"Avatar" tops box office for third consecutive week

Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" remained the most-watched movie in Korea over the New Years weekend since debuting two weeks ago atop the local box office.

According to estimates released by Korea Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday, James Cameron sci-fi action flick "Avatar" attracted 1,245,757 viewers during the weekend of January 1-3 to gross over 6.3 million viewers since its release on December 17.

Comic fantasy film "WOOCHI", starring Gang Dong-won, maintained its standing in second place with 800,365 viewers over the weekend. For the second week, "WOOCHI" was the only Korean movie to make the top ten. The action flick has drawn over 3.2 million viewers to date since making a record-breaking debut on Korea's box office on December 23.

"Sherlock Holmes", starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, followed in third place with 362,992 viewers.

Hollywood animation "Alvin And The Chipmunks 2" came in at No. 4, jumping four places from the previous week with 190,397 viewers. Rob Marshall's musical film "Nine" -- which stars Daniel Day-Lewis alongside a handful of top international actresses including Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Sophia Loren -- debuted in fifth place with 189,566 viewers.

Other movies included in the top ten were; "Pokemon: Arceus To The Conquering Of Space-Time", "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus", "Management", "2012" and German documentary "Into Great Silence".

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