This post is a little late.  As I mentioned over the weekend, things are very busy with school at the moment.  But I was eventually able to look at the box office totals and I was surprised by what I saw. No, not by the film that was number one, that was pretty much expected, just as I expect Pirates of the Caribbean to be booted out in favor of Kung Fu Panda this coming weekend. I was instead surprised by how many screens Pirates opened on. Over 1000 screens! I think that is a first in Korean cinema.  Also the top two movies took home more than 85% of the box office earnings! The movies opening this week are listed below, but between the Panda, Pirates and Sunny, I wonder if there is any room left for the rest…

1. Collector (us)- d. Marcus Dunstan, starring Josh Stewart, Michael Burke

2. Copa Cabana (fr)– d. Marc Fitoussi, starring Isabelle Huppert, Lolita Chammah

3. Head (kr)– d. Jo Woon, starring Park Ye-jin, Baek Yoon-shik  www.head-movie.co.kr

4. Kung Fu Panda 2 (us)- d. Jennifer Yuh, voiced by Jack Black, Angelina Jolie www.kungfupanda2movie.co.kr

5. Mianhae, Gomaweo (kr)– d. Song Il-gon, Im Soon-rye, et. al, starring Kim Ji-ho, Seo Tae-hwa

6. Two Cops (ch)– d. Feng Cheng, starring Wei Tang, Chao Deng