| "Pawn" has topped the local box office for four consecutive days. Courtesy of CJ ENM |
By Lee Gyu-lee
"Pawn" has stormed to the top of the local box office over the Chuseok holiday, which began on Wednesday.
The heartwarming, tear-inducing film has sold more than 673,000 tickets in the five days since it hit theaters Tuesday, grossing 5.79 billion won ($4.95 million).
It opened at second spot on the chart, with more than 67,000 ticket sales, but soon climbed to the top as the holiday started.
Directed by Kang Dae-gyu, known for the award-winning drama film "Harmony," "Pawn" follows a relationship between two debt collectors ― Doo-seok (Sung Dong-il) and Jong-bae (Kim Hee-won) ― and a nine-year-old girl, Seung-yi (Park So-yi).
The debt collectors took Seung-yi as "collateral" from her mother, who gets deported for staying in Korea without a visa. The two men and her daughter come to develop a family-like bond as they get to know one another.
Actress Ha Ji-won made her silver screen return after three years by playing the older version of Seung-yi.
| A poster for the action-comedy film "The Golden Holiday." / Courtesy of ShowBox |
Another film released for Chuseok, "The Golden Holiday," took the second spot of the box office during the holiday, after opening at the top on Tuesday.
The action-comedy flick has sold about 407,000 tickets since its release, grossing 3.39 billion won ($2.9 million).
Directed by Kim Bong-han, the film stars veteran Kwak Do-won as police detective Byung-soo, who goes on a first overseas trip to the Philippines with his family. During his trip, he becomes a primary target of a murder investigation after being embroiled in a crime.
To clear his name, Byung-soo tries to solve the case himself with the help of longtime friends ― tour guide Man-chul (Kim Dae-myung) and convicted felon Yong-bae (Kim Sang-ho).