[movie 2009] Haeundae 해운대 (7/23/2009)

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The main website is completely up: http://haeundae2009.co.kr/main_update.html

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more clips (that we haven't seen from the trailer) from the movie:

MBC Movie Reel (7-12-09): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpU_Rq3GvaQ

SBS Movie World (7-11-09): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZdpzxFfN9A

I'll try to upload the Ha Ji Won interview from KBS I Love Movie (7-11-09) later.

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[Guest kdramafanusa]

Edaily

L-R: Director Yoon Je-Gyun and cast including Park Joong-Hoon, Seol Kyung-Gu, Ha Ji-Won, Lee Min-Ki, Kang Ye-Won, Kim In-Kwon

Director Yoon Je-Gyun

Seol Kyung-Gu

Ha Ji-Won

Park Joong-Hoon

Lee Min-Ki

Kim In-Kwon

Kang Ye-Won

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Seol Kyung-Gu

Ha Ji-Won

Park Joong-Hoon

Ha Ji-Won, Park Joong-Hoon, Kang Ye-Won

Lee Min-Ki

Kang Ye-Won

Source: Heymannews

[Guest kdramafanusa]

VIP Premiere on July 17

Seol Kyung-Gu

Ha Ji-Won

Uhm Jung-Hwa, Park Joong-Hoon

Uhm Jung-Hwa

Song Jae-Ho

Kang Ye-Won

Seol Kyung-Gu, Ha Ji-Won, Lee Min-Ki

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Song Yoon-Ah

Director Lee Myung-Se

Ahn Sung-Ki & Hwang Jung-Min

Park Hae-Il & Park Hee-Soon

Kim Min-Jong

Cha Tae-Hyun

Kim Ja-Ok

Son Ye-Jin

Han Hye-Jin

Kim Ha-Neul

Park Min-Young

Choi Sung-Kook

Go Eun-Ah

Lee Min-Jung

Brown Eye Girls Ga-In

Source: Daum/Newsen/StarNews/YonHap

[Guest valley girl]

wahh.. it's gonna be released soon right???.. i bet it will be box office..

[Guest piano_lady]

Thanks for the photos, KD!

Does anyone know what time did this VIP premiere take place?

Late afternoon to early evening, perhaps?

[Guest Zombie]

With so much effort , many A lister actors and actresses, and finance putting into this movie,

hope it does well in boxoffice.

Seem a very excitng movie to me.

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Source: The Korea Times 07-19-2009 17:20

'Haeundae' Manages to Be Entertaining

By Lee Hyo-won

Staff Reporter

A scene from "Haeundae,'' a drama-packed movie about a tsunami hitting Korean shores

The anticipated summer blockbuster "Haeundae'' is like a blushing bride, wearing something new, something old and something blue. While the tsunami film rides upon tides of Korean cliches and brims with disappointing computer graphics, it manages to smartly evade some Hollywood disaster film conventions.

The film stays afloat on the strength of a talented, star-studded cast that shines through the artifice and the less-than-sophisticated mise-en-scene. And despite a hefty dose of mainstream superficiality ― or perhaps because of it ― box office favorite director Yoon Je-kyoon demonstrates his knack for communicating with the audience.

Every summer, Busan's most popular beach, Haeundae, transforms into something of an overpacked, outdoor public bath catering to hordes of vacationers from all over the country.

Park Joong-hoon stars as Kim, a workaholic professor from Seoul who tries to warn that a mega tsunami will swallow up the southern port city within a matter of days. But Haeundae treads away from the Hollywood template for natural disaster movies: Kim is not the hero that foretells the disaster and saves the planet, rather he's among a group of main characters caught in the melodrama that catches momentum with the arrival of the momentous wave.

When Kim is not busy persuading his boss to make a phone call to evacuate people, he must deal with his ambivalent feelings for his ex-wife Yu-jin (Uhm Jung-hwa) and their daughter, whom he's never met. Yu-jin is a typical working single mom who ends up leaving her child alone rather than asking Kim for help, until the workings of nature force her to.

Meanwhile, Sul Kyoung-gu ("Public Enemy Returns'') plays the hot-tempered, insensitive Man-sik. But he has a soft spot for Yeon-heui (Ha Ji-won), and the film is worth watching just to see the hardball actor be all smiles for the love of his character's life. When he finally musters up the courage to propose to her, Yeon-heui wants to say "yes" but is forced to take a rain check.

Man-sik's younger brother Hyeong-sik (Lee Min-ki) is also suffering from troubles of the heart. While working as a lifeguard he saves a beautiful and spoiled Seoulite, Heui-mi (Gang Ye-won), and his innocence comes to an end. But his whirlwind romance with this Paris Hilton-cum-"My Sassy Girl'' is interrupted by, well, really bad weather.

The film attempts to counterpoint the melodrama with some slapstick humor. Actor Kim In-kwon assumes the role of the comedic punching bag: a man worthy of the Darwin Award, he almost dies in a fire amid the water disaster. Much of the humor, in the tradition of the director's other projects, is strictly B-rate, resorting to crude physical violence.

There are a number of existing films set in Busan that showcase the tough local dialect, which often serves as a barometer for acting skills. Haeundae stands apart for vividly capturing the city's sensibility, thanks to the director's Busan roots and the actors' blazing talents.

But Yoon may have poured too much of his heart into his portrait of Busan. He failed to snip away superfluous scenes, and the viewer begins to lose focus in the prolonged middle section ― Park, a household name here for his charismatic screen presence, toils in boring lab sequences.

The computer graphics, which aroused lofty expectations given they were done by makers of "The Perfect Storm'' and "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace,'' were often like a disappointing gift beneath promising packaging.

But, as the director noted, the movie "is not about a tsunami but is a human story that includes a tsunami.'' Indeed, the film's forte lies in its rendering of Korean karma, "inyeon," the magical interconnection between people.

As flawed as the film may be, particularly the loathsomely sappy music that often cheapens the drama, the film constantly entertains, and that is what counts.

In theaters July 23. Distributed by CJ Entertainment.

hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr

[Guest cintakyo]

wow ha ji won so pretty...guy's have a link premiere in theater..please...thanks...

emmm the 'WIFE' soon yun ah coming!!!!!!!!!! :)

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Haeundae will definitely cross the 1 million mark this weekend.

Daily Box Office (source: KOBIS)

Wednesday 7-22: 172,196 (admission) / 47.3% (share)

Thursday 7-23: 269,424 (admission) / 59.6% (share)

Friday 7-24: 310,906 (admission) / 60.8% (share) [preliminary]

current total: 767,524 [preliminary]

Seol Kyung-Gu's last film Public Enemy Returns sold around 1.6 million tickets during its opening week; it passed 4 million mark by the end of its run. Voice Of A Murderer also had a very strong opening, its total admission crossed 3 million mark as well.

[Guest cintakyo]

Haeundae will definitely cross the 1 million mark this weekend.

wow...congratz ....yapz i believe for that because...this movie so...GREAT ang awsome... :)

thanks for news...

[Guest Morty]

Thank you very much for the update! Helena, please keep us updated!

I think the movie has good chances to sell around 1,5 million tickets this weekend.

It needs 7 million admissions to break even.

[Guest kdramafanusa]

^ Morty, it looks like it will pass a million & a half tickets this weekend.

Daily Box Office (source: KOBIS)

Wednesday 7-22: 172,196 (admission) / 47.3% (share)

Thursday 7-23: 269,424 (admission) / 59.6% (share)

Friday 7-24: 313,253 (admission) / 60.8% (share) [preliminary]

Saturday 7-25: 488,026 (admission) / 56.6% (share) [preliminary]

current total: 1,257,897 [preliminary]

[Guest alines]

thanks for the box office result, I'm looking everywhere to find it. Now I know.

Thank you so much.

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Daily Box Office (source: KOBIS)

Wednesday 7-22: 172,196 (admission) / 47.3% (share)

Thursday 7-23: 269,424 (admission) / 59.6% (share)

Friday 7-24: 313,253 (admission) / 60.8% (share)

Saturday 7-25: 492,315 (admission) / 56.7% (share)

Sunday 7-26: 311,374 (admission) / 60.1% (share) [Preliminary]

current total: 1,573,560 [Preliminary]

<<<Preliminary Figures only. Final numbers will be available tomorrow.>>>

Weekend Box Office [Friday 2009/07/24 ~ Sunday 2009/07/26]

1. Haeundae 해운대 (South Korea 한국)

Opening Date: 2009/07/23

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 1,116,942 / 1,573,560

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 7,924,510,000 / 11,089,230,000

Screen : 869

Last Week : #11

Share : 58.7%

Director : Yoon Je-Gyun

Main Cast : Seol Kyung-Gu, Ha Ji-Won, .....

[Guest Morty]

Haeundae has already sold 2 million tickets after five days!

http://twitter.com/darcypaquet

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Weekend Box Office [Friday 2009/07/24 ~ Sunday 2009/07/26]

1. Haeundae 해운대 (South Korea 한국)

Opening Date : 2009/07/23

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 1,543,715 / 2,000,314

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 11,062,181,500 / 14,226,739,500

Screen : 903

Last Week : #11

Share : 58.5%

Director : Yoon Je-Gyun

Main Cast : Seol Kyung-Gu, Ha Ji-Won, .....

2. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 해리 포터와 혼혈 왕자 (US)

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypot...lf-bloodprince/

Opening Date : 2009/07/15

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 443,134 / 2,522,231

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 3,041,008,000 / 17,227,469,500

Screen : 671

Last Week : #1

Share : 16.8%

Director : David Yates

Main Cast : Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter

3. Chaw 차우 (South Korea)

http://chaw.co.kr/

Opening Date : 2009/07/15

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 296,758 / 1,250,244

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 2,114,071,000 / 8,771,403,000

Screen : 450

Last Week : #2

Share : 11.2%

Director : Shin Jung-Won

Main Cast : Uhm Tae-Woong, Jung Yoo-Mi, Jang Hang-Seon, Yoon Je-Moon, Park Hyuk-Won

4. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 트랜스포머: 패자의 역습 (US)

Opening Date : 2009/06/24

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 124,739 / 7,313,646

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 885,194,000 / 49,802,615,000

Screen : 360

Last Week : #3

Share : 4.7%

Director : Michael Bay

Main Cast : Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas, Ramon Rodriguez

5. Lifting King Kong 킹콩을 들다 (South Korea)

http://www.kingkong2009.co.kr/

Opening Date : 2009/07/01

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 71,601 / 1,208,460

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 516,874,500 / 8,410,764,500

Screen : 338

Last Week : #4

Share : 2.7%

Director : Park Geon-Yong

Main Cast : Lee Beom-Su, JoAhn, Byeon Hee-Bong, ...

6. Doraemon 극장판 도라에몽: 진구의 공룡대탐험 (Japan)

Opening Date : 2009/07/15

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 58,334 / 160,675

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 382,913,500 / 1,056,585,000

Screen : 190

Last Week : #6

Share : 2.2%

7. My Bloody Valentine 3-D 블러디 발렌타인 (US)

Opening Date : 2009/07/23

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 54,490 / 85,429

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 504,930,000 / 788,993,500

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8. Running Turtle 거북이 달린다 (South Korea)

http://www.run2009.co.kr/

Opening Date : 2009/06/11

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 13,902 / 3,045,591

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 105,360,000 / 20,573,798,000

Screen : 108

Last Week : #5

Share : 0.5

Director : Lee Yeon-Woo

Main Cast : Kim Yoon-Seok, Jung Kyung-Ho, Seon Woo-Seon, Kyun Mi-Ri

9. Take Off 국가대표 (South Korea)

http://www.jump2009.co.kr/

Opening Date : 2009/07/29

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 5,977 / 8,873

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 27,222,000 / 47,364,000

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Director : Kim Yong-Hwa

Main Cast : Ha Jung-Woo, ...

10. Happy Flight 해피 플라이트 (Japan)

Opening Date : 2009/07/16

3-Day Admission / Total Admission : 4,757 / 15,480

3-Day Gross / Total Gross (Won) : 33,938,500 / 107,545,000

Screen : 16

Last Week : #10

Share : 0.2

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Daily Box Office

Wednesday 7-22: 172,196 (admission) / 47.3% (share)

Thursday 7-23: 269,405 (admission) / 59.5% (share)

Friday 7-24: 313,256 (admission) / 60.8% (share)

Saturday 7-25: 613,504 (admission) / 56.8% (share)

Sunday 7-26: 616,955 (admission) / 59.1% (share)

Monday 7-27: 277,726 (admission) / 64.2% (share) [Preliminary]

current total: 2,278,040 [Preliminary]

(source: KOBIS)

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Source: The Hollywood Reporters

Disaster film a Korean BO success

'Haeundae' simulates tsunami on Busan beachfront

July 27, 2009

By Park Soo-mee

SEOUL -- “Haeundae,” one of the most expensive Korean disaster movies ever made and set in the country’s existing beachfront, created a boxoffice tsunami over the weekend, beating “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

The film about a deadly tidal wave hitting the famous beach town near Busan is directed by Yoon Je-kyoon (“Sex is Zero”) and coproduced by JK Film and CJ Entertainment. It has attracted 1.57 million filmgoers on 869 screens since the film opened Wednesday, followed by “Harry Potter” at 2.4 million and “Chaw” at 1.15 million, which both opened on July 15. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” attracted 7.28 million paid attendances so far.

With a budget estimated at $13 million, “Haeundae” is one of the year’s most expensive films, heavy with computer graphics and a star-studded cast. The film stars top Korean movie actors including Sol Kyung-gu, Park Jung-hun and Ha Ji-won.

Note: Article used preliminary box office figures released on Sunday.

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Source: The Korea Herald

Haeundae (Korea)

Opened July 23

Action. Directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. Yoon, who is famous for gross-out comedies such as "Sex is Zero," is back with Korea's first foray into the disaster genre in "Haeundae," a big-budget action extravaganza about a tsunami that hits a popular beach and vacation spot. The story takes on the classic formula of Hollywood disaster films like The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure, and Airport, studded with an all-star cast of Korean entertainers: Seol Gyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon and Eom Jung-hwa.