"President" stays atop box office for 2nd week

"Good Morning President" topped the Korean box office again this past weekend and looks set on breaking the 2 million viewer mark this coming week.

The film, which shows Hallyu star Jang Dong-gun as one of the three presidents, attracted 543,175 viewers over the weekend, according to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday. It has accumulated over 1.67 million viewers since its release on October 22.

"The Time Traveler's Wife", starring Hollywood stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, came in second, taking in 215,587 viewers during the weekend and 282,712 in total.

Quentin Tarantino's new flick "The Inglourious Bastards" followed at No. 3 with 125,997 viewers over the same period.

Hollywood sci-fi movie "District 9" continued to remain strong by coming in fourth with 81,204 viewers and "Michael Jackson's This Is It" and Korean film "Paju" trailed behind with 49,638 and 35,230 viewers, respectively.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr