Black House Reclaims Box Office
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With Korea's summer horror season now in full swing, a local film reclaimed the nation's number one box office spot after 8 weeks of Hollywood dominance. "Black House", directed by SIN Te-ra, debuted on June 21st and took 377,195 admissions over the June 22-24th weekend, beating out the previous week's champion, Ocean's Thirteen, according to the official KOBIS report. The only other local release was US – Korea co-production, "Never Forever", directed by Gina Kim, which took 9th place in a limited release.
Showing on 353 screens, "Black House", is the first local hit of the summer, and the second Korean horror, following "Evil Twin", in a slew of horrors to come, providing audiences a chilling reprieve from the heat. It also departs from familiar horror conventions of ghosts from the past, this time mixing horror with mystery in the tale of a spate of unsolved murders and an insurance agent who suspects one of his clients may be a psychopath.
Director SIN debuted with "Brainwave", a low-budget science-fiction thriller, which had a limited release last summer. "Black House" is his sophomore feature, and is based on a Japanese novel by Yűsuke Kishi, a master of the horror genre. It stars one of Korea's most familiar faces, Hwang Jung-min ("You are my Sunshine", "Bloody Tie") in his horror debut. The film is a co-production between CJ Entertainment and Japan's Kadokawa Pictures.
Overall market share for domestic film is 47.7% thus far this year, down from an over 60% average for 2006. The top grossing local hit is CJ's Voice of a Murderer which net US$22 million. Korea's film industry feels some trepidation over Hollywood's summer slate which includes the upcoming release of blockbuster Transformers on June 28th.
Nigel D'Sa(KOFIC)
Showing on 353 screens, "Black House", is the first local hit of the summer, and the second Korean horror, following "Evil Twin", in a slew of horrors to come, providing audiences a chilling reprieve from the heat. It also departs from familiar horror conventions of ghosts from the past, this time mixing horror with mystery in the tale of a spate of unsolved murders and an insurance agent who suspects one of his clients may be a psychopath.
Director SIN debuted with "Brainwave", a low-budget science-fiction thriller, which had a limited release last summer. "Black House" is his sophomore feature, and is based on a Japanese novel by Yűsuke Kishi, a master of the horror genre. It stars one of Korea's most familiar faces, Hwang Jung-min ("You are my Sunshine", "Bloody Tie") in his horror debut. The film is a co-production between CJ Entertainment and Japan's Kadokawa Pictures.
Overall market share for domestic film is 47.7% thus far this year, down from an over 60% average for 2006. The top grossing local hit is CJ's Voice of a Murderer which net US$22 million. Korea's film industry feels some trepidation over Hollywood's summer slate which includes the upcoming release of blockbuster Transformers on June 28th.
Nigel D'Sa(KOFIC)
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