I Can Speak Leads Weekend
Local comedy, I Can Speak debuted on top of South Korean Box – Office turnstiles after a Thurs release. The indie picture earned $5.18 million from 727,000 admissions over 4 days, and accounted for 46% of the weekend Box – Office turnstiles. Produced by Myung Films, the Kim Hyun – Seok film sees the story of an elderly woman who befriends a junior civil servant as she files complaints with the local Government. Showbox’s Memoir Of A Murderer slipped to 2nd. It earned $1.6 million from 215,00 admissions between Fri & Sun for $17.7 million after 3 weekends on release. Sony’s Baby Driver dropped to 3rd, earning $1.16 million for a total of $5.21 million after 2 weekends. Despite a drop of 53%, The Hitman’s Bodyguard jumped to 4th from the previous week’s 5th, as American Made suffered a steeper 81% drop. The Hitman’s Bodyguard earned $429,000 for a total of $11.7 million after 4 weekends on release. American Made earned $301,000 for a cumulative of $2.71 million after 2 weekends. The Invisible Guest & The Lost City Of Z debuted on Thurs and landed in 6th & 7th, respectively. The Invisible Guest earned $329,000 over 4 days, while The Lost City Of Z earned $248,000.
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES WINS SLOWEST WEEKEND
In the quietest weekend at the China Box -Office this year, War For The Planet Of The Apes held on to the #1 spot. It headed a chart on which foreign films took the top places & Chinese titles entered the list with previews of pictures that will enliven next week’s National Day holiday period. War For The Planet Of The Apes added $18.6 million in its 2nd frame, down from its $60 million opening. After 10 days on release, it has a cumulative score of $99.5 million, according to data from Ent Group. IMAX reports that the film scored $1.6 million from 435 screens, lifting its IMAX cumulative in China to $7.3 million. New release The Hitman’s Bodyguard rustled up $13.7 million. That was only good enough for 2nd place, despite having slightly more screenings than War For The Planet Of The Apes on 2 of its 3 1st days. Cumulative takings for the top 10 films was just $48 million. Earlier, the slowest weekend had been 7th Apr, 2017 to 9th Apr, 2017 when Ghost In The Shell briefly claimed the top spot. Spanish thriller Contratiempo climbed from 4th place last week to 3rd. Its score also improved from $4.95 million to $6.38 million. In 4th place was Spider – Man: Homecoming, which took $5.65 million. After 17 days on release, it has a $115 million cumulative. New release kids title Thomas And Friends: The Great Race took 5th spot. Playing 10,000 screenings on Fri and expanding to 15,000 on Sat & Sun, it took $1.69 million.
