[Global Times Special Correspondent Luc] How much do Koreans love pandas? In addition to launching travel packages to see "Fubao" in China and posting recent photos of "Ruibao" and "Huibao" since their public debut, panda-themed movies have also topped the local box office list.

[Global Times Special Correspondent Luc] How much do Koreans love pandas? In addition to launching travel packages to see "Fubao" in China and posting recent photos of "Ruibao" and "Huibao" since their public debut, panda-themed movies have also topped the local box office list. According to the US "Variety" report, after the Hollywood animated blockbuster " Kung Fu Panda 4" was released in South Korea last week, it ended the seven-week dominance of the local suspense film "Tomb" and became the Korean box office with a first-week score of US$5.96 million. champion.

"Kung Fu Panda 4" was officially released in South Korea on April 10, and the box office on the 12th reached US$2.81 million. According to data from the Korea Film Promotion Council on the 15th, the film topped the box office list for five consecutive days, attracting a total of 877,000 viewers in the first week. In comparison, " Wonka ", the foreign language film with the highest box office in South Korea this year, had a total of 914,500 moviegoers in its first week of release. "Variety" commented that "the results of "Kung Fu Panda 4" cannot be regarded as a complete victory, "because the total box office of the entire Korean film market this weekend was only 5.6 million U.S. dollars, which is one of the worst market performances this year."

《 Kung Fu Panda 4" poster

Since March this year, "Kung Fu Panda 4" has been launched in the Chinese and American film markets. The film's cumulative box office in China is currently 324 million yuan, and the global box office has reached 458 million US dollars, becoming the global box office so far this year. The fourth-ranked film is behind " Dune 2", " Hot and Spicy " and " Speedy Life 2".

Before "Kung Fu Panda 4" was released in South Korea, it had been the local box office champion from February to March. It is a local film "Broken Tomb". The film's cumulative box office has reached 82.6 million U.S. dollars, ranking first in the box office of Korean movies this year. In addition, the Japanese romance film "" was re-released in South Korea last week, and the American horror film "" was re-released in South Korea last week. "Prequel to The Omen", "The Cyber ​​Troopers" which exposed the inside story of South Korea's cyber trolls, and the BTS fan-directed movie "Min Yoongi Agust D World Tour Movie" also received good box office results. It is worth mentioning that . The Hong Kong crime drama "Goldfinger " starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau also received US$180,000 in South Korea last week, ranking eighth on the box office list.

starring Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun and Yoo Hae-jin, it has Korean local culture. The thriller and suspense film "The Tomb" has become the most eye-catching work in the Korean film industry so far this year. According to data from Korean film distributors, the film's cumulative moviegoers exceeded the 10 million mark on March 24. , became the first Korean film to have more than 10 million local viewings this year. "The Tomb" was shortlisted for the Berlin International Film Festival in February this year and will also be screened at the Beijing International Film Festival this week.

According to Yonhap News Agency, "The Tomb" was released. Driven by the popularity of the movie, South Korean cinemas enjoyed a boom in the box office in March, achieving the second best performance in the same period in history. The performance report disclosed by the Korea Film Promotion Commission on the 9th of this month showed that the sales of South Korean cinemas in March increased by 45.7% year-on-year. %, reaching 116.6 billion won (approximately 620 million yuan), higher than the average for the same period from 2017 to 2019 (114.3 billion won), and also set the second highest record for the same period in history. South Korea’s March movie attendance data year-on-year. It increased by 56.5% to 11.7 million, basically returning to 85% of the pre-epidemic average. Corresponding to the record breaking of Korean domestic films, the sales of Korean imported films and the number of moviegoers both declined throughout March. Only one new Hollywood film, "Dune 2", was released. Although leading actor Timothée Chalamet and director Denis Villeneuve attended the premiere in Seoul, the box office was only 19.1 billion won (approximately 99 million yuan). RMB), which is far from the record of "Broken Tomb". Next, South Korea will have a blockbuster local film - "Crime City 4" starring Ma Dong-seok will be released next week (April 24). The first three films in the series attracted more than 30 million viewers in South Korea. . Currently, "Crime City 4" ranks second at the pre-sales box office, second only to "Kung Fu Panda 4".