The movie '12.12: THE DAY' started at number one at the box office, attracting 200,000 viewers on the first day of release.
According to the Korean Film Council's movie theater ticket integrated computer network on the 23rd, '12.12: THE DAY' (directed by Kim Seong-su) mobilized 203,839 audiences on the 22nd, the first day of its release, and recorded a cumulative audience of 219,471, ranking first in the box office. .
'12.12: THE DAY' is a movie depicting the 9 hours of desperate action to prevent the rebellion of the new military forces that occurred in the capital city of Seoul on December 12, 1979. It is directed by Kim Seong-soo and stars Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Seong-min, Park Hae-joon, and Kim Sung-gyun.
'12.12: THE DAY', which attracted attention by ranking first in real-time reservation rates for 10 consecutive days before its release, took first place in the overall box office upon its release and recorded a CGV Golden Egg Index of 98% and a Naver rating of 9.40, proving strong word of mouth. I'm doing it.
This is a figure comparable to the opening score (230,000) of the movie 'Insiders' (2015), which was released around the same time on November 19th and recorded a final score of over 7.07 million, making history at the box office in November for the first time. Expectations are high that it will once again bring box office success to theaters that have been in a slump since the coronavirus pandemic.
Second place was 'Freddy's Pizza Shop' with 14,622 people (cumulative 388,902 people), and third place was 'How Will You Live' with 6,676 people (cumulative 1,909,766 people). Japanese master director Hirokazu Kore-eda's new film 'The Host' is ranked 4th. 6,075 people saw it before release or through previews, and the cumulative number of viewers was 6,354.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr