"Take Off" continues box office run

Korean movie "Take Off" has taken the top spot on Korean box office charts for the fourth week in a row.

"Off" took in 422,502 viewers over the weekend of September 4 to 6 to claim first place on the box office, according to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday.

The film has accumulated nearly 7 million viewers since its opening on July 29 to become the third movie this year to break the six million viewer mark, after "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Haeundae".

"Haeundae", another Korean summer blockbuster, came in second place over the weekend with 201,940 viewers to gross over 10 million since its release.

India's human drama "Black" attracted 160,229 viewers to take third place. Its total number of viewers to date is 536,084.

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