Romantic drama “Waiting For Rain” became the fourth local film in as many weeks to head the Korean box office.
It held off new release U.S.
movie “The Courier.”“Rain” scored $1.05 million from 122,000 admissions over the weekend, giving a five-day total of $1.41 million.
Chasing, “The Courier” delivered $756,000 from 88,000 admissions, for a five-day collection of $1.05 million.“Rain” accounted for 26% of the national weekend box office, while “The Courier” took 19%.
Together they helped the weekend total to $4.07 million, near to the top end of the recent range, and a 28% week-on-week improvement.In an attempt to help audiences overcome their hesitation distributors are trying out a range of local titles from different genres.
Korean films to have topped the chart in the last month have included historical drama “The Book of Fish”, sci-fi actioner “Seobok” and mystery thriller “Recalled.” But none managed to hold on to that position for more than one
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