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[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

By Song Seung-hyun

Published : March 25, 2022 - 09:01

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Hot Blooded

(Korea)

Opened March 23

Crime, Action

Directed by Cheon Myoung-kwan


In 1993 in Kuam, a small port town outside Busan, third-rate gangster Hee-su acts like a hotel manager under Don Son (Kim Kap-soo). One day, Yong-kang (Choi Mu-sung), who fled the country suspected of murder, returns home and begins causing trouble. Hee-su finds out that the trouble was caused by the drugs that Yong-kang has been smuggling.

Spencer

(UK)

Opened March 16

Drama

Directed by Pablo Larraín


During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer (Kristen Stewart), experiences an existential crisis. She finally makes the decision to end her decadelong marriage to Prince Charles (Jack Farthing).

In Our Prime

(Korea)

Opened March 9

Drama

Directed by Park Dong-hoon


Lee Hak-sung (Choi Min-sik) works as a school security guard, but is actually a mathematical genius who has defected from North Korea. Hak-sung meets Ji-woo (Kim Dong-hwi), a student who is having a hard time fitting in at school due to his different social background. After finding out about Hak-sung’s talent, Ji-woo asks Hak-sung to tutor him.

The Batman

(US)

Opened March 1

Action

Directed by Matt Reeves

Ahead of the election for mayor of Gotham, sadistic serial killer the Riddler (Paul Dano) begins murdering key political figures. Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson), as Batman, investigates the case with clues at the scene left behind for him. As he investigates the mystery of the psycho criminal, he begins to unravel the message being laid out.