Naman Ramachandran Woo Min-ho’s historical drama “Harbin” stormed to the top of the South Korean box office for the weekend of Dec.
27-29. The film, set in 1909, follows Korean independence activists plotting the assassination of Japan’s Prime Minister during their quest for independence.
Starring Hyun Bin, Park Jeong-min and Jeon Yeo-been, “Harbin” earned $5.9 million over the weekend, accounting for 55.3% of the total box office with 903,865 admissions.
This brings its cumulative earnings to $15.5 million. The box office figures are from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.
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