South Korea Box Office

[James]

 

South Korea Daily Box Office (September 18)

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

01.   83,359          (88,575)      $590K      (--)         [472] <The Maze runner> NEW  

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02. 56,484    (2,076,779)      $405K  (+14.2%)  [425] <Begin Again> 

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03. 48,351    (3,354,961)      $345K (-46.0%)  [626] <Tazza 2> 

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04. 25,970         (26,759)      $183K     (--)        [367] <Tombstone> NEW

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05.   11,752    (8,423,392)        $80K (-64.6%)  [317] <The Pirates> 

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06. 10,838    (1,882,282)        $77K (-80.6%)  [292] <Lucy> 

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07.   9,554     (1,956,463)       $66K   (-68.9%)  [258] <Into the storm> 

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08.   8,223     (1,536,203)       $55K   (-74.3%)  [268] <My brilliant life>

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09.      8,031            (9,666)       $69K         (--)      [252] <The plant> NEW 

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10.   4,552   (17,548,609)       $32K   (-70.7%)  [170] <Roaring Currents>

Total admissions: 296,807

Total Gross: $2.02 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $130.73 million

The Pirates Cume: $62.016 million

Tazza 2 cume: $23.853 million 

Begin again cume: $16.059 million

 

How is that OD for Maze Runner?

[chasmmi]

And they should generously support more indie films and the small works of great artists like Hong Sang-soo & Kim Ki-duk.

 

There's more chance of Kim kiduk being the first Korean on the moon that to receive substantial help from the Korean film industry.

[Rsyu]

How is that OD for Maze Runner?

 

Pretty poor. It's currently first in presales though and initial ratings from naver is pretty good (8.93) so hopefully decent legs. 

[bartonfink]

Well I don't use the word "conventional" as negatively. But I think the movie's basic plot & theme are general and familiar rather than refreshing. it's mostly about getting over each one's adversity, praise for healing power of music, commercialism vs sincerity etc...well at least male-female lead characters didn't become a fair of lovers. That reminds me of Once which the director's previous work, but somewhat refreshing.

 

And I agree catchy musics can add artistic nature of the film. But I suspect many fans of the movie are just the ones who like sweet, tender pop songs. Their way of thinking and consumption about movie maybe plain & simple.

 

And as you said, Her & Grand Budapest Hotel are also identified as art-house films. But I didn't mean art-house film can't got stars. I mean familiar stars surely can draw audiences easier than great yet nameless actors. There are so many small films that don't have stars. And even if they're good films, they are unfairly & quickly forgotten mostly. I think what Kofic needs to support are them.

 

I guess all of us perceive concept of art-house films differently. I remember once Park Chan-wook said, "I'm just commercial movie director." But as I know, some audiences often think he makes too difficult and brutal, unkind artsy-fartsy movies. So interesting.

Edited September 19, 2014 by bartonfink

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (September 19)

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

01. 125,743       (214,315)      $937K        (--)       [547] <The Maze runner> 
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02. 84,027    (2,160,801)      $647K  (+13.1%) [452] <Begin Again> 
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03. 53,953    (3,408,912)      $417K (-57.8%)  [641] <Tazza 2> 
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04. 25,800         (52,559)      $201K     (--)        [378] <Tombstone> 
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05.   14,388    (8,437,774)      $106K (-57.6%)  [326] <The Pirates> 
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06. 12,581    (1,969,039)        $92K (-69.7%)  [267] <Into the storm> 
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07.   12,424    (1,894,703)        $97K   (-78.7%)  [285] <Lucy> 
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08.   10,735    (1,546,938)        $76K (-73.9%)  [295] <My brilliant life>
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09.     7,207          (16,873)        $55K      (--)      [257] <The plan> 
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10.   4,800        (529,102)        $34K  (-79.2%)  [129] <Step up: all in>

Total admissions: 368,473
Total Gross: $2.771 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $131.169 million

The Pirates Cume: $62.122 million

Tazza 2 cume: $24.27 million 

Begin again cume: $16.706 million

Edited September 20, 2014 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

 

Well I don't use the word "conventional" as negatively. But I think the movie's basic plot & theme are general and familiar rather than refreshing. it's mostly about getting over each one's adversity, praise for healing power of music, commercialism vs sincerity etc...well at least male-female lead characters didn't become a fair of lovers. That reminds me of Once which the director's previous work, but somewhat refreshing.

 

And I agree catchy musics can add artistic nature of the film. But I suspect many fans of the movie are just the ones who like sweet, tender pop songs. Their way of thinking and consumption about movie maybe plain & simple.

 

And as you said, Her & Grand Budapest Hotel are also identified as art-house films. But I didn't mean art-house film can't got stars. I mean familiar stars surely can draw audiences easier than great yet nameless actors. There are so many small films that don't have stars. And even if they're good films, they are unfairly & quickly forgotten mostly. I think what Kofic needs to support are them.

 

I guess all of us perceive concept of art-house films differently. I remember once Park Chan-wook said, "I'm just commercial movie director." But as I know, some audiences often think he makes too difficult and brutal, unkind artsy-fartsy movies. So interesting.

 

 

Interesting views and yeah I agree with most of what you say. However I don't think Begin again is harming the arthouse film industry in any way by being labled as an art-film. It's main revenue is coming from mainstream theatres anyway where it's attracting more audiences than the so called "commercial films". Conventional arthouse films still get the same screen time in art theatres.

Add to that, a lot of people here are still unfamiliar with the concept of arthouse films so it could be beneficial in the sense that it raises awareness.  

[alisson23]

What is the weekend forecast for Maze Runner?

[Rsyu]

What is the weekend forecast for Maze Runner?

 

OD and friday numbers as well as ratings and presales are looking very similar to Into the storm at the moment. So I'd say it looks like Saturday and Sunday together should be around 400-500K admissions. 

 

So a total admission figure of 500-600K for the weekend (Fri-Sun) 

[alisson23]

OD and friday numbers as well as ratings and presales are looking very similar to Into the storm at the moment. So I'd say it looks like Saturday and Sunday together should be around 400-500K admissions. 

 

So a total admission figure of 500-600K for the weekend (Fri-Sun) 

Looks okay

Higher than divergent and hunger games

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (September 20)

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

01. 263,780       (478,093)   $2.006M     (--)       [648]  
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02. 150,006    (2,310,807)   $1.184M  (+3.8%)  [499]  
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03. 89,196    (3,498,108)      $715K (-59.7%)  [603]  
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04. 38,894         (91,453)      $311K     (--)        [371]  
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05.   32,289    (8,470,063)      $246K (-63.8%)  [354]  
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06. 24,636    (1,993,675)      $185K (-74.5%)  [277]  
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07. 18,245    (1,565,181)      $131K   (-78.6%)  [281]  
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08. 17,744    (1,912,447)      $142K (-80.9%)  [276] 
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09.   11,963       (229,480)        $86K   (-50.6%)   [228]  
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10.   8,794  (17,562,073)       $68K  (-69.5%)  [172] Roaring Currents>

Total admissions: 694,966
Total Gross: $5.531 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $131.237 million

The Pirates Cume: $62.368 million

Tazza 2 cume: $24.985 million 

Begin again cume: $17.89 million

 

Presales

01. 35.3%  50,015  Maze runner

02. 22.1%  31,291  Begin Again

03.   7.9%  11,233  Tazza 2

04.   4.2%    6,009  Tombstone

05.   4.0%    5,634  The Pirates

Edited September 26, 2014 by Rsyu

[alisson23]

woow big increase for Maze runner. in it's 4 first days, it will surpass Hunger games' total. 

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (September 21)

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

01. 236,155       (718,333)   $1.796M     (--)       [634] <The Maze runner> 
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02. 124,229    (2,436,718)   $0.977M    (-6.5%)  [493] <Begin Again> 
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03. 77,337    (3,576,552)      $619K (-59.7%)  [586] <Tazza 2> 
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04. 33,911       (126,065)      $271K     (--)        [362] <Tombstone> 
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05.   31,027    (8,501,349)      $236K (-62.3%)  [348] <The Pirates> 
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06. 22,280    (2,016,366)      $169K (-74.5%)  [277] <Into the storm> 
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07. 14,868    (1,927,684)      $121K   (-79.9%)  [270] <Lucy> 
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08. 14,461    (1579,745)       $106K (-78.8%)  [276] <My brilliant life>
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09.   12,902       (242,382)        $91K   (-45.3%)   [231] <Maya the bee movie> 
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10.   9,463  (17,571,574)       $72K  (-67.4%)  [170] <Roaring Currents>

Total admissions: 614,375
Total Gross: $4.723 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $131.309 million

The Pirates Cume: $62.604 million

Tazza 2 cume: $25.604 million 

Begin again cume: $18.867 million

 

Presales

01. 21.2%  9,503  Maze runner

02. 18.2%  8,197 Begin Again

03.   7.2%  3,237  Tazza 2

04.   6.1%  2,743 manhole

05.   5.0%  2,237  Whistle blower

[Rsyu]

Maze runner opening weekend (Fri-Sun)

Admissions: 630,418

Gross:$4.776M

Screens: 648

Showtimes: 8,966

Seat saturation: 37.0%

[alisson23]

Maze runner opening weekend (Fri-Sun)

Admissions: 630,418

Gross:$4.776M

Screens: 648

Showtimes: 8,966

Seat saturation: 37.0%

Woow, Maze Runner already passed The Hunger Games' total!!

It opened higher than Catching fire OW, too

Edited September 21, 2014 by MazeRunner23

[Hernan Gonzalez]

And Begin Again is doing better than DOM and almost doubling what it did all over Europe!!!

[alisson23]

And Begin Again is doing better than DOM and almost doubling what it did all over Europe!!!

WOOOOOOOOWW

[Rsyu]

Woow, Maze Runner already passed The Hunger Games' total!!

It opened higher than Catching fire OW, too

 

Yes but the hunger games franchise bombed pitifully in Korea so unfortunately it isn't saying much at all that it passed it. 

 

Male/female ratio is split evenly 50-50 and surprisingly the main audience for this film seem to be females in their 40s. They also gave the highest rating of 9.60/10.0. I'm not sure whether it's the same for other countries but it strikes me more as a YA film.

 

Naver ratings are pretty high, 8.86/10.0 after 2,414 votes so it should have decent legs. 

[Rsyu]

And Begin Again is doing better than DOM and almost doubling what it did all over Europe!!!

 

Reminiscent of about time's run late last year and earlier this year. Main target audience for these types of films: Koreans

Edited September 21, 2014 by Rsyu

[alisson23]

Yes but the hunger games franchise bombed pitifully in Korea so unfortunately it isn't saying much at all that it passed it. 

 

Male/female ratio is split evenly 50-50 and surprisingly the main audience for this film seem to be females in their 40s. They also gave the highest rating of 9.60/10.0. I'm not sure whether it's the same for other countries but it strikes me more as a YA film.

 

Naver ratings are pretty high, 8.86/10.0 after 2,414 votes so it should have decent legs. 

Maze Runner is opening a bit less than HG in many coutries but is opening better in others. HG is a better movie IMO but I think Maze Runner will do better legs than HG, which weren't sooo good. 

[kayumanggi]

Go Minho!