There is female empowerment in Korean cinemas, but it is coming more from local characters, than global hit “Barbie.” Female-led crime action film “Smugglers” dominated the weekend at t…
and pushed aside “Mission: impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” which had headed the chart for the previous two sessions.
The film has already been invited to both the Locarno and Toronto film festivals as special screenings material.. It earned $2.85 million over the weekend for a 17% market share. That increment gives it a running total of $43.8 million, and poised within a day or two to become the second highest grossing film of the year in Korea.
“Barbie,” which has had a miserable time in real world Korea, remained in fifth position. It earned $667,000 in its second weekend for a 12-day cumulative of $3.28 million. “Insidious: The Red Door” earned $398,000 in sixth place. It has accumulated $2.85 million over the same period.
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