'12.12: THE DAY', a box office hit, ranked first for 8 consecutive days with a cumulative 2.71 million... Going to 3 million

The movie '12.12: THE DAY', which has been at number one for 8 days since its release, is a box office hit and is on the verge of exceeding 3 million.

According to the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network for movie theater admissions on the 30th, 'Spring in Seoul' (director Kim Seong-su) ranked first with 346,747 people on the 29th. The cumulative number of viewers is 2,711,455.

'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' is continuing its box office success by ranking first in the box office for eight consecutive days since the first day of release. From the 27th to the 29th, the second week of release, the number of daily audiences exceeded the opening score on the opening day (203,813), so called ' It makes people expect a 'bullshit box office success'.

This is a coinage in the film industry that refers to a phenomenon in which the number of viewers increases more in the second week of release than in the opening week, and it means that good word of mouth has spread among audiences.

'12.12: THE DAY', which is showing the fastest box-office success since 'Crime City 3', a movie that hit theaters in the first half of this year, is attracting attention as it is showing unwavering box office performance despite the barrage of new films.

Second place went to ‘Single in Seoul’ (director Park Beom-soo), which attracted 51,994 viewers on the first day of release and accumulated 71,003 viewers. Third place was ‘Monster’ (directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda), which was also viewed by 25,443 people on the first day of release, recording 49,091.


Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr