Po (Jack Black), the obese and lazy panda in Mark Osborne and John Stevenson's animated film, "Kung Fu Panda", is now a star.
According to the Korean Film Council, the film attracted some 3.31 million Korean viewers as of last weekend, since its release on June 5.
Past animated films that attracted as many viewers were "Shrek 2" (2006), with some 3.3 million, and "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004), with 3 million.
While Kung Fu Panda ranked second at the box office last week, Kang Woo-seok's action-thriller "Public Enemy Returns", released last Thursday, ranked first. It attracted 1.3 million viewers in three days, according to the council.
Meanwhile, for those moviegoers hoping to see more Korean films on the big screen among Hollywood blockbusters like "Incredible Hulk" and "Sex and the City", wait till next month.
These films are on standby director Kim Ji-woon's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", Lee Joon-ik's "Sunny" and Kwak Gyeong-taek's "Eye For and Eye" ("Eye For and Ey...|
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