Korean Box Office: August 19-21
22nd August 2011
The new film Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon is full of surprises. Not only did it successfully fend of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes to maintain the number one place in the box office, but it also has already had more viewers than the heavily advertised summer blockbusters Sector 7 and Quick. Between those three Korean-made films, Sector 3 was the clear loser, plummeting five places this week with two-million-plus viewers. It may just barely reach 2.5 million before closing in theaters. We are now in the final week of summer and there are many movies opening this coming week to try to get viewers into the theater before they head back to school. However, looking over them, there is not much there that will cause much shuffling in the upper tiers of the box office charts. Details on the films are listed below, after the image.
Bbongddol (kr)– d. Oh Myeol, starring Kim Min-hyeok, Lee Kyeong-joon
Bridesmaids (us)– d. Paul Feig, starring Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne www.bridesmaids.kr
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (fr) — d. Jan Kounen, Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (us)– d. Troy Nixey, starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pierce www.dontbeafraid.kr
Drive Angry (us) –d. Patrick Lussier, starring Nicholas Cage, Amber Heard www.driveangry3d.co.kr
Eoigeu Jeo Guitgeot (kr)– d. Oh Myeol, starring Oh Yeong-soon, Moon Seok-beom
Hangover 2 (us)– d. Todd Phillips, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms www.hangover2.kr
Hoshi O Ou Kodomo (jp)– d. Makoto Shinkai, voiced by Sumi Shinamoto, Fumiko Orikasa
Invasion of the Alien Bikini (kr)– d. Oh Yeong-doo, starring Hong Yeong-geun, Han Eun-jeong
Public Enemy No. 1 (fr)– d. Jean Francois Richet, starring Vincent Cassel, Gerard Depardieu
Shaolin (hk)– d. Benny Chan, starring Andy Lau, Jackie Chan www.shaolin.kr