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| ▲ This photo, provided by Hollywood AFP, shows cast of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Waterhole company, shows the film 'Everything Everywhere All At Once.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Green Narae Media, shows the film 'The Whale.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Netflix, shows 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Universal Pictures, shows 'TAR.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Yonhap) -- With the 95th U.S. Academy Awards ending, attention is being paid to whether works that received critical attention will gain momentum in Korae box office.
A total of 13 films were honored with Oscars, including "Everything Everywhere All At Once," which won seven awards at the Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on the 12th (local time).
“Everything Everywhere All At Once,” which was released in Korea in October last year, has been meeting with the audience again in an extended version since the 1st of this month.
The movie tells the story of a family of Evelyn (played by Michelle Yeoh) who immigrated to the United States dreaming of "American Dream." Evelyn, who was running a laundry shop, one day faces a multiverse and struggles to save the world.
The existing release attracted more than 360,000 cumulative audiences at the time, and the expanded version, which is currently being screened under the title “Everything Everywhere All At Once+,” maintains the top 10-15 in the box office.
As it won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Editing at this year's Academy, it is expected to boost the success of the film.
Joo Hyun, CEO of the distributor Waterhole Company, said, "Compared to the amount of reservation before the Academy Awards and as of 5 p.m. today, it has risen by 100%, and requests for additional screenings have been received from 40 to 50 movie theaters."
Brendan Fraser of "The Whale," which was released on the 1st of this month, won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Makeup and Hairstyling. The movie is about Charlie (Brendan Fraser), who became a super obese patient after eating heavily after his lover's death. With only a few days left to live, Charlie meets his long-lost daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink).
As of the 12th, the cumulative number of audiences for this film is about 32,000. Fraser, well-known for the movie "The Mummy," overcame personal pain such as sexual harassment and divorce through this film and returned to Hollywood splendidly. Along with his personal history, Charlie's special makeup technique, which expresses his 272kg size, is drawing attention, and attention is being paid to how many more audiences the movie will attract.
There are also works that can be found on the online video service (OTT) platform.
Four of this year's Academy Awards, including "All Quiet on the Western Front," "RRR," "Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio," and "The Elephant Whisperers," were released on Netflix.
It contains an anti-war message that "All Quiet on the Western Front," which won four awards, including the International Feature, Cinematography, Original Score. It is the third film based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, following works of the same name produced in 1930 and 1979. It is the story of four hometown friends who were deployed to the Western Front during World War I, and it was praised as a realistic reflection of the horrors of the war.
The Indian film “RRR” won the Original Song for its insert song “Naatu Naatu.” "RRR" pleasantly captures the process of Indian independence activists resisting British colonial rule in the 1920s.
In addition, the stop-motion animation "Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio," directed by Guillermo del Toro, and the documentary "The Elephant Whisperers," which shows a couple living in South India and a motherless elephant living together, won the Animated Feature and Documentary Short, respectively.
Although the award was unsuccessful, "TAR," starring Cate Blanchett, who received various nominations, was released on the 22nd of last month and is meeting with the audience. In addition, Martin McDonagh's "The Banshees of Inisherin" will be released on the 15th of this month, and Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans" will be released on the 22nd.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)
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