapor and so on. Seats vibrate when you see the scene where trooships or helicopters move. You can smell the scent of flowers at the scene where the creatures and plants on Pandora show... Something like that... I haven't seen Avatar in 4D, so I can't explain to you in detail what 4d is. All of the 4D theaters in Korea are located in Seoul.
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Nazgul9
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Ah, i see. I had a theater relatively near me once with those effect seats. Never tried them out, though.
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Was this 4D version released by Fox or is it just the affect that theater provides?
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Speed Racer
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
soagg wrote: Was this 4D version released by Fox or is it just the affect that theater provides? It's been provided by CJ CGV, the largest multiplex cinema chain in Korea. not by FOX
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Hmm ok so there is nothing that we are missing then
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Speed Racer
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Top 10 movies - Weekend of Jan 08, 2010
# | Title | Weekend(admissions) | % Change | Screens | Overall | Week |
1 | Avatar | 840,106 | -43% | 663 | 8,049,415 | 4 |
2 | Jeonwoochi | 540,415 | -46% | 575 | 4,365,932 | 3 |
3 | No Mercy | 302,469 | - | 389 | 360,666 | 1 |
4 | Sherlock Holmes | 182,629 | -60% | 326 | 1,928,392 | 3 |
5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 | 93,007 | -61% | 299 | 492,175 | 2 |
6 | The Road | 90,716 | - | 202 | 109,482 | 1 |
7 | Power Ranger | 56,761 | - | 141 | 82,407 | 1 |
8 | Nine | 56,274 | -77% | 333 | 459,008 | 2 |
9 | Pokemon DP | 28,319 | -54% | 76 | 298,357 | 3 |
10 | Astro Boy | 26,774 | - | 178 | 29,942 | 0 |
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Hey wogusvh can we have an all time list of money makers? I see the admissions list which is great but I think the all time money makers can be different right ?
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
soagg wrote: Hey wogusvh can we have an all time list of money makers? I see the admissions list which is great but I think the all time money makers can be different right ? I really want to but i can't Korean Film Council(KOFIC) has been tracked movie grosses 'officially' since 2008, so it is very hard to find any data about grosses before 2008. Even if I find it, it would be very likely to be inaccurate. All I can tell you for sure is that Avatar is the highest grossing film in Korea.
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Wow that is cool then. I'd say it is time for you to start tracking since 2008
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Jiffy
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
This is what BOM has for USD, but it's probably only useful for this decade:
1. Avatar - $88,500,000 2. Wang-ui namja (The King and the Clown) - $73,992,600 3. Haeundae - $67,988,064 4. Gwoemul (The Host) - $65,620,942 5. D-War (Dragon Wars) - $55,187,480 6. Gukga daepyo - $52,109,102 7. Transformers - $51,511,861 8. Hwaryeohan hyuga ( May 18 ) - $48,829,455 9. Welcome to Dongmakgol - $46,423,786 10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $43,392,124 11. Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom (The Good, the Bad, and the Weird) - $43,148,780 12. Tajja (Tazza: The High Roller) - $39,212,715 13. Kwasok Scandle (Speed Scandal) - $39,022,357 14. Mi-nyeo-neun Gwae-ro-wo (200 Pounds Beauty) - $37,876,813 15. Mission: Impossible 3 - $37,618,495 16. Chu Gyuk Ja (The Chaser) - $35,760,133 17. Twosabu ilchae (My Boss, My Student) - $35,585,589 18. Spider-man 3 - $33,960,701 19. 2012 - $33,396,775 20. Woochi - $33,099,893
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Speed Racer
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Jiffy208 wrote: This is what BOM has for USD, but it's probably only useful for this decade:
1. Avatar - $88,500,000 2. Wang-ui namja (The King and the Clown) - $73,992,600 3. Haeundae - $67,988,064 4. Gwoemul (The Host) - $65,620,942 5. D-War (Dragon Wars) - $55,187,480 6. Gukga daepyo - $52,109,102 7. Transformers - $51,511,861 8. Hwaryeohan hyuga ( May 18 ) - $48,829,455 9. Welcome to Dongmakgol - $46,423,786 10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $43,392,124 11. Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom (The Good, the Bad, and the Weird) - $43,148,780 12. Tajja (Tazza: The High Roller) - $39,212,715 13. Kwasok Scandle (Speed Scandal) - $39,022,357 14. Mi-nyeo-neun Gwae-ro-wo (200 Pounds Beauty) - $37,876,813 15. Mission: Impossible 3 - $37,618,495 16. Chu Gyuk Ja (The Chaser) - $35,760,133 17. Twosabu ilchae (My Boss, My Student) - $35,585,589 18. Spider-man 3 - $33,960,701 19. 2012 - $33,396,775 20. Woochi - $33,099,893 Thanks, Jiffy! but the chart is missing TaeGukGi(2004) and Silmido(2003)... maybe BOM couldn't track them either.
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Chrad
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Woah, Into Great Silence reached the top 10 in Korea? At least someone is watching it! What an under-seen masterpiece.
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
wogusvh wrote: I haven't seen Avatar in 4D, so I can't explain to you in detail what 4d is. All of the 4D theaters in Korea are located in Seoul. Don't be sad. 4D sounds great, but just wait till you get a scene like the one from Jurassic Park where Ellie Sattler is up to her armpit in Triceratops shit. Thanks for doing this thread, wogusvh!
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gibbogirl
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
hi, i'd like to go see avatar 4d in seoul, but i cant read the movie theater's korean website and i cant figure out where the theaters are or the showtimes or anything! can you help direct me somewhere!?
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Any updates? Did Avatar crack $100 million already?
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Jiffy
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Yeah, Variety has it at $103.5m.
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: South Korea boxoffice (Avatar cracked the 10m-viewer mark!)
Wow that's cool, another 100M bites dust
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Re: South Korea boxoffice(Avatar #1 of all time in adm,USD,KRW)
Top 10 movies - Weekend of Jan 15, 2010
# | Title | Weekend(admissions) | % Change | Screens | Overall | Week |
1 | Avatar | 722,776 | -14% | 579 | 9,254,241 | 5 |
2 | Jeonwoochi | 436,055 | -19% | 478 | 5,061,373 | 4 |
3 | No Mercy | 221,900 | -27% | 375 | 745,446 | 2 |
4 | Astro Boy | 148,859 | 456% | 325 | 203,319 | 1 |
5 | Paranormal activity | 143,869 | - | 216 | 192,546 | 1 |
6 | Happy Change | 93,016 | - | 348 | 115,168 | 1 |
7 | Sherlock Holmes | 85,596 | -53% | 257 | 2,092,650 | 4 |
8 | Wedding Dress | 62,519 | - | 208 | 76,678 | 1 |
9 | Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 | 47,726 | -49% | 214 | 570,867 | 3 |
10 | Power Ranger | 26,044 | -54% | 132 | 120,020 | 2 |
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Keyser Söze
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Re: South Korea boxoffice(Avatar #1 of all time in adm,USD,KRW)
Your title and posts are saying different things. So has avatar crossed 13M+ admissions?
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Re: South Korea boxoffice(Avatar #1 of all time in adm,USD,KRW)
Keyser Söze wrote: Your title and posts are saying different things. So has avatar crossed 13M+ admissions? yes! i've just corrected the first post.
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