\t\u201cWicked,\u201d which was by far the highest grossing film in the world this weekend, failed to give the South Korea box office market a much-needed jolt.<\/p>\n
\tThe Jon M. Chu-directed fantasy claimed a strong 45% share of the box office in Korea with $3.58 million earned from 501,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday. Over five days, it collected $4.64 million.
\nKorean-produced \u201cHidden Face\u201d earned $1.75 million, and a more than 21% market share, for second place. Over its full five-day opening, it accumulated $2.41 million.<\/p>\n
\tDirected by Kim Dae-woo (\u201cObsessed\u201d), the film is a remake of the 2011 Spanish-Columbian picture of the same title. It involves a woman who is thought to have disappeared, but instead is trapped in a secret room in her house. She is forced to be an observer as her fianc\u00e9 becomes romantically entangled with another woman. It stars Cho Yeo-jeong, Song Seung-heon and Park Ji-hyun.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t \t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t \t \t\t \t \tWhile the new releases elevated the box office to a weekend total of $7.96 million, up from $5.71 million the previous week, another sub-$10 million session points to further pain for Korea\u2019s theatrical distributors and exhibitors. Korean audiences have found alternatives online and nowadays only turn out for the biggest event movies.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cGladiator II\u201d slipped from first place on its opening weekend to third. It earned $978,000 between Friday and Sunday, for a 12-day total of $5.12 million.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cHear Me Our Summer,\u201d took $624,000 in its third weekend of release. The film is a Korean remake of a 2009 hit Taiwanese romantic comedy in which a young man helps out with his sister, a hearing-impaired swimmer, and slowly falls in love with a girl he meets. After 19-days on release it has amassed $4.72 million.<\/p>\n
\tNewly-released, Japanese animation, \u201cMy Hero Academia the Movie: You\u2019re Next\u201d earned $204,000 over the weekend and $308,000 over its opening five-day run.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cVenom: The Last Dance\u201d earned $116,000 for sixth place. Its $12.2 million total earned since Oct. 23 puts it just outside the Korean top ten this year.<\/p>\n
\tA rerelease of Japanese film \u201cEven if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight\u201d earned $95,000. So too did Korean title \u201cDevils Stay\u201d in its second weekend.<\/p>\n
\tLong-running U.S. animation, \u201cThe Wild Robot\u201d added $42,000 for a total of $4.40 million. Korean comedy-drama \u201cAmazon Bullseye\u201d added $20,000 for a total of $3.79 million after four weekends on release. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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