1069: Dominate Korea
"Iron Nematode Invasion" also received many praises when it was released in China.
During the release of the movie in South Korea, the number of viewers reached nearly 5 million, competing on the same stage to defeat "Spider-Man". Later, it was impacted by "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", and its box office momentum remained unabated, becoming the most influential disaster film in Korean theaters in 2012.
Because of the novel theme and the shocking plot, it attracted the continued attention of the Korean people.
The movie exceeded 1.32 million viewers in the first week of its release in South Korea, reached 2 million viewers on the 8th day, exceeded 3 million viewers on the 11th day, and exceeded 4 million viewers on the 17th. It also ranked well on the box office list without any weakness, showing its competitiveness as the first "biological" disaster film in South Korea.
Korean movies have developed quite rapidly in recent years. Many major directors have entered Hollywood and are doing well.
If "Introduction to Architecture" and "Invasion of the Iron Nematode" are the two pioneers of Phantom Korea, then the subsequent blockbuster "The Thieves' Alliance" is a bombshell.
This is also the film that Phantom has invested the most this year. It is directed by famous Korean director Choi Dong-hoon. It has attracted Korean local actors Kim Yun-suk, Kim Hye-soo, Lee Jung-jae to join, as well as goddess Jeon Ji-hyun, and recently Kim Soo-hyun, who is very popular in the TV series.
As a criminal action film, it tells the story of a joint operation of a team of ten people from South Korea and China to steal rare diamonds hidden in a Macau casino. It is also the first time that four Chinese stars, Simon Yam, Wu Dashu, Li Xinjie and Zeng Guoxiang, were invited to star in the role. As a veteran Hong Kong star, Simon Yam is a little old because of the passing of years. However, his acting skills are becoming more and more perfect.
This Korean movie has also attracted so many stars at one time, and has become a Korean topic since its start. After the movie was released, the Phantom launched a lot of publicity, and the box office that followed did indeed live up to its trust.
After its release on July 25, it has dominated the box office championship many times in more than two months, and it was not until two months later that it fell out of the top ten in the Korean box office list for the first time. However, by September, the number of viewers in the movie in South Korea had reached 13.02 million, breaking 17 box office records in Korean film history, officially surpassing "Hanjiang Monster" (2006) by 13.01 million. It has become the most popular local film in Korean history.
It took 70 days to break through 13 million people, 36 days faster than the 106 days of "Monster". Among all the films released in South Korea, only "Avatar" (13.6 million) has higher audiences than it. Kim Yun-seok, one of the leading actors in the film, has increased its popularity and is currently ranked among the most valuable male actors in South Korea. Jeon Ji-hyun, who plays the female thief, has finally gotten rid of the bad reputation of "box office poison".
When it was released in Hong Kong and other places, the results were among Korean movies, which was also quite good.
The ticket price of ordinary Korean movies is about 30-40 yuan. "The League of Thieves" has 13.02 million viewers, and the current total box office is 89.4 billion won, which is about 500 million yuan. In 2002, even in China, it was the top five of the year.
The details of the film are well handled, the foreshadowing can basically be echoed, and the plot can basically be explained. The characters' personalities are basically consistent, and there is no inexplicable mutation. And there is also some small humor everywhere, such as the sentence that Andrew said when teasing Jeon Ji-hyun: I heard that Koreans are all made up. Jeon Ji-hyun also escaped from the Hotel Times, whose name "stinky" biaozi" can be seen everywhere.
There are praiseworthy places in many places, and it is not by chance that such achievements can be achieved.
The Phantom's repeated bomb shocked the Korean market. Originally, the Phantom won the top 54th place of the year last year, but this year many companies struggled to develop blockbusters and wanted to try it out. Unexpectedly, they were beaten by a movie "The Thieves Alliance" and also set a new box office record for Korean movies.
It is worth mentioning. One month after the release of "The League of Thieves", the fourth film of the Phantom, "Did With the Wind", also took over the release.
The film is starring Cha Tae Hyun, and it is also his first time playing a costume role.
When I took on this drama, some people were worried about whether he could play the role of a costume. Unexpectedly, after putting on makeup and beard, there was no sense of incongruity. It was not abrupt when wearing ancient costume on him. Not only that, it also highlighted Cha Tae Hyun's unique comedic temperament, making people look forward to the release of the film. This made the Phantom's confidence greatly increase.
As a well-known Korean actor, Cha Tae-hyun has always had a high box office appeal. Last year, "Speed Scandal" collaborated with Phantom, also achieved 8 million viewers. He does not lack drama performances. This time, he took on this drama, with the mentality of repaying kindness, and Phantom warmly invited his brother Cha Chi-hyun to be the producer.
Working with his own brother, he can't refuse even if he wants to.
When the movie was released, "The League of Thieves" dominated the weekly champion for four weeks in the first month of the summer vacation. However, the schedule of the screening was already decided, and it could not be changed even if you want to, so you could only release it with your teeth.
The Phantom tried every means to promote the film. Before the film was released, it held a large-scale trial of 50,000 people not only in Seoul, but also in Gyeonggi, Daejeon, Daegu, Busan, Gwangju and other places. This is also an unprecedented feat in the Korean film preview.
In addition to the box office guarantee of the male protagonist Cha Tae Hyun, the film also gathers representatives of Zhongwu Road to join the franchise, and Han Caiying, who entered the back door, also performed very well.
As a result, this movie, which was released in the craze of "The Thieves", achieved unexpected good results, exceeding 3 million viewers in just 12 days. A week later, it exceeded 4 million viewers again to watch the movie.
On the third weekend after the release of "Die with the Wind", 106,843 viewers were mobilized nationwide on the same day (statistics by the publisher) and the cumulative number of viewers reached 4 million 7,623. When the movie was painted, according to statistics from the Korean Film Revitalization Committee, the movie "Die with the Wind" had a total of 4.834,100 viewers as of September 9, 2012.
This result can rank among the top three Korean historical dramas, and it is also hoped to enter the top five annual box offices of Korean local movies.
Pu was very happy!
The one who took over the top of "Did With the Wind" was "Guang Hai, the Man Who Became the King" starring Korean big star Lee Byung-hun.
Last year, Li Donglai invited Lee Byung-hun to star in the Phantom movie at the celebration banquet. He agreed without thinking too much, and this time he really gave him a good reward.
The film is a historical blockbuster plot in which North Korea Wang Guanghai, who is determined to escape the poisoned palace conspiracy and exchanges identities with civilians who look like him. The film will reveal the truth that Gwanghae-kun has disappeared for 15 days in the record of the Joseon Dynasty. Lee Byung-hun, who starred in the costume work for the first time, played two roles alone.
The script of this drama is led by Huang Chaoyun, the screenwriter of "Old Boy", and was taken aback by Li Donglai in many scripts.
Then An Shuzhen started operations, including choosing a director to build the crew. The original director candidate was Kang Youshuo, but he admired other actors who had played with him recently in the cast, and had differences with the Phantom. The star candidate was decided by Lee Donglai himself, so An Shuzhen naturally did not dare to change it. In the end, Qiu Changmin had to replace the director position.
The heroine is a popular Korean actress, played by Han Hyo Joo, who is very pure, and there are also many bed scenes between Han Hyo Joo and Lee Byung-hun in the film.
Grand publicity and planning are also indispensable. Lee Byung-hun is one of the best actors in South Korea. In addition, he played a very likable ninja role in both Hollywood blockbuster "Special Forces", which made him even more popular in South Korea.
As a result, the movie "Guanghai. The Man Who Became the King" broke through the 2 million audience mark in 5 days in South Korea and ranked as the champion.
Since "Guang Hai: The Man Who Becomes the King" was staged in South Korea on September 13, it has been screened 3,500 times in 712 cinemas across South Korea, with a occupancy rate of more than 60%. The most rare thing is that "Guang Hai: The Man Who Becomes the King" can exceed 2 million viewers within 5 days of the summer vacation, which is a remarkable achievement.
You should know that even the No. 1 box office in South Korea, "The League of Thieves", took a week to exceed 2 million viewers. The movie was released. Not only was it popular in South Korea, but it received good reviews from audiences at the Arab Film Festival, Vietnam-Korean Film Festival, French-Korean Film Festival, and British-Korean Film Festival.
It has been released for 14 consecutive weeks and has attracted many fans.
According to data released by the Korean Film Revitalization Committee, "Guanghai" mobilized 221,229 viewers in South Korea on October 20, with a total number of viewers reaching 10.04 million. "Guanghai" only took 38 days from its release to breaking the 10 million movie viewing mark, 7 days faster than "The King's Man", which is third in the box office list of all generations in South Korea, and is the same as "Inception 3D"'s performance in South Korea that exceeded the 10 million movie viewing mark.
Moreover, all other movies before "Guanghai" were released in the summer and winter box office peak seasons. "Guanghai" is the first movie in South Korea to be released in September in the off-box season and can also break through the tens of millions of movies.
In the end, "The Man Who Became the King" surpassed "The Man Who Became the King" with a total of 12.3 million viewed movies. This year, it is also second only to the same company's other movie, "The Thieves Alliance", which is undoubtedly ranked second in the box office of the year.
Another big movie of tens of millions, the Phantom of South Korea will dominate the top two Korean movie box office rankings for three consecutive years... Perhaps the top three.
Among many Korean companies, Xijie Entertainment, Lotte Entertainment, Showbox, NEW and others have suffered a big defeat this time. They obviously will not wait for the Phantom to continue to grow and include the Korean market in control bit by bit.
There has been news recently that the four major film investment and distribution companies are currently preparing to produce big movies and are ready to be released next year.
The release schedule is still confidential, but there is no doubt that this is for the Phantom of South Korea.
Next year, they will gather the collective return of top stars and famous directors. With their many connections and strength, they will beat the embarrassing situation where the Phantom has continuously dominated the rankings.
Because Koreans all know that the Phantom belongs to Li Donglai.
Although many people want Li Donglai to become a Korean, Li Donglai is still a Chinese, and there is still a gap between the Phantom of South Korea. Therefore, next year's battle will be called the Battle of Rise by many sticking media.
Chapter completed!