A scene from the Korean historic movie „Harbin“ / Courtesy of CJ ENM
The Korean historic drama „Harbin“ has maintained its place on the high of the field workplace for a 3rd consecutive weekend, attracting over 4 million viewers.
The movie drew a further 308,000 viewers from Friday to Sunday, bringing its cumulative admissions to 4.18 million, in line with knowledge from the Korean Movie Council on Monday. It’s now the fifth most-watched Korean movie launched final 12 months.
Directed by Woo Min-ho, the movie has dominated the native field workplace since its launch on Dec. 24. Nevertheless, weekend admissions have declined steadily, from 903,000 throughout its opening weekend to 484,000 within the second weekend and 308,000 within the third.
The film’s preliminary break-even level was set at 6.5 million admissions however has been lowered to five.8 million as a result of abroad gross sales and different income streams.
Set in 1909, „Harbin“ tells the story of a gaggle of Korean independence fighters, led by Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910), as they plot to assassinate Ito Hirobumi, Japan’s first prime minister and resident-general of Korea, at Harbin Station in northern China. Korea was underneath brutal Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.
Actor Hyun Bin stars as Ahn, supported by a robust ensemble forged, together with Park Jung-min, Jeon Yeo-been, Jo Woo-jin, Yoo Jae-myung, Park Hoon and Lee Dong-wook.
In second place over the weekend was director Kwak Kyung-taek’s catastrophe drama „Firefighters,“ which garnered 88,000 admissions, elevating its cumulative complete to three.7 million — the very best admissions depend for a Korean movie launched this 12 months.
The homegrown comedy „Forbidden Fairytale“ secured third place with 65,000 viewers, adopted by the youngsters’s film „Pororo Film: Underwater Journey“ with 56,000 and the American action-adventure movie „Sonic the Hedgehog 3“ with 54,000.
„Bogota: Metropolis of the Misplaced,“ the Korean crime motion starring Track Joong-ki, dropped out of the highest 5, putting sixth in its second week of launch. (Yonhap)