“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a spinoff from the hit “Harry Potter” franchise, made its debut in South Korean theaters at No. 1 on the weekend box-office chart, data showed Monday.
According to real-time based box office figures from the Korean Film Council, the Warner Bros.’ adventure film topped the chart, selling over 1.4 million tickets over the Nov. 18-20 weekend.
The film, starring Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston, is based on a screenplay by J.K. Rowling and follows Newt Scamander, an English magical zoologist, who joins a secretive group of wizards and witches in 1920s New York in search of fantastic beasts.
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A scene from the film, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” (Heyday Films) |
With the “Fantastic Beasts” sweeping 68.1 percent of total tickets sold in theaters, other films were relegated to single-digit shares in ticket sales.
Korean film “Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned” went up 12 places to second place with 208,170.
Starring Kang Dong-won, the fantasy melodrama depicts the story of a boy who mysteriously disappears when he goes to the mountains with his friend, only to return as a full-grown adult a few days later.
Another Hollywood fantasy adventure film “Doctor Strange,” which topped the chart for the past three weeks, slipped to No. 3 with 193,460 in attendance.
Coming in fourth and fifth places are the bowling-gambling film “Split” (96,841) and the comedy “Luck-Key” (49,533). Both are homegrown films. (Yonhap)
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