"Avatar" remains atop box office for second week

Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" remained the No. 1 movie in Korea over the Christmas weekend since debuting last week atop the local box office.

According to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday, "Avatar" attracted 1,573,270 viewers for the weekend of December 25-27. The James Cameron flick has already drawn over 4.1 million viewers since its release on December 17.

Comic fantasy film "WOOCHI", starring Gang Dong-won, debuted at second place with 1,269,409 viewers over the weekend -- the only Korean movie to make the top ten this week. The film made a record bow on Korea's box office December 23, attracting the most number of moviegoers on its opening day in 2009 with over 200,000 viewers.

"Sherlock Holmes", starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, followed in third place with 585,239 viewers.

Hollywood flick "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus" came in fourth with 228,664 viewers while Japanese animation movie "Pokemon: Arceus To The Conquering Of Space-Time" rounded out the top five with 124,905 viewers.

Other movies included in the top ten were; "Law Abiding Citizen", "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", "Alvin And The Chipmunks 2", "2012" and animation "Engine Sentai Go-onger VS Gekiranger".

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