‘12.12: THE DAY’ hit 1.5 million viewers over the weekend… Today (11th) exceeds 7 million

While the movie '12.12: THE DAY' continues to dominate, it is on the verge of exceeding 7 million.

According to the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network for movie theater admissions, '12.12: THE DAY' (directed by Kim Seong-soo) attracted 1.5 million viewers during the 49th weekend from the 8th to the 10th, recording a cumulative audience of 6,971,954. This movie, which has never once missed the top spot at the box office since its release on the 22nd of last month, is achieving a 'bullshit box office success' by attracting more audiences than when it was first released.

'12.12: THE DAY', which exceeded 5 million viewers on the 14th day of release, showed its potential by successfully exceeding 6 million on the 16th day. In particular, it is trending faster than 'Gwanghae' and 'Ode to My Father', which entered the ranks of 10 million movies, raising expectations that it will become a 10 million movie.

Second place was '3 Days of Vacation' (directed by Yook Sang-hyo), which was viewed by 142,403 people and recorded a cumulative audience of 216,568. '3 Days of Vacation' is a healing fantasy film about mother Bok-ja (Kim Hae-sook), who is on vacation in heaven, and her daughter Jinju (Shin Min-ah), who runs a restaurant using her mother's recipes. It is receiving positive reviews from audiences for stimulating tears. Following '3 Days Vacation', 'Napoleon' (directed by Rirley Scott) is in third place with 78,335 viewers. The cumulative number of viewers is 139,578.

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