Choi Dong-hoon (최동훈)

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  In-depth Coverage on Korean Film Industry
  2012/10/02, Source,
  The spotlight of Asia's largest film festival will shine down on Busan Thursday for the start of the 10-day Busan International Film Festival. This year's event will focus on Asia with the aim of offering a window into the region's cinema landscape. Korea's film industry has been booming. Box office hit "The Thieves" recently broke box office records to become the most-watched Korean film to date with more than 13 million tickets so far. And Kim Ki-duk's critically-acclaimed "Pieta" recently won the Golden Lion award for best film at the 69th Venice Film Festival. But what are the challenges ahead for Korea's film industry[Reporter : ] On the surface, the industry's performance has been impressive, however, it faces a string of other challenges if it hopes to continue being competitive in the future,...More

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  Thieves' now 2nd-most watched film
  2012/09/03, Source,
  "The Thieves" became the second-most watched film in the history of Korean cinema last week with more than 12.31 million moviegoers having watched the flick. According to the distributor Show Box, the film featuring some of the hottest stars including Kim Soo-hyeon-I, Jeon Ji-hyeon and Kim Hye-soo overtook "The King and the Clown" with an additional 10,000 views. The 2005 film had accumulated 12,302,831,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.08.24 ~ 2012.08.26
  2012/08/27,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2012.08.24~ 2012.08.26) Kim Hwi's new thriller "Neighbors" has denied Choi Dong-hoon's "The Thieves" a fifth straight week at the top. Kim has been involved in a number of productions, including working on the script for "Haeundae", but this is his first directorial attempt on the mainstream cinema circuit. The film clinched 31.10% of the weekend's ticket sales, that adds up to be 782,200 admissions in its opening weekend. After last week's close race for the top, Kim Joo-ho's "The Grand Heist" managed to get one back on Choi's blockbuster hit. Overall, the local hits dominated the top end of the chart, holding more than 70% of all tickets sold over the weekend,...More

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  'The Thieves' outperforms 'Haeundae' to become 4th best-selling movie at home
  2012/08/23, Source,
  The Korean heist film "The Thieves" became the fourth best-selling Korean film of all time, beating "Haeundae", a disaster drama that opened three years ago, according to the latest official box office tally. "The Thieves", featuring 10 Korean and Chinese thieves teaming up to steal a valuable diamond necklace at a Macao casino, had attracted about 11.5 million viewers as of Wednesday, the data from the Korean Film Council showed,...More