DreamWorks' "Megamind" rules weekly box office chart

Poster of U.S. animation "Megamind"

DreamWorks Animation's 3D-animation “Megamind” took the No.1 spot on Korea's box office from January 14 to 16, according to data by the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday.

“Megamind,” directed by Tom McGrath and co-produced by DreamWorks and Red Hour Productions, attracted 313,218 viewers during the past three days after opening in 450 theaters nationwide on January 13.

The film starring the voices of Brad Pitt, Will Farrell and Jonah Hill, is about super villain Megamind who, after getting rid of his arch enemy Metro Man, creates a hero to fight him, purely out of boredom.

The tables turn however when the invented hero turns out to be far worse than the regular hero, making it Megamind's task to save the day.

Korean comedy “Hello Ghost,” rose a slot to No. 2 on the box office chart compared to the previous weekend by attracting a total 213,339 viewers.

“Ghost,” starring Cha Tae-hyun and Kang Yae-won is a comedy about a guy who starts seeing four ghost -- a pervert, a chain smoker, a crying woman and a child -- that will not leave his side until he grants them their wish.

Former two-week box office topper “The Last Godfather” slid two steps to land on No.3 this time, selling a total 187,117 tickets from last Friday to Sunday.

“Godfather,” a local comedy filmed in the United States both directed by and starring Korean comedian Shim Hyung-rae as well as other Hollywood actors such as Harvey Keitel, Michael Rispoli and Jason Mewes, is about a rural Korean boy taken to New York to be trained as the heir of a large mafia group.

Other films that showed up on top 10 list were: romance flick “Love & Other Drugs,” fantasy action “Season of the Witch,” family and action “Heartbeat,” suspense thriller “The Yellow Sea,” Japanese animation “The Adventures of Hutch the Honey Bee,” fantasy thriller “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” and romantic drama “Charlie St. Cloud.”

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