'Haeundae' Tops Booking Charts for 3rd Straight Week

The movie "Haeundae" has become the first domestic movie this year to draw over 5 million viewers. Moreover, the movie has topped the booking charts for three straight weeks. According to the Korean Film Council on August 6, "Haeundae" recorded booking rates of 35.0 percent, topping the ranks. It also took the top spots on Maxmovie (30.0 percent) and Interpark (39.0 percent).

Actor Lee Byeong-Heon's Hollywood debut production "G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra", which opened on August 6, finished second at 22.8 percent, while "Take Off", which is about ski jumping, took the third spot at 18.5 percent.

The anime films "Up" (9.0 percent) and "Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser" (4.2 percent ) finished 4th and 5th, respectively, while the movie "A Million" starring Park Hae-il and Sin Min-ah finished 6th at 3.9 percent.

"Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs", "Bloody Valentine", "Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince" and "Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid" recorded booking rates of about 1 percent.

Six productions are slated for release this week: the documentary "Yasukuni", about the famous Japanese shrine, the hard-gore movie "Martyrs", the children's documentary "The Meerkats", and the French movie about dancing "Rumba".

The Korean Film Archive will hold a screening of director Park Chan-wook's works August 6-13 at the Cinematech KOFA in Sangam-dong, Seoul. On August 8, Park will meet with the audience.

The 9th Seoul New Media Festival will run through August 9th in the Hongik University area and will screen various works that were produced using new media.