Not a great weekend for the movie business in general. Even worse for Korean film, with local pics getting just the No. 7 and No. 8 spots (unless you count THREE KINGDOMS, which Taewon Entertainment invested in, but I do not).

This Week Title…………………………………….. Release Date Screens Nationwide Weekend Revenue (bil. won) Total Revenue (bil. won)
1. Forbidden Kingdom 4.24 439 3.13 3.59
2. Taken 4.09 277 2.21 9.28
3. Street Kings 4.17 233 0.40 1.62
4. Untraceable 4.17 231 0.37 1.30
5. Three Kingdoms 4.03 255 0.29 6.55
6. Bucket List 4.09 66 0.29 1.35
7. The Guard Post (GP 506 – Korean) 4.03 231 0.26 6.23
8. The Chaser (Chugyeokja – Korean) 2.14 126 0.20 33.73
9. Pathology 4.17 156 0.16 0.50
10. Definitely, Maybe 4.09 134 0.13 1.11

(Source: KOBIS – Figures represent 97% of nationwide box office)

IRON MAN opens tomorrow. SPEED RACER the week after that. Pretty much some giant Hollywood film opens every weekend for the next month or two. Could be an ugly stretch ahead of Korean movies.