South Korea Box Office

[Rsyu]

Upcoming films schedule

 

October

 

10/16

The November man

Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au bon Dieu?, Serial Bad Weddings

Kill your darlings

Walking on sunshine

The Golden era

 

10/23

we are brothers (*)

Red carpet (*)

playing it cool

gone girl

Mindscape

Boyhood

 

10/30

Before I go to sleep

 

To be determined:

My dictator (*)

The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol (*)

 

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November

 

11/06

Interstellar

Fashion King (*)

 

11/13

Set me free (*)

The other woman

Cart (*)

 

11/20

Fury

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

 

To be decided:

Gangnam 1970 (*)

Dumb and dumber to

 

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December

 

12/17

The Hobbit: The battle of the five armies

 

To be determined:

Gugje Market (*)

Penguins of madagascar

Big match (*)

Exodus: Gods and Kings

 

 

(*)=local films

[Rsyu]

Also, The pirates reached 8,660,247 admissions yesterday (Oct. 12th) to overtake Miss granny's score of 8,657,050 admissions. 

This makes it the most attended comedy film of 2014 thus far and the 16th most attended film of all time. Great run

Edited October 13, 2014 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

South Korea top 100 films (Admissions)

 

01. 17,606,664 Roaring Currents

02. 13,624,328 Avatar
03. 13,019,740 The host
04. 12,983,330 The thieves
05. 12,811,206 Miracle in cell no.7
06. 12,319,542 Masquerade
07. 12,302,831 King and the clown
08. 11,746,135 Taegukgi: Brotherhood of war
09. 11,453,338 Haeundae
10. 11,375,944 The Attorney
11. 11,081,000 Silmido
12. 10,296,101 Frozen
13.   9,349,991 Snowpiercer
14.   9,134,586 Face reader
15.   9,001,309 Iron man 3
16.   8,660,247 The pirates
17.   8,657,050 Miss Granny
18.   8,487,894 Take off
19.   8,426,973 D-war
20.   8,245,523 Scandal makers
21.   8,008,622 Welcome to Dongmakgol
22.   7,784,807 Transformers: Dark of the moon
23.   7,575,899 Mission Impossible: Ghost protocol
24.   7,505,700 Transformers: Revenge of the fallen
25.   7,470,633 War of the arrows
26.   7,440,531 Transformers
27.   7,362,467 Sunny
28.   7,307,993 May 18
29.   7,166,199 The Berlin file
30.   7,074,867 The Avengers
31.   6,959,083 Secretly, Greatly
32.   6,847,777 Tazza
33.   6,686,912 The good, the bad, the ugly
34.   6,654,837 The werewolf boy
35.   6,619,498 200 pounds beauty
36.   6,396,528 The Dark knight rises
37.   6,282,774 The man from nowhere
38.   6,136,928 Woochi
39.   6,105,431 My boss, My teacher
40.   5,960,000 Lord of the rings: Return of the King
41.   5,926,948 Inception
42.   5,911,890 Les Miserables
43.   5,820,000 Swiri
44.   5,740,789 Mission impossible 3
45.   5,635,266 Marrying the mafia 2: Enemy-in-law
46.   5,604,104 Hide and seek
47.   5,583,596 The terror live
48.   5,508,017 Cold eyes
49.   5,507,106 Secret Reunion
50.   5,462,953 2012
51.   5,310,510 Punch
52.   5,295,929 Transformers: Age of Extinction
53.   5,255,376 Memories of murder
54.   5,237,525 World war Z
55.   5,183,000 Lord of the rings: The two towers
56.   5,181,014 Tower
57.   5,148,022 Marathon
58.   5,071,619 The Chaser
59.   5,062,722 Kung-fu panda 2
60.   4,966,571 Pirates of the Caribbean: At world's end
61.   4,937,573 My tutor friend
62.   4,935,660 Spider-man 3
63.   4,909,937 The grand heist
64.   4,853,123 The amazing spider-man
65.   4,786,259 DETECTIVE K : Secret of Virtuous Widow
66.   4,774,717 Kundo: Age of the rampant
67.   4,774,146 Nameless Gangster : Rules of the Time
68.   4,697,112 Edge of tomorrow
69.   4,682,492 New world
70.   4,673,009 Kung-fu panda
71.   4,662,822 Silenced
72.   4,628,903 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's chest
73.   4,612,831 Night at the museum
74.   4,598,583 All about my wife
75.   4,568,891 Terminator salvation: The future war begins
76.   4,554,785 Mama Mia!
77.   4,515,833 Deranged
78.   4,498,335 Iron man 2
79.   4,400,298 Harry Potter and the deathly hallows pt.2
80.   4,316,003 Iron man
81.   4,313,446 X-men: Days of future past
82.   4,300,670 Public enemy returns
83.   4,232,430 King kong
84.   4,164,946 The Amazing Spider-man 2
85.   4,136,101 Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
86.   4,131,873 The suspect
87.   4,110,645 Architecture 101
88.   4,094,395 Typhoon
89.   4,094,395 The mummy 3: Tomb of the dragon emperor
90.   4,088,799 My girlfriend is an agent
91.   4,087,355 The Dark knight
92.   4,082,797 Sex is Zero
93.   4,057,546 Dancing queen
94.   4,044,582 Forever the moment
95.   4,002,539 Dawn of the planet of the apes
96.   4,000,000 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
97.   3,970,512 Tazza 2
98.   3,962,812 Captain America: The winter Soldier
99.   3,911,356 Another public enemy
100. 3,897,969 Man on the edge

  

Local film:62 Foreign film:38

Edited October 13, 2014 by Rsyu

[chasmmi]

So it looks like I am visiting the cinema 3 maybe 4 times max between now and the end of the year

[Rsyu]

So it looks like I am visiting the cinema 3 maybe 4 times max between now and the end of the year

 

Sounds sensible, which ones are they?

 

I plan to see Annabelle, interstellar, Exodus & Hobbit3 for certain. Maybe fury too if it gets a good reaction. Undecided on boyhood.

I only watch local films if it gets good word of mouth, so maybe just one or two local films before the end of the year. 

[chasmmi]

Sounds sensible, which ones are they?

 

I plan to see Annabelle, interstellar, Exodus & Hobbit3 for certain. Maybe fury too if it gets a good reaction. Undecided on boyhood.

I only watch local films if it gets good word of mouth, so maybe just one or two local films before the end of the year. 

 

Hunger Games, Exodus, Dumb and Dumber and possibly Interstellar.

 

It is possible that in certain scenarios I could be dragged to Penguins, Hobbit or something unforeseen and same scenario as you regarding local stuff.

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (October 13)

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

 

01.    63,716     (851,246)     $431K           (--)                 [581] <My Love, my bride> 

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02.    42,799     (598,235)     $298K           (--)                 [406] <Dracula Untold> 
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03.    30,970  (1,289,838)     $203K      (-48.1%)            [471] <Whistle Blower> 
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04.    15,541  (1,039,034)     $106K      (-60.7%)            [372] <Slow Video>  
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05.    13,287  (2,543,313)       $91K      (-45.6%)            [313] <The maze runner>
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06.    12,861     (763,198)       $88K      (-64.2%)            [308] <Annabelle> 

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07.      8,737  (3,979,249)       $34K     (+247%)              [79] <Tazza 2> 

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08.      8,307     (433,880)       $56K      (-71.4%)           [296] <Scarlet Innocence> 

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09.      7,019  (3,340,638)       $48K      (-48.6%)           [215] <Begin again> 

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10.       6,861     (114,408)       $50K           (--)                [259] <Manhole> 
 

Total admissions: 221,908
Total Gross: $1.508 million
 

Begin again cume: $25.186 million

The Maze runner cume: $17.820 million

 

Current presales

01. 16.7%    (7,467) My Love, my bride

02. 11.9%    (5,313) Whistle blower

03.   9.2%    (4,109) Dracula Untold

04.   6.7%    (3,387) The november man

05.   5.5%    (2,464) Slow video

[Rsyu]

Tazza 2 rebounds out of nowhere. 

 

It's admissions is higher but gross is lower than the film below it. What this basically means is that the studio is handing out free tickets in an effort to push the film over 4 million admissions.

 

It's a pretty cheap stunt and it's well known that many local films that have over 10 million admissions used a similar tactic. 

[Rsyu]

Largest Cinema in Asia opens in Jamsil Seoul, South Korea

Lotte Cinema world tower opened today (October 15th) and it becomes the largest cinema in Asia with a total of 21 screens and 4600 seats.

It boasts the SUPER PLEX G screen, which is a new Guiness record for the largest screen in the world (34m across, 13.8m high), the largest 4D auditorium (SUPER 4D) in Korea and also the first 4K quad projector system in Asia as well as the best sound system technology around (Dolby ATMOS). All in all very cutting edge stuff.

It is the centrepiece to the building 'lotte tower' and is being dubbed as the "art movie city", a concept that is reinforced by all the special auditoriums available on each floor which all has it's own unique interior design concept.

The SUPER PLEX G auditorium in particular can hold up to 622 people and is divided into 2 floors giving it the feel of an opera theatre. The SUPER 4D also hold 220 people making it the largest 4D auditorium in Korea.

The 4K quad projector uses twice the resolution of 2K used in digital screens with double the pixels giving allowing for a much clearer image.

Edited October 15, 2014 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

Just 10 minutes from where I live. Sweet

[Tower]

It may be the biggest in Seats or physical size of the entire complex, but there are 3 theatres in Israel with more than 21 screens.

[Rsyu]

It may be the biggest in Seats or physical size of the entire complex, but there are 3 theatres in Israel with more than 21 screens.

I'm not sure what the definition of 'largest' hinges on, the news reports fail to mention it. Maybe it's based on seats? How many seats does the theatres with +21 auditoriums in Israel hold?

Edited October 15, 2014 by Rsyu

[chasmmi]

I'm not sure what the definition of 'largest' hinges on, the news reports fail to mention it. Maybe it's based on seats? How many seats does the theatres with +21 auditoriums in Israel hold?

 

It may also rely a little on the definition of 'Asia' too, which can sometimes throw up interesting scenarios where Asia apparently begins at India, or even China.

 

Will be interesting to see what the ticket prices are.

 

Also Kudos to Lotte for taking the unusual route of opening such a behemoth just in time for the end of cinema season

[Rsyu]

It may also rely a little on the definition of 'Asia' too, which can sometimes throw up interesting scenarios where Asia apparently begins at India, or even China.

Will be interesting to see what the ticket prices are.

Also Kudos to Lotte for taking the unusual route of opening such a behemoth just in time for the end of cinema season

So true, lotte could have "conveniently" defined several countries as non-asian and really pushed this idea as it being the biggest in Asia to get a positive reception in Korea.

As for the opening date, every day they delay opening, it's costing them a fortune in revenue. They've recieved a lot of accusation from the media and society in general that they rushed in the construction process so I think this is really the earliest possible date they could have opened. Now all it takes is one accident and it's bye bye lotte

Edited October 15, 2014 by Rsyu

[chasmmi]

So true, lotte could have "conveniently" defined several countries as non-asian and really pushed this idea as it being the biggest in Asia to get a positive reception in Korea.

As for the opening date, every day they delay opening, it's costing them a fortune in revenue. They've recieved a lot of accusation from the media and society in general that they rushed in the construction process so I think this is really the earliest possible date they could have opened. Now all it takes is one accident and it's bye bye lotte

 

True.

 

Is it not also the tallest building in Korea as well now, or was that another thing that's planned/in progress?

[Rsyu]

True.

 

Is it not also the tallest building in Korea as well now, or was that another thing that's planned/in progress?

 

The one and only. Lotte had to get a special building permit to reroute the plane flight path because there was a danger of collision. Right now that tower (main building) is only half finished in construction, really shows how desperate lotte was to open this thing. I made a quick visit today and most of the stores weren't ready to open yet. 

[Rsyu]

Multiplex theatres in Korea

 

These are the three biggest Multiplex theatre chains in Korea. 

 

MEGABOX

Number of theatres: 67

Total number of screens: 478

Total number of seats: 75,138

 

Biggest theatre: Megabox COEX

-16 screens

-3,500 seats

 

CGV

Number of theatres: 127

Total number of screens: 980

Total number of seats: 161,407

 

Biggest theatre: CGV Incheon

-14 screens

-3,390 seats

 

Lotte Cinema

Number of theatres: 127

Total number of screens: 809

Total number of seats: 133,332

 

Biggest theatre: Lotte Cinema World Tower

-21 screens

-4,600 seats

 

All in all, including drive in theatres, there are a total of 796 theatres in Korea. Out of these 189 have been shut down and another 65 is temporarily closed leaving 542 active theatres. The three multiplex chains above account for 59.22% of all nationwide theatres. The percentage in screens and seats is much much higher.

Edited October 15, 2014 by Rsyu

[Tower]

I'm not sure what the definition of 'largest' hinges on, the news reports fail to mention it. Maybe it's based on seats? How many seats does the theatres with +21 auditoriums in Israel hold?

 

Seats does make sense, as far as I can tell the largest theatre in Israel has 26 screens and 4000 seats. There are another couple of theatres with 23 screens, but they probably have less than 4600 seats.

[Hernan Gonzalez]

I though the largest cinema complex was in Madrid. I am not saying that we are giving a good use to such a large complex but here it is  

 

"Kinepolis Madrid opened in Spain on 17 September 1998; it is the world's largest cinema complex and has a total seating capacity of 9,200 with 25 screens, each seating between 211 and 996 people."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex_(movie_theater)

[chasmmi]

I though the largest cinema complex was in Madrid. I am not saying that we are giving a good use to such a large complex but here it is

 

"Kinepolis Madrid opened in Spain on 17 September 1998; it is the world's largest cinema complex and has a total seating capacity of 9,200 with 25 screens, each seating between 211 and 996 people."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex_(movie_theater)

 

I know I said there were many definitions of Asia, but I am pretty confident that none of those definitions include Madrid