Well, I am back in Rhode Island after a week in Texas and I have one thing to say–Never again will I fly on Continental!!  5 of the six flights I was booked on were late to take off by an hour or more–one time because they overbooked the flight and were looking to kick off 25 people and another time because they had a change of flight crew but could not locate the new flight attendent and later her paperwork!

Anyway–here is the box office from the New Year weekend and what is opening for this coming week.

Title-percent of box office–change in position–number of tickets sold to date

National Box Office Results:

1.  Avatar (us)–41.5%–(-)–6,623,833// 2.  Woochi (kr)–28.2%–(-)–3,646,400//  3.  Sherlock Holmes (us/uk)–12.7%–(-)–1,584,640//  4. Nine (us)–6.8% (new)–335,249//  5. Alvin and the Chimpunks (us)–6.7%–(+3)–346,004// 6. Pocket Monster Movie (jp)–1.7%–(-1)–255,706//  7. Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (us)–1.3%–(-3)–441,789// 8.  Management (us)–0.2% –(new)–7,642//  9.  Into the Great Silence (gr)–0.1%–(new)–29,532//  10. 2012 (us)–0.1%–(-1)–5,383,431

Jeonju Box Office Results:

1. Avatar 43.8%   2. Woochi 29.5%   3. Sherlock Holmes 11.1%   4. Alvin and the Chipmunks 7.4%  5. Nine 4.9%  6. Pocket Monster Movie 2.3%  7. Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus 0.9%  8. Law Abiding Citizen (us)–801,757–ranked 12th nationally   9. Girlfriends (kr)–104,151–ranked 16th nationally  10. N/A

Coming this week to Korean Theaters:

A. Abbaga Yeojareul Johahae (kr)–Lee Kwang-jae, starring Lee Na-yeong, Kim Ji-seok www.happychange.co.kr  (No English title yet but the Korean title translates as ‘Father Likes Women’)

B.. Astro Boy (hk/us/jp)–d. Savid Bowers, starring Freddy Highmore, Nicholas Cage www.astroboy2009.co.kr

C. Fair Love (kr)–d. Shin Yeon-shik, starring Ahn Seong-gi, Lee Ha-na

D. Little Ashes (uk)–d. Paul Morrison, starring Robert Pattinson, Javier Baltman www.littleashes.co.kr

E. No Mercy (kr)–d. Kim Hyeong-joon, starring seol Kyeong-gu, Ryu Seung-beom www.nomercy2010.co.kr

F. Paranormal Activity (us)–Oren Pell, starring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat www.paranormal.co.kr

G. Wedding Dress (kr)–d. Kwon Hyeong-jin, starring Song Yoon-ah, Kim Hang-gi www.wedding-dress.kr

Once I am back in Korea, I will be able to concentrate on this site (and planning classes)  School doesn’t start until March 1 so I will have enough time to catch up with everything!