New film "District 9" tops Korean box office

Hollywood movie "District 9" has topped the Korean box office on its opening weekend.

"District" attracted 291,896 viewers over the weekend of October 16-18, according to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday.

The much-hyped thriller "I Come with the Rain", starring Josh Hartnett and Lee Byung-hun, opened at No. 2 with 102,903 viewers over the same period.

Historical pic "The Sword with No Name", starring Cho Seung-woo and Su-ae, came in third with 92,816 viewers for the weekend and over 1.5 million in total.

Korean film "Closer to Heaven", starring Kim Myung-min and Ha Ji-won, stepped down to fourth place with 92,123 viewers over the weekend after spending three weeks atop the chart. It has accumulated over two million viewers since its opening on September 24.

"Surrogates", starring Bruce Willis, trailed behind with 64,150 viewers for the weekend.

Five Korean films rounded out the top ten in the following order: "Where is Jung Seung-Phill", "Goodbye Mom", "City of Fathers", "A Good Rain Knows" and "Take Off".

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr