K-movie The Great Battle has won the battle (har har) for the box office in a high profile Chuseok holiday three-way skirmish with two other big star helmed movies. Jo In Sung’s sageuk bloody epic The Great Battle came in first in the South Korean box office, with 4.52 million admissions over a 12 day release period. The other sageuk film Feng Shui (Myung Dan) with Jo Seung Woo and Ji Sung was second in its first weekend release but over the 12 day period through Chuseok fell to third, switching spots with Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin‘s tense thriller The Negotiation. Over the 12 day period Feng Shui has 1.9 million admissions to The Negotiations 1.7 million. The Great Battle does have lots more theaters playing than the other two movies so that accounts for some higher boosted numbers, but overall all three movies are helping the South Korean box office and lending some pride for the local movie industry. Continue reading
