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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…

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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		$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		$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		$1,988	-18.76%	3	$663	$2,199,217	108
6/29/2007	87		$256	-87.12%	2	$128	$2,200,361	115
7/6/2007	87		$902	+252.34%	3	$301	$2,201,412	122

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
3/9/2007	-		$88,000		74	$1,189	$88,000	1
5/28/2007	69		$1,788		9	$199	$2,182,793	81

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2006-07-27	22		$3,756,083		620	$6,058	$3,756,083
2006-08-03	5		$25,128,891	+569.02%	620	$40,530	$28,884,974
2006-08-10	5		$19,780,449	-21.28%	620	$31,904	$48,665,423
2006-08-17	10		$14,729,208	-25.54%	550	$26,780	$63,394,631
2006-08-24	13		$7,683,095	-47.84%	470	$16,347	$71,077,726
2006-08-31	25		$4,402,313	-42.70%	380	$11,585	$75,480,039
2006-09-07	30		$3,813,600	-13.37%	523	$7,292	$79,293,639
2006-09-14	33		$1,789,759	-53.07%	529	$3,383	$81,083,398

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