Films Released in 1998


Date of Release               Title                           Seoul Admissions     Seoul Screens

    Jan 1                 Killer Story                               40,380            10
    Jan 24                Rub Love                                    7,844             4
    Jan 24                Christmas in August                       422,930            17 (+3)
    Feb 14                "Yesu"                                     21,051             1
    Feb 14                Taekwondo                                   3,750             5
    Feb 21                "Majimak sido"                              7,933             6
    Feb 23                Black Trio                                    115             1
    Mar 21                "Mikki"                                       149             2
    Mar 28                Bye June                                    4,662             9
    Apr 4                 The Power of Kangwon Province              15,967             6 (+2)
    Apr 4                 The Story of a Man                         11,997             9
    Apr 11                Two Cops 3                                117,186            21 (+4)
    Apr 18                "Gosu"                                      1,300             2
    Apr 25                The Quiet Family                          343,946            18 (+1)
    May 2                 Saturday Afternoon, 2pm                    23,020            12 (+2)
    May 16                Jjim                                      168,813            17 (+2)
    May 23                Blues                                         245             1
    May 30                Whispering Corridors                      621,032            16 (+5)
    May 30                A Night on the Water                       90,854            13 (+3)
    Jun 10                Public Cemetery Under the Moon '98             39             2
    Jul 11                Toto and Her Ghost Friends (co-prod)        3,543             1 (+1)
    Jul 17                Seventeen                                  52,389            12
    Aug 1                 Bedroom and Courtroom                     147,037            15 (+1)
    Aug 8                 Extra                                      82,114             7 (+2)
    Aug 15                The Soul Guardians                        419,210            26 (+1)
    Aug 22                The Happenings                             14,389             8
    Sep 12                Scent of a Man                            148,781            21 (+1)
    Sep 12                Paradise Lost ("Sillakwon")                46,328            15 (+2)
    Oct 3                 Girls Night Out                           290,502            15
    Oct 3                 An Affair                                 304,666            14 (+4)
    Oct 3                 First Kiss                                 43,366            10 (+2)
    Oct 31                Birdcage Inn                                5,827             8
    Nov 14                A Promise                                 704,600*           21 (+3)
    Nov 21                Spring in My Hometown                      98,753            14 (+1)
    Nov 21                Naked Being ("Kka")                        16,448            16
    Nov 21                American Dragon (co-prod)                   5,434             8
    Nov 28                Kazoku Cinema                               7,367            10
    Nov 28                Zzang                                      51,247            17
    Nov 28                Too Tired To Die                            1,008             4
    Dec 19                If Snow Falls on Christmas                 19,731             8
    Dec 19                If the Sun Rises in the West              145,752*           13 (+1)
    Dec 19                Art Museum by the Zoo                     412,472*           16 (+1)


* Includes admissions from 1999.  All figures are provided by KOFIC, and represent Seoul only
  (which may not be an accurate reflection of nationwide admissions).  The number of screens
  are for the film's opening week only, and the number in parentheses indicates the number
  of screens added later.




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