KBO: The Tower Rises to First in Powerful Xmas Weekend (12/28-12/30, 2013)

The Tower Rises to First in Powerful Xmas Weekend

	Title	Release Date	Market Share	Weekend	Total	Screens
1	Tower	12/25/12	30.70%	873,155	1,694,650	617
2	Les Miserables (uk/us)	12/19/12	26.70%	751,684	2,955,910	621
3	Love 911	12/19/12	13.00%	370,787	1,596,902	427
4	The Hobbit (us)	12/13/12	8.40%	204,958	2,533,231	383
5	Marrying the Mafia 5	12/19/12	5.00%	144,316	961,275	338
6	Wreck-It Ralph (us)	12/13/12	3.90%	113,083	570,142	320
7	Niko 2: Little Brother (de)	12/25/12	3.20%	95,513	207,057	284
8	Zambezi (us)	12/25/12	3.00%	86,922	205,150	273
9	My P.S. Partner	12/6/12	2.20%	57,345	1,767,310	157
10	Pokemon (jp)	12/19/12	0.70%	38,781	316,515	164

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500 Articles + Holiday Posting Schedule

Xmas at MKC's HQ ;)

I hope everyone's been enjoying the holidays and as 2012 winds down I just wanted to let you know what to expect on the site during the festivities.

We'll be taking a break on regular posting until shortly after New Year's but in the meantime you can expect some end-of-year wrap-ups such as the year's Top 10 films and news stories. Perhaps even a brief post of my time in Korea six months in to make up for slacking off on the 'Korea Blog' posts.

Remarkably this is the 500th post to appear on MKC so along with season's greetings I'd also like to extend my sincere thanks for allowing the site the grow and continue for so long. With new contributors and more plans for 2013, there's also plenty more to come.

Here's to the next 500!

KBO: Les Miserables Tunes Into First Place (12/21-12/23, 2012)

Les Miserables Tunes Into First Place

	Title	Release Date	Market Share	Weekend	Total	Screens
1	Les Miserables (uk/us)	12/19/12	30.80%	788,836	1,265,703	670
2	Love 911	12/19/12	16.00%	416,818	703,159	426
3	The Hobbit (us)	12/13/12	17.40%	396,913	1,988,600	585
4	Marrying the Mafia 5	12/19/12	12.00%	312,681	528,802	447
5	Wreck-It Ralph (us)	12/13/12	5.70%	148,804	289,468	361
6	My P.S. Partner	12/6/12	5.70%	134,911	1,584,404	245
7	26 Years	11/29/12	4.20%	110,130	2,874,679	293
8	Pokemon (jp)	12/19/12	1.90%	93,510	191,011	273
9	Pokemon (jp)	12/19/12	1.40%	79,331	159,450	227
10	Rise of the Guardians (us)	11/29/12	1.70%	48,584	1,001,379	175

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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

Melo

(Film Business Asia, December 15, 2012)

Jiseul

(Film Business Asia, December 17, 2012)

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KCN: Korean Cinema to Invade Berlin and Rotterdam (12/13-12/19, 2012)

Numerous festival announcements this week as Korean films pick up more prizes at international film festivals and a number of prestigious events gorge on Korean cinema.

In addition to everything below, a few more fresh festival selections lacking full writeups:

Jiseul, Sleepless Night, The Russian Novel and Sunshine Boys heading to the Rotterdam International

Behind the Camera and Jury to officially take part in Berlin's Panorama section

KOREAN CINEMA NEWS

Berlin Invites Pluto to Generation Section
Next February’s Berlin International Film Festival is taking shape as a major discovery grounds for Korean cinema as a fourth Korean film has been invited to the prestigious event. Shin Su-won’s Pluto, one of the most talked about films at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, will have its international premiere during Berlin’s Generation programme. (KoBiz, December 18, 2012)

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Whose Lie is it Anyway: Ad-lib Night (아주 특별한 손님, Aju Teukbyeolhan Sonnim) 2006

Part of Rex Baylon's ongoing feature on director Lee Yoon-ki.

The expectations placed upon us by our family can be emotionally and mentally crippling. Parents have no way to predict how there actions, no matter how well intentioned they are, will scar their kids, and children are ultimately at the mercy of circumstances outside their control or understanding. Because of this the relationship between parents and children seem to always suffer from some form of dysfunction. Be it from things said in anger or things left unsaid one doesn’t leave childhood without some scarring.

Opening on a bright summer day in Seoul, Lee Yoon-ki’s third feature Ad–lib Night (Aju Teukbyeolhan Sonnim, 2006) begins with two men arguing over the facial features of a woman standing innocently across from them. Watching them stare at her one can’t help thinking of the innumerable scenes in film of men and boys spying on women. Are they playboys, predators, or harmless peeping Toms? We soon get our answer as the two men corner the woman and begin having a conversation with her media res. They call her Myung-eun and we discover that they knew each other since grade school. She rebuffs their attempts to get close though and corrects their assumption that she is Myung-eun.

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KBO: The Hobbit Stands Tall at No.1 (12/14-12/16, 2012)

The Hobbit Stands Tall at No.1

	Title	Release Date	Market Share	Weekend	Total	Screens
1	The Hobbit (us)	12/13/12	45.20%	921,177	1,080,351	1,028
2	26 Years	11/29/12	17.10%	409,708	2,557,122	474
3	My P.S. Partner	12/6/12	15.90%	353,277	1,223,873	420
4	Rise of the Guardians (us)	11/29/12	6.70%	165,984	899,826	361
5	Werewolf Boy	10/31/12	4.10%	102,475	372,017	233
6	One Day (us)	12/13/12	3.50%	79,190	102,936	236
7	Power Rangers (jp)	11/29/12	1.90%	48,317	63,041	229
8	Confession of Murder	11/8/12	1.00%	22,544	2,720,064	114
9	Masquerade	9/13/12	0.90%	20,635	12,274,047	88
10	Wreck-it Ralph (us)	12/13/12	0.80%	19,179	33,623	118

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