'Silmido' Sells Distribution Rights to Japan
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Having already broken local box-office records, the blockbuster "Silmido" will be exported to Japan at a record price.
The film, which is expected to reach the 10-million-viewer mark tomorrow, will have its Japanese distribution rights sold to the Japanese companies, Amuse and Towei Co.
Cinema Service and Hanmac Films, the makers of "Silmido", will receive a minimum guarantee of $3 million and will take 50 percent of the profits from the Japanese screenings.
The film will be released in Japan on some 200 screens in August or September, director Kang Woo-suk said at a Seoul news conference Monday. The director is scheduled to sign the contract on Wednesday in Japan. The previous record price for a film sold to Japan was $2.2 million for "Oldboy" last year.
The local film "Taegukgi" is also set to be released in Japanese theaters in June or August.
The film, which is expected to reach the 10-million-viewer mark tomorrow, will have its Japanese distribution rights sold to the Japanese companies, Amuse and Towei Co.
Cinema Service and Hanmac Films, the makers of "Silmido", will receive a minimum guarantee of $3 million and will take 50 percent of the profits from the Japanese screenings.
The film will be released in Japan on some 200 screens in August or September, director Kang Woo-suk said at a Seoul news conference Monday. The director is scheduled to sign the contract on Wednesday in Japan. The previous record price for a film sold to Japan was $2.2 million for "Oldboy" last year.
The local film "Taegukgi" is also set to be released in Japanese theaters in June or August.
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