*South Korea measures box office scores in terms of number of moviegoers, rather than revenue. It has a population of only 48 million, so 600,000 is a huge number!
"Thirst," director Park Chan-wook's latest film, placed top in the South Korean box office during the two consecutive holidays of the opening week.
The film attracted a total of 626,024 moviegoers during the first three days after the release, following 439,950 at 601 cinemas across the country for May Day and Saturday, according to the integrated computer network figure of the Korean Film Council.
The film also attracted 178,000 cinemagoers, Thursday, the largest number among new releases in the first day of their screening this year.
The film, which tells the story of a priest who becomes a vampire, is expected to hit 800,000 in total Sunday if the current trend persists, according to movie analysts.
This is incredibly impressive; Park is of course an icon here, but his movies have a cult following among only a rather limited group. This is doubly significant since April 30 marked the release of major competitors such as "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
>>Read my movie review of "Thirst," one of the first available in English.
>>Read about what director Park had to say about his movie.
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