Another dreary week at the box office here in South Korea. The top film, HOW THE LACK OF LOVE AFFECTS TWO MEN, won the No. 1 spot with just 281,500 in attendance (about $1.87 million), one of the lowest figures for a No. 1 film in quite a while. But it was nice to see iHQ have one of its films open at the top of the box office. iHQ has been through a long streak of disappointments, so hopefully this will be the start of something good.

Interesting to see DEVIL WEARS PRADA and PRESTIGE holding on to the Nos. 2 and 3 spots for another week, especially while last week’s No. 1, LOVE ME NOT, plummeted to No. 6.

TAZZA is pretty much finished, with 6.77 million tickets ($44.90 million), making it the seventh-biggest film in Korean history. Not a bad run at all.

Just three more days until THE DEPARTED opens in Korea. Much nerdy joy on my part.

This Week Title…………………………………. Release Date Screens Nationwide Weekend Attendance (Seoul only) Total Attendance
1. How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men 11.16 321 63,400 281,500
2. The Devil Wears Prada 10.26 169 57,800 1,509,400
3. The Prestige 11.02 104 50,400 571,600
4. Sexy Teacher 11.16 266 42,000 221,000
5. A Good Year 11.16 200 39,600 131,800
6. Love Me Not 11.09 261 29,200 506,500
7. Cruel Winter Blues 11.09 296 26,300 484,800
8. Death Note 11.02 187 25,000 712,000
9. The Grudge 2 11.16 171 19,500 107,400
10. Tazza: The High Rollers 9.27 89 18,000 6,769,000

(Source: Film2.0)