Showing posts with label records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label records. Show all posts

Saturday, August 16, 2014

News: ROARING CURRENTS Becomes All-Time Most Successful Korean Film


By Pierce Conran

Just shy of midnight on Friday, August 15th, period blockbuster Roaring Currents surpassed Avatar (2009) to become the all time most successful film at the Korean box office. The film reached 13.31 million admissions in only 17 days and after adding 742,576 viewers on the 15th, Liberation Day in Korea, it seems poised to go much further before all is said and done.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

News: ROARING CURRENTS Lays Waste to Korean Box Office Records


By Pierce Conran

Roaring Currents has turned the Korean opening weekend record to rubble with 3.34 million admissions ($25.65 million) during its first weekend, which accounted for 65.7% of the marketplace. That represents a 41% increase over the former record, set by Transformers 3 in 2011 (2.37 million). The film has already banked 4.75 million viewers and $35.4 million since its debut five days ago.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

KBO: The Thieves Continues to Smash Records (08/03-08/05, 2012)

The Thieves Continues to Smash Records


Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 The Thieves 7/25/12 54.50% 2,002,862 6,877,785 1,092
2 The Dark Knight Rises (us) 7/19/12 17.10% 615,196 5,522,967 630
3 Sammy's Asventures 2 (bl) 8/1/12 10.40% 358,903 549,644 486
4 Ice Age 4 (us) 7/25/12 8.50% 301,481 1,194,354 425
5 The Grand Heist 8/8/12 1.60% 58,736 84,095 160
6 Detective Conan (jp) 7/19/12 1.30% 54,623 459,069 146
7 Rock of Ages (us) 8/2/12 1.30% 48,525 67,444 243
8 Horror Stories 7/25/12 1.30% 48,210 267,632 150
9 Piranha 3DD (us) 8/1/12 1.10% 34,938 58,916 266
10 Doraemon (jp) 7/25/12 0.70% 27,769 141,060 109