New film “Children…” debuts atop box office chart

A scene from the film "Children..." [YoungHwaIn]

Documentary film “Children…” topped the latest weekend box office chart, according to the official website of the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) on Monday.

“Children…,” which revisits the unresolved case of five boys who went missing after hiking to a nearby mountain in the summer of 1991, attracted a total 520,266 moviegoers during the weekend of February 18 to 20 after opening in 598 theaters last Thursday.

Starring Park Yong-woo, Ryu Seung-ryeong and Sung Dong-il, the film portrays three men’s quest to find the truth behind the mysterious disappearance which occured over 20 years ago.

Documentary producer Kang Ji-seung (played by Park) wishes to make a special TV program, professor Hwang Woo-hyuk (Ryu) continues to insist the case is an evident homicide, and inspector Park Gyung-sik (Sung) cannot let go of the case.

Love story “Late Autumn,” which also opened last Thursday, came in at No. 2 on the same chart, after bringing in 353,219 viewers during the past three days in 540 theaters.

The film starring Korean actor Hyun Bin and Chinese actress Tang Wei, is about the brief encounter between a female prisoner who earned few days’ parole to attend her mother’s funeral and a gigolo who is on the run.

“Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow,” the previous winner of the chart, sold 298,623 tickets to land on third place.

Starring Kim Myung-min, Oh Dal-soo and Han Ji-min, the story which is set in 18th century Korea, deals with the fun and comical adventure of detective K who is out to solve a case of serial murder under the order of the king.

Other films that followed in the top 10 list were Disney’s animation “Tangled,” action and suspense pic “Unknown,” late-romance drama “Late Blossom,” action thrillers “127 Hours,” and “Sanctum,” Japanese animation “Atashinchi: My Family,” and romance drama “No Strings Attached.”

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