“New Moon” tops Korean box office

Hollywood film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” starring actors Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, became the most-watched movie on the Korean box office upon its opening last week, according to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday.

KOBIS data revealed that the movie attracted 636,319 viewers over the weekend of December 4 to 6 to gross a total 899,327 viewers after its release on December 2.

Next on the chart was Korean film “Saving My Wife,” starring actors Song Yoon-ah and Cha Seung-won, with 308,962 viewers. Other Korean films “The Descendants of Hong Gil-dong,” “White Night,” “Cheongdam Bosal” and “Wish” also made the top 10.

Hollywood pics “2012” and “Ninja Assassin” placed second and third place amongst non-Korean films and “Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance,” a Japanese animation also took a spot on the chart for the first time.

Reporter : Linda Kim lindakim@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr