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2016.11.04 ~ 2016.11.06

2016.11.04 ~ 2016.11.06

"Doctor Strange" and"Luck.Key"capture 83% of the box office pie...

Marvel's "Doctor Strange" retained pole position by attracting another million admissions (58.6%) during its second weekend out in Korea. The film's first weekend saw 1.6 million filmgoers flock to its screens (63%), and with this weekend's take included, the film's totally tally swelled to 3.9 million ($30.4 million). Worldwide, Scott Derrickson's "Doctor Strange" has grossed $325.4 million having been produced for an estimated $165 million.

Lee Gye-byeok's comedy drama"Luck.Key"(starringYoo Hae-jin,Lee JoonandJo Yoon-hee) lead the pack three weeks ago, before Marvel's latest came to town, and remains the most popular local flick in second place. From the 848 screens allocated, 450,923 admissions came"Luck.Key"'s way as its bottom line now moved to $45.2 million (6.3 million admissions). Lee's sophomore film (after "The Beast and the Beauty") is now the eighth highest-grossing film of the year behind "The Wailing" (6.8 million) and"Operation Chromite"(7 million).

Third place went again to Lee Do-hwan's fear film"Hide-and-Never Seek"(aka "Hide-and-Never Seek") starring withRyoo Deok-hwan,Jo Bok-raeandLee Soo-bin."Hide-and-Never Seek"is Lee's debut feature, and with the 125,225 admissions (4.3%) it claimed over the weekend from 498 screens, his first film's figures have increased to 273,028 ($1.8 million). David Mackenzie's neo-western "Hell or High Water" (starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine), which premiered at Cannes back in May under the Un Certain Regard section, arrived last Thursday and found itself in fourth with 38,333 (2%) during its first weekend out. It was closely followed by the Japanese animation "Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland" by director Shôjirô Nakazawa with 38.098 admissions (1.9%).

Jeon In-hwan's documentary "Moo-hyun, the Story of Two Cities" about South Korea's former president, the late Roh Moo-hyun, climbed two places to settle in sixth with 35,613 admissions (1.9%), followed by the Thai romance film "Teacher's Diary" (2014) on 30,827 (1.9%). For the past three week's South Korea filmgoers have been enjoying a re-release of Nick Cassavetes's 2004 romantic drama "The Notebook", and with the 24,364 admissions the film claimed over this past weekend, the film's reappearance has attracted over half a million (562,369 admissions, or $3.3 million). "The Notebook" was made for $29 million and eventually went on to gross $115.6 million worldwide.

The Chinese animation "The Little Mermaid: Attack of the Pirates" nestled in ninth with 20,917 admissions (1%), and the final slot in the top ten went to Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name, "Inferno". "Inferno" is the third film in the Robert Langdon series of films (after "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons) and was released in Korea mid-October where it entered in second place. Since its release, however, the film has been slipping towards the wrong end of the chart (last weekend it claimed fourth with 56,383 admissions) and fell six places here having scored just 19.792 admissions (1%). With this weekend haul added, "Inferno" has grossed $4.8 million (675,250) in Korea alone, and, worldwide, Howard's adaptation has banked $185.4 million (the film was produced for $75 million).

Korean Box Office - Admissions for the Weekend 2016.11.04 - 2016.11.06 (www.kobis.or.kr)

#FilmsRelease dateWeek-endTotal
1"Doctor Strange" 1 002 3023 966 679
2"Luck.Key"(럭키)2016/10/13450 9236 384 003
3"Hide-and-Never Seek"(혼숨)2016/10/2648 275273 028
4"Hell or High Water" 38 33548 501
5"Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland" (手裏剣戦隊ニンニンジャーVSトッキュウジャー THE MOVIE 忍者・イン・ワンダーランド) 38 09841 116
6"Moo-hyun, the Story of Two Cities" (무현, 두 도시 이야기)2016/10/2635 61370 317
7"The Teacher's Diary" (คิดถึงวิทยา) 30 82751 344
8"The Notebook" 24 364562 369
9"The Little Mermaid: Attack of the Pirates" 20 91722 465
10"Inferno" 19 792675 250
Korean movies only 
 "Spy Nation"(자백)2016/10/134 345119 615
 "Twenty Again - Movie" (두 번째 스물)2016/11/034 3247 243
 "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned"(가려진 시간)2016/11/163 3849 503
 "Split"(스플릿)2016/11/092 46010 092
 "Queen of Walking"(걷기왕)2016/10/201 77089 051
 "See-Saw"(시소)2016/11/101 2601 884
 "The Bacchus Lady" (죽여주는 여자)2016/10/061 049115 277
 "For the End of Time"(시간의 종말)2016/11/037452 204
 "Yourself and Yours"(당신 자신과 당신의 것)2016/11/10425639
 "Asura: The City of Madness"(아수라)2016/09/283502 593 410

 -Chris Wheeler

Source from :Hancinema