Weekend box office ranking for January 6-8, 2012

One critic from Cine21 describes Wonderful Radio (starring Lee Min Jung and Lee Jung Jin) as a cross between Best Love and Radio Star, in theory, but the movie lacks originality and the characters are uninteresting. Not a great review, but that didn’t stop this romantic comedy from rising to the number 2 spot in its opening weekend.

1. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (U.S.)
Opening date: December 15, 2011
Daum netizens’ average rating: 8.6/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 8.74/10
Weekend ticket sales: 477,850
Total ticket sales since the film opening: 6,243,795

2. Wonderful Radio (Korea)
Opening date: January 5, 2012
Directed by Kwon Chil In (Some Like It Hot)
Starring Lee Min Jung (Cyrano Dating Agency), Lee Jung Jin (Runaway: Plan B), Lee Kwang Soo (City Hunter), Kim Jung Tae (Can’t Lose)
Daum netizens’ average rating: 8.0
Naver netizens’ average rating: 8.03/10
Weekend: 281,296
Total: 334,855

3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (U.S.)
Opening date: December 21, 2011
Daum netizens’ average rating: 7.8/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 8.06/10
Weekend: 223,498
Total: 1,862,604

4. Perfect Game (Korea)
Opening date: December 21, 2011
Directed by Park Hee Gon (Insadong Scandal)
Starring Jo Seung Woo (The Sword With No Name), Yang Dong Geun (Grand Prix), Choi Jung Won (Brain)
Daum netizens’ average rating: 8.9/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 9.03/10
Weekend: 133,580
Total: 1,155,313

5. Friends: Naki on the Monster Island (Japan)
Opening date: December 29, 2011
Daum netizens’ average rating: 9.0/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 8.62/10
Weekend: 118,342
Total: 407,958

6. My Way (Korea)
Opening date: December 21, 2011
Directed by Kang Je Gyu (Taegukgi)
Starring Jang Dong Gun (The Warrior’s Way), Odagiri Joe (The Warrior and the Wolf), Fan Bingbing (Shaolin)
Daum netizens’ average rating: 6.1/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 7.04/10
Weekend: 112,905 
Total: 2,002,323

7. The Darkest Hour (U.S.)
Opening date: January 5, 2012
Daum netizens’ average rating: 4.5/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 5.93/10
Weekend: 82,684
Total: 98,450

8. The Lion King 3 D (U.S.)
Opening date: December 29, 2011
Daum netizens’ average rating: 8.7/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 9.30/10
Weekend: 46,259
Total: 270,995

9. Chilling Romance (a.k.a. Spellbound) (Korea)
Opening date: December 1, 2011
Directed by Hwang In Ho
Starring Son Ye Jin (Personal Taste) & Lee Min Ki (Quick)
Daum netizens’ average rating: 8.3/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 8.73/10
Weekend: 46,231
Total: 2,945,469

10. Pokemon the Movie: White (Japan)
Opening date: December 22, 2011
Daum netizens’ average rating: 8.5/10
Naver netizens’ average rating: 7.77/10
Weekend: 30,116
Total: 345,153