South Korea Box Office

[Olive]

Thursday(no final numbers): 
1.The Master-231,419   (-25.4%)    4,067,440    
2.Rogue One-98,153   (-32.4%)    245,588
3.Sing- 78,318   (12.4%)    829,429
4.La La Land- 59,260   (-14.1%)    2,194,369    
5.Pandora-46,628   (-22.1%)    4,153,274    

 

Big drop for RO after culture day opening,

Sing increased from yesterday and last Thurs(+138% !), great for it.

LLL +6% from last week too.

[terrestrial]

 

Wednesday, final

Dec 28, 2016 

Rank	Film		Release Date	Daily Gross (Total)	Admissions (Total)	Number of  Screens	Revenue  Share
1		Master South Korea  (CJ E&M Corp.)	Dec 21, 2016	$1,553,832 ($25,332,965)	310,391 (3,836,021)	1,263	40.98%
2		ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY U.S.	Dec 28, 2016	$848,484 ($875,503)	145,104 (147,435)	907	22.38%
3		Sing U.S.	Dec 21, 2016	$365,871 ($4,794,741)	69,659 (751,111)	581	9.65%
4		LA LA LAND U.S.	Dec 07, 2016	$348,553 ($14,797,370)	68,974 (2,135,109)	517	9.19%
5		Pandora South Korea  (Contents Panda)	Dec 07, 2016	$291,910 ($26,709,248)	59,865 (4,106,646)	551	7.7%
6		Will You Be There? South Korea  (Lotte)	Dec 14, 2016	$103,165 ($7,045,158)	20,951 (1,067,448)	335	2.72%
7		Rudolf the Black Cat Japan	Dec 28, 2016	$72,435 ($85,339)	12,326 (14,051)	285	1.91%
8		HAIKYU!! The Winner and the Loser Japan	Dec 28, 2016	$52,753 ($59,112)	9,955 (10,815)	103	1.39%
9		Po-ket-mon Deo Mu-bi XY&Z 「Bol-ke-ni-on : Gi-gye-wang-guk-ui Bi-mil Japan	Dec 22, 2016	$42,366 ($1,077,204)	7,557 (171,224)	208	1.11%
10		Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden Austria,Luxembourg	Dec 22, 2016	$12,043 ($115,058)	2,191 (17,603)	44	0.31%

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[efialtes76]

1 hour ago, Olive said:

Thursday(no final numbers): 
1.The Master-231,419   (-25.4%)    4,067,440    
2.Rogue One-98,153   (-32.4%)    245,588
3.Sing- 78,318   (12.4%)    829,429
4.La La Land- 59,260   (-14.1%)    2,194,369    
5.Pandora-46,628   (-22.1%)    4,153,274    

 

Big drop for RO after culture day opening,

Sing increased from yesterday and last Thurs(+138% !), great for it.

LLL +6% from last week too.

SK loves musicals!

[Olive]

Friday(no final numbers): 
1.The Master-324,388   (+39.1%)    4,393,658
2.Rogue One-135,053    (+36.4%)    381,521
3.Sing- 99,895   (+27.4%)    929,386
4.La La Land- 79,324    (+32.8%)    2,274,166   
5.Pandora- 64,624    (+37.6%)    4,218,220

 

Sing +127% from last Friday

LLL +7%

Master -22% 
 

 

[chrisman0606]

Disney put RO on this weekend to avoid local competition but still it is not working. 

[TigerPaw]

34 minutes ago, chrisman0606 said:

Disney put RO on this weekend to avoid local competition but still it is not working. 

They should have placed it last weekend. =(

[terrestrial]

22 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

They should have placed it last weekend. =(

definitively no, that ould have been worse IMHO

[terrestrial]

Thursday, final

Dec 29, 2016 

Rank	Film		Release Date	Daily Gross (Total)	Admissions (Total)	Number of  Screens	Revenue  Share
1		Master South Korea  (CJ E&M Corp.)	Dec 21, 2016	$1,468,117 ($26,906,160)	233,255 (4,069,270)	1,224	39.51%
2		ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY U.S.	Dec 28, 2016	$695,714 ($1,574,850)	99,033 (246,468)	880	18.72%
3		Sing U.S.	Dec 21, 2016	$459,428 ($5,274,064)	78,380 (829,491)	585	12.36%
4		LA LA LAND U.S.	Dec 07, 2016	$381,548 ($15,240,319)	59,733 (2,194,842)	513	10.26%
5		Pandora South Korea  (Contents Panda)	Dec 07, 2016	$283,120 ($27,103,135)	46,957 (4,153,596)	519	7.62%
6		Rudolf the Black Cat Japan	Dec 28, 2016	$103,117 ($188,810)	17,700 (31,751)	303	2.77%
7		Will You Be There? South Korea  (Lotte)	Dec 14, 2016	$92,842 ($7,167,233)	14,900 (1,082,348)	298	2.49%
8		Po-ket-mon Deo Mu-bi XY&Z 「Bol-ke-ni-on : Gi-gye-wang-guk-ui Bi-mil Japan	Dec 22, 2016	$59,327 ($1,141,001)	10,236 (181,460)	193	1.59%
9		The English Patient U.S.  (Miramax Films)	Mar 15, 1997	$22,432 ($76,655)	3,606 (13,637)	4	0.6%
10		HAIKYU!! The Winner and the Loser Japan	Dec 28, 2016	$20,268 ($79,626)	3,419 (14,234)	101	0.54%

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[Sam]

SK box office is a bit on the low right now I guess. Cause Master look pretty dire (IMO) and it's doing the best business.

 

Really looking forward to Battleship Island next year. Any local members know if there's a release date for it yet? TIA. 

[eXtacy]

Whats going on with Your Name pre sales. Was nearly at 50k now its 23k

[Olive]

12 minutes ago, eXtacy said:

Whats going on with Your Name pre sales. Was nearly at 50k now its 23k

Previews this weekend

[terrestrial]

 

Friday, final

Dec 30, 2016 

Rank	Film		Release Date	Daily Gross (Total)	Admissions (Total)	Number of  Screens	Revenue  Share
1		Master South Korea  (CJ E&M Corp.)	Dec 21, 2016	$2,306,845 ($29,212,984)	328,328 (4,397,595)	1,206	41.22%
2		ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY U.S.	Dec 28, 2016	$1,050,236 ($2,625,086)	136,486 (382,954)	858	18.77%
3		Sing U.S.	Dec 21, 2016	$652,683 ($5,926,748)	100,029 (929,520)	631	11.66%
4		LA LA LAND U.S.	Dec 07, 2016	$571,750 ($15,812,061)	80,292 (2,275,133)	531	10.21%
5		Pandora South Korea  (Contents Panda)	Dec 07, 2016	$433,638 ($27,536,734)	65,309 (4,218,899)	535	7.75%
6		Rudolf the Black Cat Japan	Dec 28, 2016	$155,946 ($344,756)	23,805 (55,556)	333	2.78%
7		Will You Be There? South Korea  (Lotte)	Dec 14, 2016	$137,774 ($7,305,007)	19,718 (1,102,066)	314	2.46%
8		Po-ket-mon Deo Mu-bi XY&Z 「Bol-ke-ni-on : Gi-gye-wang-guk-ui Bi-mil Japan	Dec 22, 2016	$87,182 ($1,228,183)	13,479 (194,939)	214	1.55%
9		The English Patient U.S.  (Miramax Films)	Mar 15, 1997	$27,110 ($103,766)	4,199 (17,836)	4	0.48%
10		HAIKYU!! The Winner and the Loser Japan	Dec 28, 2016	$22,044 ($101,670)	3,487 (17,721)	102	0.39%

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[terrestrial]

the top 10 of 2016 for the moment acc Insidekion.de

Only #3 and #10 are not local films

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2016
Nr.	admissions	Film
	11.565.476	Train to Busan
	9.707.581	A Violent Prosecutor
3	8.677.249	The First Avenger - Civil War
	7.500.101	The Age of Shadows
	7.120.508	Tunnel
	7.049.537	Operation Chromite
	6.974.996	Luck.Key
	6.879.908	The Wailing
	5.598.967	The Last Princess
10	5.445.402	Doctor Strange

 

 

[TigerPaw]

22 hours ago, terrestrial said:

definitively no, that ould have been worse IMHO

Does Word of Mouth work in S. Korea?

I know some small markets in Asia where Word of Mouth is almost useless because of lack of screens..
My question is, if R1 opened last weekend with The Master, would it have done better overall due to WOM? Or even Dec 15 along with other Asia markets..

Since the current release date means it does not really have any holidays to enjoy, other than monday.

[Olive]

2016 ends up breaking all-time record 1743B Korean Won, +1.6% from last year.

In Admissions, 2016(217,013,809) is just 300K behind last year.

[efialtes76]

Saturday(no final)

 

1.The Master-532,329/4,929,924

2.Rogue One-212,057/595,012

3.Sing-133,455/1,062,975

4.La La Land-106,916/2,382,049

5.Pandora-93,835/4,312,734

 

Happy New Year!

[chasmmi]

31 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

Does Word of Mouth work in S. Korea?

I know some small markets in Asia where Word of Mouth is almost useless because of lack of screens..
My question is, if R1 opened last weekend with The Master, would it have done better overall due to WOM? Or even Dec 15 along with other Asia markets..

Since the current release date means it does not really have any holidays to enjoy, other than monday.

 

WOM and critic response can make or break a film here. 

 

Begin Again for example made crazy money here. La La Land isn't slowing down either. 

 

Now You See Me 2  outgrossed Finding Dory because of Good Will from the first.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy got annihilated here when it tried to open against a local juggernaut, Star Wars would have been the same.

 

About 4-6 times a year, a local film is released that you have to treat in the same Way USA treats May Marvel releases where nothing will survive against them. 

 

 

 

[terrestrial]

1 minute ago, TigerPaw said:

Does Word of Mouth work in S. Korea?
I know some small markets in Asia where Word of Mouth is almost useless because of lack of screens..
My question is, if R1 opened last weekend with The Master, would it have done better overall due to WOM? Or even Dec 15 along with other Asia markets..
Since the current release date means it does not really have any holidays to enjoy, other than monday.

I think we posted at the same time 

I added the top 10 of 2016 to show about why I think local films are, at least this year, very strong in SK, and why it would not have been a good idea to let S R1 start with another local new film. 

I think those local films get a lot of press locally (BO)..., GotG then got so drowned out beside being an MCU film, what it made in comparison was really bad beside it having great WOM. With the 'few' people that saw it.

This year only 2 non-local films made it into the admission top 10, both are MCU films, only to point out, why I think GotG result is so... poor.

MCU seems to be big, SW not as established.

Like in 2015 SW 7 had 3.272.884 admissions acc Insidekino.de 2,803,256 of those in 2015 acc. KOBIZ

 

SW 7 was on #23 of 2015 acc KOBIZ, but they seem to have the Year-to-date method = might be a bit higher on a chart used like at BOM.. = the 'released in ...' charts, that adds the next years income too (BOM has two charts, but the 2015 or 2016... is released in)

 

In 2016 an admission count of 3.272.884 would mean #19 on the 2016 year's list. In the most OS markets SW R1 got OW's... let's say something between 30% and 50% of what SW 7 made (rounding for more simple) = if SW R1 drops in SK also between 505 and 70%... 

Why listing all this:

I think SW R1 is nothing big in SK and as such would really have drowned if getting released together with a big local film. A local film, that made within 11 days enough to be placed #13 of 2016 with 4,552,905 admissions, a count SW 7 didn't got near to in 2015 calendar (2,803,256) In 2015 it started together with - again - a local blockbuster.

It's less the single or two holidays missing in my POV, it's the getting drowned / missing awareness too

 

As an comparison, OW at 18.12.2015 - 20.12.2015

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1	1.110.410	---	1.007	1.103	1.531.247	1	The  Himalayas
2	901.879	---	940	959	1.071.696	1	Star Wars VII

 

 

SW R1 has at least a total of 592,154 till during Saturday, Saturday count might increase a little bit (not sure, as I guess they close the cinemas too for late screenings), still has Sunday for the opening. It had one inflated day based on a local holiday, Sunday might get a jump up over the Saturday count of 200k something = I still think it is looking like they knew what they were doing for choosing the date = see the OS drop rate already being better at Saturday.

 

It's difficult to describe feelings about a situation instead of hard numbers, I hope my formulations were clear enough?

[Olive]

2016 TOP 20 

Rank	Film		Release Date	Yearly Gross	Admissions	Number of  Screens	Revenue  Share
1		TRAIN TO BUSAN South Korea  (Contents Panda)	Jul 20, 2016	$77,326,376	11,565,479	1,788	5.34%
2		A Violent Prosecutor South Korea  (Showbox)	Feb 03, 2016	$64,166,310	9,707,581	1,812	4.43%
3		Captain America: Civil War U.S.	Apr 27, 2016	$60,308,806	8,677,249	1,991	4.16%
4		The Age of Shadows South Korea  (FINECUT)	Sep 07, 2016	$50,846,294	7,500,420	1,444	3.51%
5		Tunnel South Korea  (Showbox)	Aug 10, 2016	$47,742,311	7,120,508	1,105	3.3%
6		Operation Chromite South Korea  (CJ, FINECUT)	Jul 27, 2016	$45,727,311	7,049,643	1,049	3.16%
7		LUCK-KEY South Korea  (Showbox)	Oct 13, 2016	$46,841,883	6,975,291	1,234	3.23%
8		THE WAILING South Korea  (FINECUT)	May 12, 2016	$46,359,768	6,879,908	1,485	3.2%
9		The Last Princess South Korea  (Lotte)	Aug 03, 2016	$36,841,351	5,599,229	964	2.54%
10		Doctor Strange U.S.	Oct 26, 2016	$39,404,024	5,446,241	1,503	2.72%
11		Master South Korea  (CJ E&M Corp.)	Dec 21, 2016	$33,016,597	4,935,339	1,501	2.28%
12		Zootopia U.S.	Feb 17, 2016	$30,785,110	4,706,158	735	2.12%
13		Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them U.S.,U.K.	Nov 16, 2016	$32,616,327	4,662,759	1,431	2.25%
14		Pandora South Korea  (Contents Panda)	Dec 07, 2016	$28,177,077	4,313,577	1,184	1.94%
15		The Handmaiden South Korea  (CJ)	Jun 01, 2016	$29,220,938	4,287,839	1,171	2.01%
16		Kung Fu Panda 3 U.S.  (DreamWorks Animation)	Jan 28, 2016	$26,008,961	3,984,812	1,365	1.79%
17		Spirits' Homecoming South Korea  (M-Line Distribution)	Feb 24, 2016	$22,613,891	3,587,173	876	1.56%
18		Deadpool U.S.	Feb 17, 2016	$22,900,928	3,317,196	1,036	1.58%
19		Now You See Me 2 U.S.	Jul 13, 2016	$20,843,726	3,100,113	1,200	1.44%
20		MY ANNOYING BROTHER South Korea  (CJ E&M Corp.)	Nov 23, 2016	$19,182,611	2,979,780	993	1.32%

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[Olive]

2016 TOP 15 INTERNATIONAL MOVIES

Rank	Film		Release Date	Yearly Gross	Admissions	Number of  Screens	Revenue  Share
1		Captain America: Civil War U.S.	Apr 27, 2016	$60,308,806	8,677,249	1,991	8.91%
2		Doctor Strange U.S.	Oct 26, 2016	$39,404,024	5,446,241	1,503	5.82%
3		Zootopia U.S.	Feb 17, 2016	$30,785,110	4,706,158	735	4.55%
4		Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them U.S.,U.K.	Nov 16, 2016	$32,616,327	4,662,759	1,431	4.82%
5		Kung Fu Panda 3 U.S.  (DreamWorks Animation)	Jan 28, 2016	$26,008,961	3,984,812	1,365	3.84%
6		Deadpool U.S.	Feb 17, 2016	$22,900,928	3,317,196	1,036	3.38%
7		Now You See Me 2 U.S.	Jul 13, 2016	$20,843,726	3,100,113	1,200	3.08%
8		X-Men: Apocalypse U.S.	May 25, 2016	$20,305,301	2,938,818	1,262	3%
9		Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children U.S.,Belgium,U.K.	Sep 28, 2016	$18,125,489	2,718,158	904	2.67%
10		Jason Bourne U.S.	Jul 27, 2016	$17,637,705	2,611,966	827	2.6%
11		Finding Dory U.S.	Jul 06, 2016	$17,181,660	2,601,734	1,091	2.53%
12		The Jungle Book U.S.	Jun 09, 2016	$17,856,969	2,537,438	924	2.63%
13		The Secret Life of Pets U.S.	Aug 03, 2016	$16,104,927	2,520,670	726	2.38%
14		LA LA LAND U.S.	Dec 07, 2016	$16,585,059	2,383,457	727	2.45%
15		Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice U.S.	Mar 24, 2016	$15,689,831	2,256,913	1,709	2.31%

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