23.8.10

[News] Won Bin : "The Man From Nowhere" Movie hangs onto No. 1 spot


[News] Won Bin : "The Man From Nowhere" Movie hangs onto No. 1 spot.
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Korean action pic "The Man From Nowhere" held onto to its title as the No. 1 movie in the country for the third straight week between August 20 to 22.

According to the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) on Monday, "Man" attracted 640,755 moviegoers over the weekend, bringing its total gross to almost 26.8 billion won since opening in local theaters on August 4.

"The Man From Nowhere", starring Korean actor Won Bin and child actress Kim Sae-ron, is about Tae-shik (Won Bin) who isolated himself from the world and leads a lonely life until he the girl next door named So-mi (Kim). When he finds out that So-mi and her mother are kidnapped, Tae-shik goes on a hunt to find his new friend.

Meanwhile, M. Night Shyamalan's latest fantasy flick "The Last Airbender" entered the local box office charts in second place with 621,701 viewers, while Korean thriller "I Saw the Devil", starring Hallyu star Lee Byeong-Heon and Choi Min-sik, dropped one spot to No. 3 with 283,439 admissions.

Hollywood film "Inception" also slipped one slot from the previous weekend selling 262,013 tickets and Sylvester Stallone's action movie "The Expendables" entered the charts in fifth place with 189,239 admits.

Other movies in the top 10 included "Toy Story 3", "Deserted House", "Salt", "Magic Hanja - Stopping the Resurrection of the Great Devil" and "Step Up 3-D".


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