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[HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.10.05 ~ 2012.10.07

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(2012.10.05~ 2012.10.07)

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<p style=Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" is living a privileged life as it enjoys its fourth week as Korea's number one. "Masquerade" came into the fray as the top film mid-September and has not looked back since, stubbornly holding on to that position over the rest of the month and now into October. The total admission counts were lower than previous weeks, with "Masquerade" taking gold with less than a million admissions. Kim Ki-duk's "Peita" was also ejected from the top ten, leaving just three other Korean films to compete with international features.

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<p style="Taken 2" has been basking in success in Western theaters and the film has managed to cement second place in the its second week out in Korea. Its first week saw some 776,569 (27.8%) and, in this slower week, it held that same position with 271,522 (16.2%); still nowhere close to mounting an offensive on the Korea publics support for Choo's film. Sin Jeong-won's "Ghost Sweepers" rose form sixth to third with 264,843 (14.8%), putting its second week numbers at a total of 617,342 admissions.

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<p style=Still at number four is Disney and Pixar's "Brave" with 188,319 (10.4%) which was followed by last week's number three "Spy" by Korean director Woo Min-ho. "Spy" added just over 70,000 to its cause, leaving the action comedy with a total of 1,255,731 since its release late last month. The enduring adult comedy "Ted" lost one foothold to hold down number six with 217,239 (3.0%); and the Japanese animation "Wolf Children" kept up its steady showing in the charts and managed to move its total admissions count in Korea to 297,537 (1.3%) over its four weeks in the top ten.

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<p style=The Spanish animation film "Tad: The Lost Explorer" remained at number eight (10,432) and was kept company by the Canadian film "Take This Waltz". "Take This Waltz" is a comedy drama from directer Sarah Polley and claimed 6,291 during its first week in Korea. Lastly, the U.S thriller "No. 13" rounds out the list with its 5,750 tickets sold over the first weekend in October.

Korean Box Office - Admissions for the Weekend 2012.10.05 - 2012.10.07 (www.kobis.or.kr)

# Films Release date Week-end Total
1 "Masquerade" (광해, 왕이 된 남자) 2012/09/13 849 659 8 220 667
2 "Taken 2"   271 538 2 094 452
3 "Ghost Sweepers" (점쟁이들) 2012/10/03 264 857 617 356
4 "Brave"   188 319 963 049
5 "Spy" (간첩) 2012/09/20 73 398 1 255 736
6 "Ted"   49 647 217 245
7 "The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki" (おおかみこどもの雨と雪, 2012)   24 286 297 537
8 "Tad:The Lost Explorer"   10 432 202 045
9 "Take This Waltz"   6 291 19 412
10 "Extreme No. 13"   5 750 8 660
Korean movies only  
  "Pieta" (피에타) 2012/09/06 3 631 597 386
  "The Thieves" (도둑들) 2012/07/25 2 113 12 979 250
  "Han Kyung-jik" (한경직) 2012/09/13 935 12 512
  "The Traffickers" (공모자들 ) 2012/08/29 596 1 644 192
  "Late Autumn" ( 만추, 1981)   166 620
  "Hanaan" (하나안) 2012/10/11 126 212
  "Too Old Hiphop Kid" (투 올드 힙합 키드) 2012/09/13 87 1 934
  "Jinsuk and Me" (깔깔깔 희망버스) 2012/09/27 77 263
  "Grape Candy" (청포도 사탕: 17년 전의 약속) 2012/09/06 52 1 522
  "R2B: Return to Base" (R2B: 리턴투베이스) 2012/08/15 16 1 201 876

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