Korea Box Office: ‘Waiting For Rain’ Whets Audience Appetite

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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