[HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.10.24 ~ 2014.10.26
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David Fincher's latest thriller "Gone Girl" hit Korea shores late last week and topped Korea's box office with 426K admissions. The film, which stars Batman-to-be Ben Affleck, captured 29% of the box office pie from 653 screenings, and in the process dislodged Lee Myung-se and Lim Chan-sang's "My Love, My Bride - 2014" as the country's current film of choice.
Jang Jin's comedy "We Are Brothers" and Park Beom-soo-I's "Red Carpet" also entered the fray and occupied second and fourth respectively. "We Are Brother" stars Cho Jin-woong and Kim Sung-kyun as two brothers separated at birth, but who reunite to find their mother. The film opened last Thursday to 547 screens, and from them claimed over 344K admissions (22%). Last week's number one, "My Love, My Bride - 2014", added another 215K to bring its total tally now to 1.8M ($13.5M), while newcomer "Red Carpet", a comedy drama starring Yoon Kye-sang, Go Joon-hee, Oh Jung-se, and Jo Dal-hwan, slotted into fourth with 117K (7.7%) stubs scored.
The action fantasy "Dracula Untold" claimed silver last weekend with 260K, but the film's third weekend saw it fall to fifth with just 114K (7.5%). Yim Soon-rye's drama "Whistle Blower", this week's number six (61K – 3.9%), recounts the controversy around Dr Lee and his questionable stem-cell research. The film stars Park Hae-il as the journalist who blows the lid on the scientist's dubious findings, and since it was released on the 2nd the film has amassed 1.6M admissions ($12.4M).
Not too far from Park's pressing feature came the popular young-adult sci-fi flick "The Maze Runner" (45K - 2.9%), followed closely (just 200 tickets less) by Richard Linklater's critically acclaimed coming-of-age drama "Boyhood". Linklater's popular piece has already grossed ten times the estimate $4M it took to created, and its first week in the land of the morning calm attracted a little over 45K (2.9%). At number nine, and down five places, was the spy thriller "The November Man" (19K – 1.2%), and the last weekend of October was rounded off by the French flick "Serial Bad Wedding", whose second weekend out saw it claim 18K admissions (1.2%).
What's coming out next week in Korea? [HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...
Last weekend's report: [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.10.17 ~ 2014.10.19
Korean Box Office - Admissions for the Weekend 2014.10.24 - 2014.10.26 (www.kobis.or.kr)
| # | Films | Release date | Week-end | Total |
| 1 | "Gone Girl" | 426 719 | 496 779 | |
| 2 | "We Are Brothers" (우리는 형제입니다) | 2014/10/23 | 344 725 | 411 244 |
| 3 | "My Love, My Bride - 2014" (나의 사랑 나의 신부) | 2014/10/08 | 215 587 | 1 839 033 |
| 4 | "Red Carpet" (레드카펫) | 2014/10/23 | 117 869 | 150 965 |
| 5 | "Dracula Untold" | 114 425 | 1 208 405 | |
| 6 | "Whistle Blower" (제보자) | 2014/10/02 | 61 396 | 1 698 505 |
| 7 | "The Maze Runner" | 45 447 | 2 777 702 | |
| 8 | "Boyhood" | 45 147 | 52 277 | |
| 9 | "The November Man" | 19 456 | 240 236 | |
| 10 | "Serial Bad Weddings" (Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?) | 18 727 | 171 777 | |
| Korean movies only | ||||
| "The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol" (다이빙벨) | 2014/10/23 | 6 406 | 9 635 | |
| "Slow Video" (슬로우 비디오) | 2014/10/02 | 4 497 | 1 168 113 | |
| "My Dictator" (나의 독재자) | 2014/10/30 | 2 162 | 9 897 | |
| "Tazza: The Hidden Card" (타짜-신의 손) | 2014/09/03 | 1 096 | 4 015 043 | |
| "Scarlet Innocence" (마담 뺑덕) | 2014/10/02 | 720 | 469 448 | |
| "Pirates" (해적: 바다로 간 산적) | 2014/08/06 | 636 | 8 665 269 | |
| "Jungle Shuffle" (정글히어로) | 2014/10/02 | 469 | 68 266 | |
| "Glory For Everyone" (누구에게나 찬란한) | 2014/11/06 | 452 | 960 | |
| "The Road Called Life" (메밀꽃, 운수 좋은 날, 그리고 봄봄) | 2014/08/21 | 320 | 31 102 | |
| "QUO VADIS" (쿼바디스) | 2014/12/10 | 292 | 1 252 | |
- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; KoreaOnTheCouch)