| Trend in 2007 box-office success in Korean film industry, "The naming value of a star and the number of audience are in inverse proportion" (Source) |
2008/01/07 |
"What is the interrelationship between the naming value of a star and the number of audience?"
In conclusion, the interrelationship is inverse proportion according to the trend in 2007 box-office success in Korean film industry. Among the 100 movies released this year, only 4 movies had more than 3 million audiences, including "D-War" (8 million), "May 18" (7 million), "Voice of Murderer" (3.25 million) and "Le Grand Chef" which recently reached 3 million.
Among many movies that went into the black, following are those which closely reached the break-even point, including "Miracle on 1st Street" (Im Chang-jeong and Ha Ji-won), "Voice of Murderer" (Seol Kyeong-gu and Kim Nam-joo), "May 18" (Kim Sang-kyeong and Lee Yo-won), "D-War" (Jason Behr), "Paradise 1986" (Park Hae-il and Seong Ji-roo), and "Le Grand Chef" (Kim Kang-woo and Lee Ha-na). Among the 100 movies released this year, only 7% made a profit.
However, all movies that drew attention for top stars' appearance have fa... |More
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| Korea movies dominate box office in Feb. (Source) |
2007/03/08 |
Korean films dominated the box office in February, led by Park Jin-pyo's kidnapping drama "Voice of Murderer" that sold 3.1 million tickets, the major multiplex cinema operator CGV said. Six films in the top 10 box office rankings were Korean.
"Voice of Murderer" appealed to local audiences by laying bare the painful experience of the parents who lost their son to a kidnapper, a story based on a real incident in which the real culprit is still at large.
On the ticket sales chart, the No. 2 slot went to "Miracle on 1st Street", with 1.9 million viewers. Other Korean films which made it to the top 10 list were "A Good Day to Have an Affair" (1.74 million), "Highway Star" (1.23 million), "Three Kims" (1 million) and "The Best Romance" (610,000).
The combined share of ticket sales by Korean films reached 67.4 percent last month, slightly up from January but still lower than the 68.9 percent recorded a year earlier.
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| Trainers make stars shine brighter (Source) |
2007/02/17 |
Recent movies out in theaters probably left you dumbfounded for a couple of good reasons. You gaped at Kwon Oh-joong's sleek kung fu moves. (Wasn't he the chubby dude in that silly sit-com about a gynecologist's family?) Your eyes opened wide when you found out Kim Ah-joong can sing. (She has a goddess-like figure and now she even sings?)
However stupefied, or scornful, you are, kudos to our celebrities who refuse to use understudies. But more kudos go out to the trainers who stayed behind the scenes coaching stars throughout the filming. Movieweek, a JoongAng film weekly, met with these hidden stars of recent films and the hidden-stars-to-be of blockbusters coming to theaters.
Kung fu master
Actor Kwon O-joong depended on Park Chan-dae, a kung fu master, for more than three months as he practiced his martial arts moves prior to the filming of the "Three Kims".
For up to five hours a day, five days a week, Mr. Park stayed with Kwon, transforming him into the heroic kung fu coach ... |More
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| New Movie Premieres in Korea (Source) |
2007/02/09 |
Alright, it's Friday
Two Korean comedies are out nationwide.
One deals with infidelity, the other, martial arts.
More from Son Heekyung.
The Korean comedy "A Good Day to Have an Affair" is about two married women who cheat on their husbands.
Director Jang Moon-il's second movie stars actresses Kim Hye-soo and Yoon Jin-seo, and the two women are only identified by their online chat names.
Dew is a sexy and fashionable woman who begins dating a college student.
She meets other men as revenge against her husband who has long been in love with another woman.
Small Bird is the wife of a detective who meets a playboy while chatting online.
The two women try to find true love, something which they believe they cannot get in their marriages.
Another Korean comedy features martial arts.
"Kim Kwangjan dae Kim Kwanjang dae Kim Kwanjang" ("Three Kims") is an action-packed film starring three men with different fighting styles but the same name.
The first specializes in taekkyun, th... |More
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| Comedy trio joins forces for 'Three Kims' (Source) |
2007/01/29 |
What a blessing it is for comedians to be able to make people laugh just by standing there.
Shin Hyeon-joon, Choi Seong-gook and Kwon O-joong are the kind of entertainers other comedians would kill to become. They do not look unusually funny, nor do they crack people up with ridiculous remarks. In fact, they are quite tall, handsome and lean toward solemn expressions.
But the three actors had people laughing as they stood in front of flashing cameras last Wednesday prior to a press screening of a new comedy film, "Three Kims". The movie is the cute story of what three masters of different martial arts, all named Kim, go through in the provincial town where they live.
"Mr. Kwon's son is going to be in his second year in elementary school soon", Shin said with a shrug, bringing another burst of laughter. "This movie has to work if he wants to feed his growing boy".
Shin's most popular film had been the sci-fi-fantasy work, "The Legend of Gingko", where he appeared as the charismatic ... |More
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