Rsyu Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 On 2016. 10. 5. at 0:24 PM, chrisman0606 said: I wonder when will the Sci-Fi movie the Arrival come to Korea? I am wondering because similar sci-fi movies like Gravity, Interstellar, and Martian have done well, and I am wondering if something similar with the Arrival? It'll be showed at the Busan film festival today but it doesn't seem to have a commercial release date yet. But you're right, the market is very open to sci-fi themed movies right now and with good WoM it could easily break out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsyu Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 32 minutes ago, La Binoche said: Hi, I don't follow the S Korean box office. Can someone tell me how Don't Breathe is doing there and give me grosses in dollars? thanks It was just released two days ago. I'll give you the admissions and gross i dollars Pre-release: 43,283 ($335K) wed: 61,271 ($432K) Thu: 71,116 ($499K) Not a bad opening considering the age limitation and the genre. Horror flicks hardly ever open big. Ratings are in the mid 8s out of 10 on Naver which is pretty good for a horror film. It could increase during the second week if it gets good word of mouth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisman0606 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Rsyu said: It'll be showed at the Busan film festival today but it doesn't seem to have a commercial release date yet. But you're right, the market is very open to sci-fi themed movies right now and with good WoM it could easily break out. Not all sci-fi b/c some like Star Wars and Star Trek movies have not done well at the Korean Box Office, but this category of Sci-Fi movies I mentioned have done well and I feel like Arrival fits into that category. Edited October 7, 2016 by chrisman0606 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsyu Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 12 minutes ago, chrisman0606 said: Not all science-fi b/c some like Star Wars and Star Trek movies have not done well at the Korean Box Office, but this category of Sci-Fi movies I mentioned have done well and I feel like Arrival fits into that category. On an absolute scale, TFA didn't do badly at all. It just did poorly when compared to other territories but the star wars/star trek brand is close to a non-entity over here so it makes sense. But yeah, films like star wars and star trek are basically space operas with little to no relevance to scientific facts and themes which is the difference I think you're alluding to between the sub-genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Friday: 1.Miss Peregrine's-147.995/1.485.419 2.Don't Breathe-92.512/268.180 3.Asura-47.617/2.311.980 4.Bridget Jones-34.773/521.177 5.Sully-24.779/459.827 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picores Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 That's like a 50% bump for Peregrine from last Friday.... Is WOM through the roof or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 41 minutes ago, picores said: That's like a 50% bump for Peregrine from last Friday.... Is WOM through the roof or what? I think the early online reviews were averaging in the mid 9s out of 10, it may have dropped since then though. It is pleasantly and surprisingly big though. I have students who have gone to see it as their first family trip to the cinema since Civil War. Burton is popular here though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 (edited) Saturday: 1.Miss Peregrine's-271.625/1.758.611 2.Don't Breathe-155.944/426.825 3.Asura-85.784/2.398.447 4.Bridget Jones-56.353/577.824 5.Luc-Key(previews)-54.935/75.726 Edited October 8, 2016 by efialtes76 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 So 'Tim Burton's Xmen' may well outgross the actual Xmen in Korea. This has a shot of becoming the 2nd highest grossing Hollywood film of the year. We shall see hold it does next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjs Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 1 hour ago, chasmmi said: So 'Tim Burton's Xmen' may well outgross the actual Xmen in Korea. This has a shot of becoming the 2nd highest grossing Hollywood film of the year. We shall see hold it does next weekend. It is doing surprisingly well, Asura totally failed to deliver and Peregrine's stealing that momentum. still not sure about #2 (current #2 is Zootopia with 4.7M adm. after Civil War's 8.7M) but top 5 (3.1M+) is definitely a possibility. would have to see how it faces well against Lucky and Inferno first, then Doctor Strange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Sunday: 1.Miss Peregrine's-235.140/1.997.015 2.Don't Breathe-133.483/565.613 3.Asura-71.099/2.471.034 4.Luc-Key(previews)-66.966/142.690 5.Bridget Jones-46.441/624.940 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Weekend estimates in USD:1.Miss Peregrine's $4,993,739/($14,534,375) +13.2% 2.Don’t Breathe $3,119,659/($4,384,113) 3.Asura : The City of Madness $1,617,403/($17,626,308) -80.3%4.Bridget Jones's Baby $1,080,744/($4,609,363) -32% 5.LUCK-KEY $987,144/($1,112,200) previews 6.Sully $760,712/($4,067,980) -49%7.The Age of Shadows $419,888/($54,659,273) -69% 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Thursday: 1.LUCK-KEY-213.429/359.466 2.Miss Peregrine's-34.588/2.219.418 3.Don't Breathe-28.843/737.363 4.Bastille Day-12.458/15.668 5.Bridget Jones-10.854/703.783 6.The Accountant-9.050/9.478 The Accountant only sold 9k admissions...i can't explain it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Weekend estimates in USD: 1.LUCK-KEY: $12,128,811/($14,652,795) 2.Miss Peregrine's: $1,984,559/($17,697,849) 3.Don’t Breathe:$1,219,209/($6,664,030) 4.Bridget Jones's Baby:$440,022/($5,468,733) 6.THE ACCOUNTANT: $284,637/($345,715) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Olive said: Weekend estimates in USD: 1.LUCK-KEY: $12,128,811/($14,652,795) 2.Miss Peregrine's: $1,984,559/($17,697,849) 3.Don’t Breathe:$1,219,209/($6,664,030) 4.Bridget Jones's Baby:$440,022/($5,468,733) 6.THE ACCOUNTANT: $284,637/($345,715) The Accountant... Edited October 16, 2016 by efialtes76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsyu Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Doctor strange presales (D-1) 116,267 (70.1% share) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsyu Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Marvel films in Korea Films from the MCU have enjoyed a high success rate in Korea ever since the first Iron Man came out. It'll be interesting to see whether Doctor Strange can be added to the list as another hit for Marvel. MCU admissions (Chronological order) -phase one- 1. 4,316,003 Iron Man (2008) 2. 992,064 The Incredible Hulk (2008) 3. 4,498,335 Iron Man 2 (2010) 4. 1,694,529 Thor (2011) 5. 514,417 CA: TFA (2011) 6. 7,074,867 The Avengers (2012) -phase two- 1. 9,001,309 Iron Man 3 (2013) 2. 3,039,889 Thor: The Dark World (2013) 3. 3,963,220 Captain America: The Winter Solider (2014) 4. 1,311,190 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 5. 10,494,499 The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 6. 2,841,699 Ant-Man (2015) -Phase three- 1. 8,676,320 Captain America: Civil War (2015) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rsyu Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Pretty bad for Inferno, considering Da vinci code and Angels and demons did pretty well in Korea. Ratings on Naver is pretty decent though (low 8s), maybe it'll have some legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisman0606 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 8 hours ago, Rsyu said: Pretty bad for Inferno, considering Da vinci code and Angels and demons did pretty well in Korea. Ratings on Naver is pretty decent though (low 8s), maybe it'll have some legs Can Dr.Strange do well and open 1 despite Luck-key having decent legs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
