"2012" tops Korean box office on opening weekend

Hollywood disaster movie "2012", starring John Cusack and Amanda Peet, topped the Korean box office on its opening weekend.

For the weekend of November 13 to 15, "2012" was the most-watched film in Korea with over 1.3 million viewers, according to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday. The film has attracted more than a total 1.6 million viewers since its release on November 12.

Korean film "Cheongdam Bosal" came in second place with 384,278 viewers while "Good Morning President" stepped down to third place 122,117 viewers after spending three weeks at the top.

At No.4, "The Time Traveler's Wife", starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, drew 61,927 viewers and Korean film "The Executioner" rounded out the top five with 54,730 viewers for the weekend and 322,319 viewers in total.

Three more Korean movies -- "Postman to Heaven", "Nineteen" and "Penthouse Elephant" --were included in the top ten.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr