Jeong Seong-hwa's 'Hero' ranks first among Korean films for 14 consecutive days

The movie 'Hero' (directed by Yoon Je-kyun) ranked first in the Korean box office for two weeks in a row, surpassing the seat sales of 'Avatar: Path of Water'.

According to the Korean Council's integrated movie ticket network on the 2nd, 'Hero' attracted 185,114 people on the 1st. The cumulative audience number was 1,672,808.

Accordingly, 'Hero' ranked first in the Korean film box office for 12 consecutive days. In addition, by attracting 390,000 people over two days, it is cruising ahead of the music film 'Mamma Mia!

'Hero' showed a gentle drop in its second week of release and showed box office performance similar to the week of release, raising even greater expectations for its future performance. Thanks to this enthusiastic support, the main characters of 'Hero' are planning to continue the box office fever by meeting the audience directly through stage greetings in Busan on January 7th and Daegu on January 8th, the first weekend of the new year.

In addition, it is recording a CGV Golden Egg Index of 94%, Lotte Cinema audience rating of 9.4 points, and Megabox actual viewer rating of 9.1 points. As proof of this, the seat sales rate as of last Sunday also recorded 38.4%, slightly higher than 'Avatar: Path of Water' (37.7%).

Meanwhile, 'Hero' is the unforgettable last year of Ahn Jung-geun, who killed Ito Hirobumi in Harbin in October 1909 and died after being sentenced to death by a Japanese court, from the time he prepared for the rebellion to the moment of his death. Green movie. It is currently showing to rave reviews.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr