Youth Without Youth Youth Without Youth

Korean Box Office May 9-11

Posted by Mike McStay at 3:57am.

Posted in Box Office News.

Position...........Title............................................Tickets Sold........................Total Tickets Sold.................
1.....................Iron Man..(USA).............................753,154..............................2,801,761
2.....................Speed Racer (USA)......................369,829................................424,623
3.....................Taken (France)..............................146,256..............................2,015,212
4.....................Forbidden Kingdom (China).............96,529...............................1,118,454
5.....................Horton Hears A Who (USA).............89,437.................................528,509
6.....................Moonlight In Seoul (Korean).............87,887.................................614,591
7.....................Priceless (France)..........................53,905...................................62,154
8.....................Tale of the Legendary Libido (Korean).29,296...............................248,344
9.....................Unforgettable (Korean).....................22,799...................................27,033
10...................Detective Conan: Phantom...............
.......................Of Baker Street (Japan)...................22,214...................................93,922

So much for “Rain’s” big debut in an American film. Iron Man is the #1 film for 2 weeks in a row.

Speed Racer has not played well for my University Freshmen students. They did not understand the film and when I ask them about “Rain”, they have quickly changed the subject.

The big surprise was the #9 film “Unforgettable, It played on 165 screens and did not break 23,000 tickets sold. The movie’s preview looked good but the Korean public has rejected it.

These totals do not include the tickets sold for May 12th National Holiday.

Opening this week is The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Penelope

 

Reader Comments

  1. Rhythm-X 05/13/2008 @ 9:03am

    I read somewhere that SPEED RACER was doing fairly well in Korea.  Guess I heard wrong.  Though if you asked American college freshmen about the American pretty-boy pop star equivalent to Rain… I suspect you’d get, at best, a similar rapid subject change.  At best.

Post Your Comments

You must be a registered member to post comments.

If you have a Twitch account, click here to sign in.

If you don't have a Twitch account, click here to register. Don't worry, it's free!

Launch The Twitch Video Player

Stuff We Like

Shop at our affiliated sites and support Twitch while feeding your pop-culture addiction.

Our Latest Film & DVD Reviews

More Film & DVD Reviews...

Our Latest Interviews

More Interviews...

Recent Comments