Showing posts with label emperor's concubine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emperor's concubine. Show all posts

Friday, December 21, 2012

WKR: Jiseul, Masquerade and Melo Lead the Pack (12/15-12/21, 2012)

With Christmas upon us things are slowly winding down on the review front but still plenty to check out this week.

UPCOMING FILMS


(Film Business Asia, December 15, 2012)

(Film Business Asia, December 17, 2012)

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Korean Cinema News (07/12-07/18, 2012)

PiFan is upon us and once it gets underway tomorrow I dare say I won't have time for anything else. This means that there will be no Korean Cinema News next week but don't worry I'll double the week after the fest!


PIFAN


Final two previews from James Marsh and I over at Twitch:

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (07/06-07/08, 2012)

Deranged Beats Spidey in Massive Debut



Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 Deranged 7/5/12 39.20% 1,128,335 1,323,523 755
2 The Amazing Spiderman (us) 6/28/12 42.90% 1,059,076 3,362,773 896
3 A Letter to Momo (jp) 7/5/12 3.30% 102,728 114,887 252
4 Madascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 2.80% 83,087 1,545,255 247
5 The Raven (us) 7/5/12 2.40% 65,946 87,472 264
6 Midnight in Paris (us) 7/5/12 2.30% 61,735 80,391 187
7 All About My Wife 5/17/12 2.00% 56,070 4,516,210 184
8 The Emperor's Concubine 6/6/12 1.60% 44,226 2,569,270 252
9 Haywire (us) 7/5/12 0.90% 26,675 34,093 199
10 Cabin in the Woods (us) 6/28/12 0.80% 20,773 211,874 184

Monday, July 2, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (06/29, 07/01, 2012)

An Amazing Start for Spiderman


Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 The Amazing Spiderman (us) 6/28/12 71.40% 1,417,504 1,694,733 1,114
2 The Emperor's Concubine 6/6/12 5.20% 122,415 2,452,708 318
3 Madascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 4.90% 120,261 1,443,354 396
4 All About My Wife 5/17/12 4.70% 110,905 4,385,425 240
5 Cabin in the Woods (us) 6/28/12 4.30% 99,438 130,929 287
6 Miss GO 6/21/12 3.70% 88,346 551,625 309
7 King of XXX-Kissing 6/21/12 2.80% 68,375 432,192 272
8 Runway Cop 5/30/12 0.80% 21,134 1,325,807 114
9 Lockout (us) 6/14/12 0.30% 6,852 457,060 84
10 Two Weddings and a Funeral 6/21/12 0.20% 5,498 34,608 39

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (06/22-06/24, 2012)

Miss Go Goes Straight to the Top



Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 Miss GO 6/21/12 17.70% 268,277 331,169 439
2 The Emperor's Concubine 6/6/12 14.90% 224,090 2,187,575 427
3 Madascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 14.70% 219,150 1,275,303 449
4 King of XXX-Kissing 6/21/12 13.60% 213,630 270,293 424
5 All About My Wife 5/17/12 12.00% 179,158 4,144,011 325
6 Lockout (us) 6/14/12 5.70% 87,409 411,636 284
7 Runway Cop 5/30/12 5.30% 81,741 1,258,758 226
8 Men in Black 3 (us) 5/24/12 4.00% 60,379 3,346,609 221
9 Prometheus (us) 6/6/12 4.50% 58,567 929,723 211
10 Faces In the Crowd (us) 6/21/12 2.80% 40,950 52,982 173

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (06/15-06/17, 2012)

Concubine Seduces the Box Office For Second Straight Week



Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 The Emperor's Concubine 6/6/12 21.60% 379,354 1,720,595 536
2 Madascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 18.00% 311,454 1,000,913 557
3 All About My Wife 5/17/12 13.60% 238,402 3,820,013 370
4 Lockout (us) 6/14/12 11.10% 201,263 237,522 373
5 Runway Cop 5/30/12 7.90% 145,036 1,098,518 282
6 Men in Black 3 (us) 5/24/12 7.50% 135,452 3,231,814 332
7 Prometheus (us) 6/6/12 8.80% 129,265 801,391 322
8 Sadako 3D (jp) 6/14/12 4.90% 71,346 87,953 261
9 Don't Click 5/30/12 3.00% 57,234 837,617 254
10 The Thing (us) 6/14/12 1.50% 27,886 33,462 173

Friday, June 15, 2012

Weekly Review Round-up (06/09-06/15, 2012)

Lots of reviews for new releases this week, including As One and Arirang which are currently screening in various English-language territories.  Sector 7 was also just released in the US on Blu-ray.


CURRENT FILMS


All About My Wife

As One

(The Korea Blog, June 8, 2012)

(Seongyong's Private Place, June 14, 2012)

(Reuters, June 13, 2012)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Korean Cinema News (06/07-06/13, 2012)

Some festival news this week, including for PiFan which I am happy to announce that MKC will be covering on site this year!  Also some big summer trailers and a pair of great interviews this week.


KOREAN CINEMA NEWS

PiFan's Network of Asian Fantastic Films Selects Indonesia for Spotlight
Well this is a pretty neat and interesting development, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival's (PiFan) Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) has selected Indonesia as for its spotlight this year.  Following Taiwan, China, Singapore and Japan, this is a major boon for Indonesian cinema and likely has something to do with the added exposure afforded by the phenomenal success of last year's The Raid.  NAFF seeks to promote genre film in Asian cinema and they selected the country based on their belief that it is "a rising Mecca of Asian genre films", hearty praise from the continent's biggest fantastic film festival.  Here is a little more info on the 5 projects that have been chosen from NAFF's own press release:

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (06/08, 06/10, 2012)

The Emperor's Concubine Beats Aliens and Animals



Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 The Emperor's Concubine 6/6/12 23.60% 511,462 976,696 613
2 Madagascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 16.60% 354,516 635,636 561
3 All About My Wife 5/17/12 13.70% 298,564 3,424,239 393
4 Prometheus (us) 6/6/12 14.80% 272,774 549,092 515
5 Men in Black 3 (us) 5/24/12 11.40% 254,952 3,016,581 396
6 Runway Cop 5/30/12 8.50% 194,779 860,995 351
7 Don't Click 5/30/12 7.20% 175,819 744,844 343
8 Snow White and the Huntsmen (us) 5/30/12 2.50% 57,104 605,619 235
9 The Avengers (us) 4/26/12 0.70% 16,148 7,040,163 71
10 The Taste of Money 5/17/12 0.30% 5,493 1,156,868 91

Friday, June 8, 2012

June 2012 Korean Releases

This monthly features previews the coming month's attractions in Korean cinema.  All of these monthly posts are available in an archive on the Upcoming Releases page.


June 6


The Emperor's Concubine

June 7

Superstar

June 21

2 Doors
Miss Conspirator
The Heaven Is Only Open to the Single
The King of XXX-Kissing
Two Weddings and a Funeral

June TBC

A Company Man
Boys, Dreams and Sansevieria
I Am

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (06/01-06/03, 2012)

Men in Black Stays Up Top While Domestic Releases Nibble at Its Heels



Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 Men in Black 3 (us) 5/24/12 26.20% 533,557 2,455,318 540
2 All About My Wife 5/17/12 22.30% 474,494 2,784,894 474
3 Runway Cop 5/30/12 15.30% 334,254 453,570 431
4 Don't Click 5/30/12 12.40% 295,733 353,034 360
5 Snow White and the Huntsmen (us) 5/30/12 11.80% 261,558 452,589 443
6 The Avengers (us) 4/26/12 4.60% 96,753 6,996,984 281
7 The Taste of Money 5/17/12 2.40% 50,357 1,131,158 248
8 Madagascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 2.60% 39,738 40,912 186
9 As One 5/3/12 0.80% 19,625 1,856,843 139
10 Inazuma Eleven Go (jp) 5/24/12 0.40% 10,872 81,756 96