Kim Hong-seon (김홍선)

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.09.21 ~ 2012.09.23
  2012/09/24,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2012.09.21~ 2012.09.23) The local flavors took the honors this past weekend with the top two films being Korean and claiming close to 70% of the ticket sales. With 1,192,689 admissions, Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" secured another week as number one, jumping past "The Concubine" as the ninth highest grossing Korean film of the year. Choo's historical drama snatched 60.5% of the moviegoers with the new Korean film "Spy", Woo Min-ho's second feature film, slotting into second with 341,697,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.09.14 ~ 2012.09.17
  2012/09/17,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2012.09.14~ 2012.09.17) Tony Gilroy's "The Bourne Legacy" wasn't able to hold down the top spot over the weekend, ultimately being surpassed by Kim Ki-duk's "Peta" as well as two new releases both foreign and domestic. But it was Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" that turned out to be the big favorite with 1,100,859 admissions, that accounted for and 53.3% of ticket sales over the weekend. Previously known as "The King of Joseon", it tells the familiar tale of the commoner come King in this historical drama. "Masquerade" stars Lee Byeong-Heon, Ryoo Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo and Jang Gwang and was released last Thursday,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.09.07 ~ 2012.09.09
  2012/09/10,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2012.09.07~ 2012.09.09) Tony Gilroy's "The Bourne Legacy" marks the first foreign film at number one since "The Dark Knight Rises" at the end of July. The peak of the Korean summer has bee dominated by local releases, but not this weekend. With close on 30% of the ticket sales going to Gilroy's popular action thriller, "The Bourne Legacy" snapped up the ticket sales with 523,776 admissions in 588 screenings around the country. Last week's top pick was demoted to second, as Kim Hong-seon's "The Traffickers" had to settle for 303,537 and second place,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.08.31 ~ 2012.09.02
  2012/09/03,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2012.08.31~ 2012.09.02) Kim Hong-seon's step away from directing dramas to films has been well rewarded as his first film "The Traffickers" has jumped to first position in its opening weekend with 533 243 admissions. His feature length action thriller stars Im Chang-jeong, Choi Daniel and Oh Dal-soo whom together shoved past other local favorites, such as Kim Hwi's "Neighbors" and Kim Joo-ho's "The Grand Heist", to sit proudly at the top of the pile. The top four films are all local flavors, marking yet another strong weekend for Korea's homemade brew of cinematic fantasy,...More