The premiere of "The Perfect Other" was well received by the audience
Time Network News South Korea's local black comedy "Perfect Other" reached the top of the box office in the first week of its official release, pressing the Hollywood biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" released on the same day. Last week's champion, homegrown zombie film "Rampant", fell to third the following week.
"Perfect Others" is adapted from the Italian film "Perfect Stranger", co-starring Zhao Zhenxiong, Liu Haizhen, Lian Jingya and other powerful actors. The film was released on 1,313 screens in its first weekend, mobilized 1.17 million viewers in its first weekend, and achieved a box office share of 52%, easily topped the weekend box office. The cumulative number of viewers in the first week of the film reached 1.66 million, and it is expected to exceed 1.8 million profit points today.
"Perfect Others", which cost only 5 billion won (about 30 million yuan) to produce, currently has an audience rating of 9.25 and a media rating of 6.13. The audience that gave 10 points reached 72%, and the proportion of viewers who gave more than 8 points was 86%. Many viewers praised the actors' performances and affirmed the film's unique and fresh style. An excerpt from the audience comments is as follows:
<b>"Filming location? scale? No need, the best actors can make the best dishes around a small table, without even needing any seasoning. ”</b>
<b>"A horror movie in a sense." </b>
<b>"The best black comedy of the year, Liu Haizhen's acting skills are trustworthy." </b>
The Perfect Others teaser trailer
<b>"The most satisfying of the recent underperforming Korean films, although the story is adapted, the straightforward directing and the crazy acting skills of the actors are sleepy and laugh at all." </b>
In addition, most of the media ratings are concentrated on 6-7 points, and most commentators believe that the first half of the film has excellent rhythm control, but the story progress after the mystery is revealed is too cheesy. The comments are excerpted below:
<b>"The tension in the first half is very good, but when all the secrets are revealed, the connotation is a little weak compared to this layer of wrapping paper." But even so, on the whole, it is still a black comedy with excellent directing techniques. ”</b>
<b>"After the hidden and seemingly earth-shattering secret was revealed, the result was not good." </b>
Queen's lead biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" was released on the same day as "The Perfect Other", and the cumulative number of viewers exceeded 700,000 in the first week. Compared with similar music themes "Philharmonic City" (560,000 visitors in the first weekend) and "King of the Circus" (390,000 people), the first week results can be described as outstanding.
The zombie blockbuster "Rampant" led by Xuan Bin and Zhang Dongjian lacks stamina
"Rampant" starring Xuan Bin and Zhang Dongjian fell to third place the next week, plunging nearly 80% compared with the first week, and the cumulative number of moviegoers reached 1.52 million. The 17 billion-won film has seen a marked decline, with a profit margin of 3.8 million. If you calculate the film's overseas pre-sale revenue, the profit point is also 2.3 million.
Three more new films made the list this week, with the Halloween-themed fantasy adventure film Tick House and the horror film Halloween ranking fourth and fifth respectively in its first week. Another imported film on religious themes, The Apostle Paul, ranked seventh.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was re-released in only 32 4DX cinema halls in the following week, ranked sixth at the box office with 37,000 viewers, and the cumulative number of moviegoers has exceeded 200,000.
<b>Ranking of box office statistics at the end of November 2-November 4 (week 44 of 2018</b>).
<b>(Audience unit: 10,000 people / Box office unit: 100 million won).</b>
<b>New films released this week:</b>
This week, Ma Dong-seok's action thriller "The Neighbors" and Zhang Lu's "Wing Goose" will be officially released. "Goosebumps 2", "Listening and Speaking" starring Peng Yuyan and Chen Yihan, and the Chinese-language film "Relief Grocery Store" will all meet with Korean audiences.