According to the integrated computer network for movie theater tickets of the Korea Film Promotion Commission, 'Crime City 3' (director Lee Sang-yong) attracted 842,189 people from 2216 screens on the 6th of the Memorial Day holiday, recording a cumulative audience of 6,052,792.
'Sin City 3' mobilized 6 million viewers in 7 days after its release on the 31st of last month. This work is the first movie to be seen by 6 million viewers this year, and it is expected to continue to break records in the future. This is the same speed as the highest-grossing Korean films ever released, 'Myeongryang' (2014) and 'Train to Busan' (2016), which mobilized 6 million viewers, according to 'Crime City 3'.
'Crime City 3' is an irreplaceable monster detective Ma Seok-do (Ma Dong-seok) moves to the Seoul Metropolitan Investigation Unit to catch Joo Seong-cheol (Lee Jun-hyuk), who is behind a new drug crime case, and Ricky (Aoki Munetaka), another villain involved in a drug case. It is a film depicting an exhilarating crime-fighting operation for the sake of others.
'Transformers: The Rise of the Beast' (Director Stephen Kaple Jr., hereinafter referred to as 'Transformers 6'), which was released on the same day, mobilized 211,239 viewers through 1096 screens and entered second place at the box office. 'Transformers 6' is a movie depicting the battle between the Autobots and the Maximal in the face of the emergence of a powerful villain.
3rd place is 'Theatrical Version Pokemon DP: Arceus' Ultimate Time and Space' (40,172 people), 4th place is 'Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3' (26,371 people), 5th place is 'The Little Mermaid' ( 18,039 people) followed.
Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr