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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Synopsis
The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival, THE HOST, the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director BONG Joon-ho, has already garnered a substantial amount of international buzz. Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects courtesy of a creative partnership between Weta Workshop (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) and The Orphanage (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City), THE HOST is equal parts creature-feature thrill ride and poignant human drama.
Gang-du (SONG Kang-ho) works at a food-stand on the banks of the Han River. Dozing on the job, he is awakened by his daughter, Hyun-seo ( KO A-sung), who is angry with him for missing a teacher-parent meeting at school. As Gang-du walks out to the riverbank with a delivery, he notices that a large crowd of people has gathered, taking pictures and talking about something hanging from the Han River Bridge. The otherwise idyllic landscape turns suddenly to bedlam when a terrifying creature climbs up onto the riverbank and begins to crush and eat people. Gang-du and his daughter run for their lives but suddenly the thing grabs Hyun-seo and disappears back into the river. The government announces that the thing apparently is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Gang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Gang-du makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the horrifying Host…
 Weekend Chart Record
| Date | Rank | | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|
| 3/9/2007 |
24 |
 |
$314,488 |
|
71 |
$4,429 |
$314,488 |
3 |
| 3/16/2007 |
27 |
 |
$245,964 |
-21.79% |
69 |
$3,565 |
$687,454 |
10 |
| 3/23/2007 |
25 |
|
$269,884 |
+9.73% |
94 |
$2,871 |
$1,057,280 |
17 |
| 3/30/2007 |
23 |
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$282,744 |
+4.77% |
116 |
$2,437 |
$1,452,018 |
24 |
| 4/6/2007 |
26 |
|
$171,796 |
-39.24% |
101 |
$1,701 |
$1,739,988 |
31 |
| 4/13/2007 |
38 |
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$103,775 |
-39.59% |
84 |
$1,235 |
$1,910,409 |
38 |
| 4/20/2007 |
44 |
|
$51,444 |
-50.43% |
78 |
$660 |
$2,010,000 |
45 |
| 4/27/2007 |
52 |
|
$44,118 |
-14.24% |
63 |
$700 |
$2,079,462 |
52 |
| 5/4/2007 |
56 |
|
$22,144 |
-49.81% |
41 |
$540 |
$2,122,899 |
59 |
| 5/11/2007 |
64 |
|
$17,886 |
-19.23% |
34 |
$526 |
$2,151,913 |
66 |
| 5/18/2007 |
75 |
|
$10,022 |
-43.97% |
17 |
$590 |
$2,169,274 |
73 |
| 5/25/2007 |
72 |
|
$5,366 |
-46.46% |
9 |
$596 |
$2,181,005 |
80 |
| 6/1/2007 |
83 |
|
$3,458 |
-35.56% |
9 |
$384 |
$2,188,784 |
87 |
| 6/8/2007 |
79 |
|
$2,255 |
-34.79% |
7 |
$322 |
$2,192,787 |
94 |
| 6/15/2007 |
83 |
|
$2,447 |
+8.51% |
4 |
$612 |
$2,196,107 |
101 |
| 6/22/2007 |
86 |
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$1,988 |
-18.76% |
3 |
$663 |
$2,199,217 |
108 |
| 6/29/2007 |
87 |
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$256 |
-87.12% |
2 |
$128 |
$2,200,361 |
115 |
| 7/6/2007 |
87 |
 |
$902 |
+252.34% |
3 |
$301 |
$2,201,412 |
122 |
Worldwide Weekly Chart Record
| Date | Rank | | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross |
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| 2006-07-27 |
22 |
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$3,756,083 |
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620 |
$6,058 |
$3,756,083 |
| 2006-08-03 |
5 |
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$25,128,891 |
+569.02% |
620 |
$40,530 |
$28,884,974 |
| 2006-08-10 |
5 |
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$19,780,449 |
-21.28% |
620 |
$31,904 |
$48,665,423 |
| 2006-08-17 |
10 |
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$14,729,208 |
-25.54% |
550 |
$26,780 |
$63,394,631 |
| 2006-08-24 |
13 |
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$7,683,095 |
-47.84% |
470 |
$16,347 |
$71,077,726 |
| 2006-08-31 |
25 |
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$4,402,313 |
-42.70% |
380 |
$11,585 |
$75,480,039 |
| 2006-09-07 |
30 |
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$3,813,600 |
-13.37% |
523 |
$7,292 |
$79,293,639 |
| 2006-09-14 |
33 |
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$1,789,759 |
-53.07% |
529 |
$3,383 |
$81,083,398 |
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= Public Holidays (New Year's Day, July 4 etc.)
