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Kang Soo-yeon, the Korean actress who won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Im Kwon-taek’s 1987 film “Surrogate Mother,” will appear in the director’s next feature film “Raising the Moonlight.”
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Cookie Jar Entertainment has opened a satellite office in South Korea, with CJ Lee as vp of distribution.
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CJ CGV, Korea’s largest multiplex chain, will open the company’s third branch in Wuhan, China’s seventh largest, on Thursday.
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Local film festivals and award ceremonies might face a cutback in government funding if public sentiment is critical of the programs.
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"Paju," the second feature from fast-rising South Korean director Park Chan-Ok, will open the 39th Rotterdam International Film Festival on Jan. 27, 2010.
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More independent screens and greater pay for staff are just two moves the Korean Film Council plans to improve the local film industry, KOFIC announced Wednesday.
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A local copyright collective will push to require all movie sites to install a digital filtering system, which will prevent its users from uploading unauthorized content on the Web by the end of the year, said the Korean Film Producers Association.
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Mirovision reported late Sunday that it struck a major deal to transport “Lifting King Kong” into Hong Kong and China with Golden Harvest.
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October ticket sales jumped by 22.2% compared to the same period last year, despite a shorter Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) weekend, according to the Korean Film Council Monday.
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Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in Orange, Calif., is partnering with the Pusan International Film Festival to bring Korean films and filmmakers to the U.S.
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South Korea's CJ Entertainment has signed a three-year development deal with 1949 Pictures, a U.S. production company belonging to director Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. The two outfits will co-produce film projects and CJ obtain first rights for distribution in Korea, Japan and China.
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“The Divine Weapon,” a martial arts action by Kim Yu-jin, won the Best Picture at Korea’s 46th Grand Bell Prize Film Award, an annual film prize handed out Friday.
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The Korean action fantasy flick "Woochi" is casting a spell across Asia in a deal struck by United Pictures and M-Line Distribution with Viscom Suraya for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
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Korean sales banner Showbox said Friday that local boxoffice hit "Take Off" has, well, taken off with AFM buyers.
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The Media Development Authority of Singapore said Korean director Pil Gam-Sung's "Neon Sign" will be the first film out of the gate from its film fund launched in Cannes this year.
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International sales and financing company Fortissimo Films and South Korean entertainment giant CJ Entertainment are joining forces, signing on for a deal that will cover areas ranging from distribution to development.
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Asia's film executives can be forgiven for arriving in Santa Monica a little exhausted, and it's not just the 16-hour jetlag.
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"A Brand New Life," a debut feature by a French-Korean filmmaker Ounie Lecomte and produced by Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong, has sold to Japan's Crest International.
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“D-War,” a monster flick with heavy CG done solely in Korea, is the the all-time Korean champ at the U.S. boxoffice, according to a recent report by the Korean Film Council examining the types of Korean films that have been released in the U.S.
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“Good Morning President,” this year’s Pusan film festival opener and actor Jang Dong-kun’s comeback film, topped the Korean weekend boxoffice attracting 816,600 admissions on 671 screens since opening Thursday.
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CJ Entertainment has come on board as a co-financier of John Kafka and Yoon S. Choi’s English-language animated movie “Dino Mom.”
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Three indoor movie studios worth 28 billion won ($24 million) will be built in Pusan by 2013 for filming, in addition to the two existing ones near the Busan Yachting Center.
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The Pusan International Film Festival wrapped up by giving its New Currents Award to Shawkat Amin Korki's drama "Kick Off" and So Sang-min's comedy "I Am in Trouble."
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Top prize among yet-to-be-made film projects presented at the Pusan Promotion Plan was Shinji Aoyama's "Decadent Sisters," which Wednesday walked away with a $20,000 check from the Busan Metropolitan City authorities.
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The Hong Kong cop drama "Overheard" from co-directors Alan Mak and Felix Chong will open the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival on Nov. 11, organizers said Tuesday.
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" |
| Release | Wknd. B.O. | Cume B.O. |
| 1. | The Twilight Saga: New Moon
| 124.1
| 132.1
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| 2. | 2012 | 107.1 | 348.1 |
| 3. | A Christmas Carol
| 18.5 | 60 |
| 4. | This Is It
| 5.7 | 168.2 |
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| 3 | 379 |
| Figures in millions. Weekend of Nov. 20-22, 2009 |
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