Korean Box Office Results, for the weekend of August 25-27, 2006

The Host still dominates the box office, and it has now passed the 12 million admissions mark. Shin Ha-Gyun (신하균) vehicle, No Mercy for the Rude, opened in second place, but with only 381,500 admissions and mixed critical response. Lump of Sugar, exploring the friendship between a young jockey woman (Im Su-Jeong (임수정)) and her horse, is still doing well since its August 10 release, and has crossed over into the 1 million admissions territory. Two more new Korean films find themselves in the Top Ten this week: family drama Ice Bar, starring Park Ji-Bin (박지빈), the kid from Hello Brother (안녕, 형아) and A Family (가족); and comedy Holy Daddy, marking a movie debut for Lee Min-Woo (이민우) of boy band Shinhwa, starring alongside popular comedian Ha Dong-Hun (하동훈).

Ranking / Title [country] - Seoul weekend admissions (Total national admissions):

1. The Host (괴물) [Korea] - 134,400 (12,055,500)
2. No Mercy for the Rude (예의없는 것들) [Korea] - 91,300 (381,500)
3. Ice Bar (아이스케키) [Korea] - 61,200 (301,600)
4. Lump of Sugar (각설탕) [Korea] - 53,000 (1,231,000)
5. Holy Daddy (원탁의 천사) [Korea] - 43,200 (259,100)
6. Monster House [USA] - 32,700 (1,144,800)
7. Miami Vice [USA] - 32,000 (450,000)
8. Banlieue 13 [France] - 30,200 (271,200)
9. My Super Ex-Girlfriend [USA] - 30,000 (271,200)
10. Cinderella (신데렐라) [Korea] - 24,600 (609,500)

Source: [FILM 2.0]