South Korea Box Office

[Fake]

That's a spectacular 2nd Friday for Apes. 4 Million admissions seems locked.

[tupek]

Is that HTTYD2 presales number good? 

[Rsyu]

That's a spectacular 2nd Friday for Apes. 4 Million admissions seems locked.

 

It's a good hold but we'll have to see how it holds against kundo and HTTYD2 next week first

[Rsyu]

Is that HTTYD2 presales number good? 

 

Nothing spectacular for now just decent. Increases from next monday onwards will be more telling though.

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (07/19)-Admissions (total) gross (Drops from LW) [screens] title01. 443,170 (2,732,078) $3.500 million (-17.8%) [949] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------02. 193,937 (3,012,437) $1.629 million  (-23.1%) [617] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------03. 92,776 (5,130,174) $689K (-54.5%) [533] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------04. 77,272 (219,893) $585K (--) [391] <JU-ON: The end of the beginning> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------05. 23,420 (354,972) $186K (-58.2%) [263]  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------06. 16,423 (48,033) $118K (--) [234] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------07. 8,428 (10,895) $57K (--) [181] <Kikoriki: Team invincible> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------08. 5,080 (3,453,649) $40K (-32.6%) [54] <A hard day> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------09. 4,795 (14,002) $38K (--) [66] <Frances Ha> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------10. 3,622 (98,391) $28K (-76.7%) [76] Transformers: age of extinction cume: $42.178 millionDawn of the planet of the apes cume: $21.082 million  Current presalesDawn of the planet of the apes 35.7% (85,924) Kundo: Age of the rampant 24.3% (58,551) Divine Movie 10.2% (24,534) Transformers: Age of Extinction 7.6% (18,383) How to train your dragon 2 6.7% (16,197)              

Edited October 26, 2014 by Rsyu

[keysersoze123]

Awesome for Apes. I hope dragon 2 does not impact it too much next weekend. I hope it cracks 5M admissions.

[Rsyu]

Awesome for Apes. I hope dragon 2 does not impact it too much next weekend. I hope it cracks 5M admissions.

 

Kundo is the main worry for apes, Expect the screen count to be Kundo>dragon 2>Apes next week. 

[baumer]

So Transformers will miss 50 mill?

[fmpro]

So Transformers will miss 50 mill?

100% yesHas been done for a while IMO

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (07/20)

-Admissions (total) gross (Drops from LW) [screens] Title

01. 403,263 (3,140,589) $3.163 million (-23.2%) [936] <Dawn of the Planet of the Apes>
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02. 176,143 (3,192,575) $1.473 million  (-26.5%) [623] <Divine Move>

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03. 88,428 (5,219,333) $653K (-53.3%) [520] <Transformers: Age of Extinction>

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04. 68,027 (290,137) $521K (--) [379] <JU-ON: The end of the beginning> 

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05. 21,816 (377,520) $173K (-59.3%) [253] <Confession> 

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06. 14,248 (62,657) $101K (--) [226] <Bunshinsaba 2>

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07. 8,227 (19,122) $57K (--) [186] <Kikoriki: Team invincible> 

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08. 5,175 (3,440,877) $40K (-23.2%) [59] <A hard day> 

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09. 4,285 (18,406) $34K (--) [65] <Frances Ha> 

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10. 3,323 (101,740) $27K (-78.0%) [77] <The Signal>

Transformers: age of extinction cume: $42.831 million

Dawn of the planet of the apes cume: $24.245 million 

 

Current presales

Kundo: Age of the Rampant 56.3% (70,350) 
How to train your dragon 2 15.7% (19,635) 
Dawn of the planet of the apes 6.5% (8,070) 
Roaring currents 5.6% (7,035) 

Divine Move 3.1% (3,924)              

[Rsyu]

Planet of the apes becomes the twelfth film to cross 3 million admissions this year. 2013 had 19 films over this mark so 2014 is on pace to beat that record. It also broke the total admissions for rise of the planet of the apes (2,773,794 admissions) and continues the strong year for foreign releases in the Korean Box office. 

 

The presales for Kundo is looking very strong right now and HTTYD2 looks decent too, so it looks inevitable that apes loses a lot of screens this week. I think it helps slightly that apes has a different demography to Kundo and HTTYD2 but it remains to be seen how well it can hold against them.

 

Roaring currents starting pre-selling it's tickets too and is already fourth in the presale charts. Expect it to increase dramatically over the next 10 days. 

 

Transformers is nearing the end of it's run. It will likely fall below 10,000 daily admissions sometime in the upcoming week. In admissions it's a great decrease from the 7 million plus of TF3 and TF2. In gross it looks like it will finish somewhere close to TF2 gross of $43,392,124. It's worth noting TF2 had no 3D to inflate the ticket price. On the other hand the 3D+4D share for TF4 is 19.4%.

[Rsyu]

Highest attended movies by genre

 

Romance/Melodrama

1.   6,654,837 A werewolf boy (2012)
2.   6,619,498 200 pounds beauty (2006)
3.   4,598,583 All about my wife (2012)
4.   4,578,084 Mamma Mia! (2008)
5.   4,111,497 Architecture 101 (2012)
6.   3,392,514 About Time (2013)
7.   3,009,356 Spellbound (2011)
8.   2,701,270 You're my sunshine (2005)
9.   2,684,798 Cyrano Agency (2010)
10. 2,654,817 Breaking dawn part.2 (2012)
11. 2,636,340 The Concubine (2012)
12. 2,475,797 Love911 (2012)
13. 2,290,709 All for love (2005)
14. 2,205,875 Thirst (2009)
15. 2,077,546 My scary girl (2006)

 

Action/Adventure

1. 13,302,637 Avatar (2009)
2. 11,453,338 Haeundae (2009)
3.   7,784,189 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
4.   7,508,976 Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol (2011)
5.   7,470,633 War of the Arrows (2011)
6.   7,402,732 Transformers (2007)
7.   7,393,443 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
8.   7,116,290 The Berlin File (2013)
9.   6,686,912 The good, the bad, the ugly (2008)
10. 6,178,467 The Man from Nowhere (2010)
11. 5,820,000 Swiri (1999)
12. 5,740,789 Mission Impossible 3 (2006)
13. 5,507,106 Secret Reunion (2010)

14. 4,136,101 Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull (2008)

15. 3,880,308 Hanbando (2006) 

 

Comic Book Movies 

1.   9,001,309 Iron Man 3 (2013)
2.   7,074,867 The Avengers (2012)
2.   6,959,083 Secretly Greatly (2013)
4.   6,396,528 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
5.   4,935,660 Spider-man 3 (2007)

6.   4,853,123 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
7.   4,498,335 Iron Man 2 (2010)
8.   4,316,003 Iron Man (2008)
9.   4,310,710 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
10. 4,165,111 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
11. 4,087,355 The Dark Knight (2005)
12. 3,962,901 Captain America: The winter soldier (2014)

13. 3,379,762 Men in Black III (2012) 
14. 3,039,889 Thor: Dark world (2013)
15. 2,533,852 X-Men: First Class (2011)

 

Historical Drama

1. 12,319,542 Masquerade (2012)
2. 12,302,831 King and the Clown (2005)
3.   9,134,586 Face Reader (2013)
4.   4,909,937 The Grand Heist (2012)
5.   4,786,259 Detective K: Secret of a virtuous Widow (2011)
6.   3,851,000 Troy (2004)
7.   3,848,818 The Fatal Encounter (2014)
8.   3,779,553 The Frozen Flower (2008)
9.   3,726,134 The Divine weapon (2008)
10. 3,522,747 Untold Scandal (2003)
11. 3,035,116 The Servant (2010)
12. 2,713,031 Red Cliff 2 (2008)
13. 2,636,320 The Concubine (2012)
14. 2,576,022 Forbidden quest (2006)

15. 2,523,700 Passion of the Christ (2004)

 

 

Science Fiction

1.   9,349,991 snowpiercer (2013)
2.   5,926,948 Inception (2010)
3.   5,462,953 2012 (2009)
4.   5,237,525 World War Z (2013)
5.   4,693,817 Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
6.   4,568,891 Terminator Salvation: The future begins (2009)

7.   3,510,000 Matrix Reloaded (2001)
8.   3,433,900 Island (2005)
9.   3,227,452 Gravity (2013)
10. 3,223,000 War of the Worlds (2005)
11. 3,142,823 Dawn of the planet of the apes (2014)
12. 3,006,400 The Day after Tomorrow (2004)
13. 2,773,794 Rise of the Planet of the apes (2011)
14. 2,491,354 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

15. 2,240,000 Matrix Revolutions (2003)

 

Thriller/Crime

1. 12,983,330 The Thieves (2012)

2.   8,100,000 Friend (2001)
3.   5,604,104 Hide and Seek (2013)
4.   5,583,596 The Terror Live (2013)
5.   5,508,017 Cold Eyes (2013)
6.   5,255,376 Memories of Murder (2003)
7.   5,071,619 The Chaser (2008)
8.   4,719,872 Nameless gangster: Rules of the time (2011)
9.   4,682,492 New world (2013)
10. 4,131,500 The Suspect (2013)
11. 3,650,000 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
12. 3,440,914 A Hard Day (2014)
13. 3,339,082 Davinci Code (2006)
14. 3,269,000 Oldboy (2003)
15. 3,143,247 Voice of a murderer (2006)

 

War Drama

1. 11,746,135 TaeGukGi: Brotherhood of War (2004)
2. 11,081,000 Silmido (2003)
3.   8,008,622 Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
4.   5,795,820 Joint Security Area (2000)
5.   3,385,706 71 into the fire (2010)
6.   3,183,453 Pearl Harbor (2001)
7.   2,945,137 The Front Line (2011)
8.   2,929,400 300 (2006)
9.   1,717,566 Battlefield Heroes (2010)
10. 1,706,576 Sunny (2008)

 

Fantasy

1.   8,426,973 D.War (2007)
2.   6,136,928 Woochi (2009)
3.   5,960,000 LOTR: Return of the King (2003)
4.   5,183,000 LOTR: The Two Towers (2002)
5.   4,966,571 Pirates of the Caribbean: At world's end (2007)
6.   4,628,903 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's chest (2006)
7.   4,400,298 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt.2 (2012)
8.   4,090,795 The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
9.   4,000,000 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
10. 3,615,000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
11. 3,475,000 Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (2007)
12. 3,130,046 Pirates of the Caribbean: On stranger tides (2011)
13. 3,002,669 Harry Potter and the Half blood prince (2009)
14. 2,979,838 The Golden Compass (2007)
15. 2,818,993 The hobbit: An unexpected Journey (2012)

 

Animated films

1. 10,279,829 Frozen (2014)
2.   5,062,722 Kung-fu Panda 2 (2011)
3.   4,673,009 Kung-fu Panda (2008)
4.   3,300,533 Shrek 2 (2004)
5.   3,015,165 Howl's moving Castle (2004)
6.   2,844,159 Shrek 3 (2007)
7.   2,603,857 How to train your Dragon (2010)
8.   2,344,700 Shrek (2001)
9.   2,131,044 Shrek 4ever (2010)
10. 2,201,273 Leafie a Hen into the wild (2011)

 

Drama

1. 13,019,740 The Host (2006)
2. 12,811,206 Miracle in Cell no.7 (2013)
3. 11,373,516 The Attorney (2013)
4. 8,487,523 Take Off (2009)
5. 7,307,993 May 18 (2007)
6. 6,847,777 Tazza: The high rollers (2006)
7. 5,911,890 Les Miserables (2012)
8. 5,310,510 punch (2011)
9. 5,181,014 Tower (2012)
10. 5,148,022 Marathon (2005)
11. 4,662,822 Silenced (2011)
12. 4,300,670 Public enemy returns (2008)
13. 4,232,430 King Kong (2005)
14. 4,094,395 Typhoon (2005)
15. 4,044,582 Forever the Moment (2007)

 

Comedy

1.   8,634,810 Miss Granny (2014)
2.   8,245,523 Scandal Makers (2008)
3.   7,362,467 Sunny (2011)
4.   6,105,431 My boss, My teacher (2006)
5.   5,635,266 Marrying the mafia 2: Enemy in law (2005)
6.   4,937,573 My tutor friend (2003)
7.   4,612,831 Night at the museum (2006)
8.   4,088,799 My girlfriend is an Agent (2008)
9.   4,082,797 Sex is Zero (2002)
10. 4,057,546 Dancing queen (2011)

 

Horror

1. 4,515,833 Deranged (2012)
2. 3,146,217 A tale of two sisters (2003)
3. 2,460,225 I am Legend (2007)
4. 2,262,758 The Conjuring (2013)
5. 1,634,192 Death Bell (2008)
6. 1,201,033 Killer Toon (2013)
7. 1,073,189 The Red shoes (2005)
8. 1,068,362 R-Point (2004)
9.    951,834 Arang (2006)
10.  871,235 Antarctic Journal (2005)
11.  867,386 Don't Click (2012)
12.  857,038 Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2010)
13.  790,959 White (2011)
14.  688,900 Hide and Seek (2005)
15.  672,340 The Cat (2011)

Edited July 21, 2014 by Rsyu

[chasmmi]

Awesome list and well done for putting it together.

 

There's always going to be some nitpicking though with regards to genres (THings like Men in Black, Oldboy, Snowpiercer etc being technical comic-book films for example.)

 

I did notice that 친구 seems to be missing completely. Would that not come under crime or Drama. Or is it another sub cateogry such as mafia/gang?

[Rsyu]

 

Awesome list and well done for putting it together.

 

There's always going to be some nitpicking though with regards to genres (THings like Men in Black, Oldboy, Snowpiercer etc being technical comic-book films for example.)

 

I did notice that 친구 seems to be missing completely. Would that not come under crime or Drama. Or is it another sub cateogry such as mafia/gang?

 

 

It really is difficult sorting some movies into specific genres. Animated films for instance isn't really a genre it's a form of media but I lumped it all together anyway as it's more convenient to compare animated films with other animated films. Then you have movies that have numerous overlapping genres which come into conflict on numerous occasions. I did the best I could but there were always going to be discrepancies.

 

I had no idea men in black was a comic book film. I knew snowpiercer was based on a french graphic novel, I'm not entirely certain what the difference between that and a comic book is but it seemed different enough. Oldboy is very loosely based on a Japanese Manga. Again a case could be made for it being in the CBM genre but I felt the movie version was much more widely known so I opted against. The CBM movies on the list are known equally well for the comic books as well as the film which was my main criteria.  

It's not a perfect list so I'm open to suggestions to change it men in black will probably have to go in there if what you say is true. 

 

Do you have the national numbers for 친구? I only have the Seoul numbers from Kobis. 

 

edit: I see news reports saying it 친구 (friend) took in over 8,100,000 admissions and it didn't do much business after that. I think it's safe to use it as an estimate unless you have a more accurate figure?

Edited July 21, 2014 by Rsyu

[KushAboveAll]

Just watched miracle in cell no.7 Didnt know i had that many tears in my eyes. Holy shit

[chasmmi]

It really is difficult sorting some movies into specific genres. Animated films for instance isn't really a genre it's a form of media but I lumped it all together anyway as it's more convenient to compare animated films with other animated films. Then you have movies that have numerous overlapping genres which come into conflict on numerous occasions. I did the best I could but there were always going to be discrepancies.

 

I had no idea men in black was a comic book film. I knew snowpiercer was based on a french graphic novel, I'm not entirely certain what the difference between that and a comic book is but it seemed different enough. Oldboy is very loosely based on a Japanese Manga. Again a case could be made for it being in the CBM genre but I felt the movie version was much more widely known so I opted against. The CBM movies on the list are known equally well for the comic books as well as the film which was my main criteria.  

It's not a perfect list so I'm open to suggestions to change it men in black will probably have to go in there if what you say is true. 

 

Do you have the national numbers for 친구? I only have the Seoul numbers from Kobis. 

 

edit: I see news reports saying it 친구 (friend) took in over 8,100,000 admissions and it didn't do much business after that. I think it's safe to use it as an estimate unless you have a more accurate figure?

 

Agree with a lot of that. To be honest when people say CBM they usually mean superhero movie as opposed to there being a comic/manga/graphic novel out there somewhere,

 

As for Friend, 8.1 is about the figure I'm familar with, but I know its difficult getting real numbers from that period. JSA is the classic example of that for me, in reality it smashed the admissions record on release, but I've seen official numbers for it that claim it didn't even beat Swiri, let alone by 2 million admissions.

[Rsyu]

Just watched miracle in cell no.7Didnt know i had that many tears in my eyes. Holy shit

 

You should have seen the people at my viewing..

[Rsyu]

Agree with a lot of that. To be honest when people say CBM they usually mean superhero movie as opposed to there being a comic/manga/graphic novel out there somewhere,

 

As for Friend, 8.1 is about the figure I'm familar with, but I know its difficult getting real numbers from that period. JSA is the classic example of that for me, in reality it smashed the admissions record on release, but I've seen official numbers for it that claim it didn't even beat Swiri, let alone by 2 million admissions.

 

Inserted friend and moved MiB3 to CBM. Friend doing 8.1 million admissions in the year 2001 is really surprising though I had no idea the figure was that high. 

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (07/21)

-Admissions (total) gross (Drops from LW) [screens] Title

01. 102,866 (3,245,689) $0.758 million (-27.6%) [832] <Dawn of the Planet of the Apes>
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02. 69,714 (3,264,391) $0.526 million (-24.1%) [600] <Divine Move>

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03. 26,793 (317,831) $190K (--) [359] <JU-ON: The end of the beginning>

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04. 17,076 (5,236,646) $122K (-36.4%) [422] <Transformers: Age of Extinction> 

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05. 12,603 (390,634) $89K (-51.9%) [270] <Confession>

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06. 6,862 (69,679) $46K (--) [216] <Bunshinsaba 2>

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07. 3,014 (21,488) $21K (--) [62] <Frances Ha>

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08. 2,693 (2,931) $21K (--) [12] <Roaring Currents> Preview

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09. 2,588 (3,443,502) $19K (-30.0%) [76] <A hard day> 

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10. 1,571 (103,344) $11K (-72.4%) [85] <The Signal>

Transformers: age of extinction cume: $42.953 million

Dawn of the planet of the apes cume: $25.003 million

 

Current presales

Kundo: Age of the Rampant 61.7% (115,358) 
How to train your dragon 2 16.2% (30,262) 
Dawn of the planet of the apes 5.3% (9,919) 
Roaring currents 3.7% (6,950) 

Divine Move 2.5% (4,598)      

Edited January 19, 2015 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

Dawn of the planet of the apes had a great second week, so far it's drops have been spectacular. 

 

Week1: 1,523,552

Week2: 1,618,281 (+5.9%)

 

and today's monday number is great again, down only 28% from week2. Hopefully it can still generate respectable business even with HTTYD2 and Kundo releasing.