[K-Film Weekend Box Office Top Ten] September 29-October 1, 2006

Posted by Goran at 8:36pm.

Posted in Box Office News, Asia.

Coming in at #1 of this weekend’s Top Ten (er… Top Eight!) is War of Flowers (타짜), based on a popular manhwa by Heo Young-Man (허영만), and directed by Choi Dong-Hoon (최동훈) of The Big Swindle (범죄의 재구성) fame.
According to the Korea Times, “the film revolves around Koni, an ordinary factory worker at a furniture company, who loses everything overnight at a gambling table and decides to become a top professional gambler to get back what he lost.” The role of Koni is played by Marathon’s Cho Seung-Woo (조승우), while the rest of the fine cast includes Baek Yoon-Shik (백윤식), Kim Hye-Soo (김혜수), Yoo Hae-Jin (유해진), Lee Soo-Kyeong (이수경), and Kim Yoon-Seok (김윤석). The Chosun Ilbo gives War of Flowers a thumbs up: Another Cerebral Treat From Choi Dong-hoon.

Ranking / Title [country] - Seoul weekend admissions (Total national admissions):

1. War of Flowers (타짜) [Korea] – 267,200 (1,169,400)
2. Marrying the Mafia 3 (가문의 부활-가문의 영광 3) [Korea] – 92,700 (1,923,400)
3. Radio Star (라디오 스타) [Korea] – 70,300 (210,400)
4. Maundy Thursday (우리들의 행복한 시간) [Korea] – 70,200 (2,441,900)
5. The Fox Family (구미호 가족) [Korea] – 28,600 (101,300)
6. Mission: Sex Control (잘 살아보세) [Korea] – 20,400 (105,900)
7. Project BB (BB프로젝트) [HK] – 18,600 (75,400)
8. The Banquet [China] – 12,000 (314,400)

Source: [FILM 2.0]

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jon pais 10/04/2006 @ 10:14pm

Here is a list of some of the films showing during the busy Chosuk holidays, along with a short plot description.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200610/kt2006100416091710970.htm
Vel 10/04/2006 @ 10:53pm

Wow! No American film on the top 8.
Goran 10/05/2006 @ 8:59am

Not surprising, since distributors usually shy away from releasing any new Hollywood films during the Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving) holiday.
Goran 10/05/2006 @ 9:24am

For those of you curious about the card game played in War of Flowers, Kwang-Woo explains it all at the Koreanfilm.org’s discussion board:

http://www.koreanfilm.org/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum;=101&topic;_id=15972&mesg;_id=15972&page;=

And you can see the original Heo Young-Man’s ‘Tazza’ comic at Sports Chosun: http://sports.chosun.com/enter/cartoon/tazza2/cartoon_tazza1.asp?title=tazza2
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