Will Ma Dong-seok be caught up in the 7-point rating?

The movie 'Crime City 4' is suffering from somewhat low ratings even though it is approaching 10 million viewers.

According to the integrated movie theater ticket network on the 7th, 'Crime City 4' maintained first place in the box office by mobilizing a total of 2.148 million viewers (80.6% sales share) over the three days from the 4th to the 6th. After surpassing 8 million the previous morning, the cumulative number of viewers increased to 8.56 million. It reached 8 million viewers on the 13th day of release, which is 5 days faster than director Jang Jae-hyun's 'Pamyo' (18th), the highest box office hit in the first half of this year and a '10 million movie'.

Although a new box office record was set for the 'Crime City' series in theaters in 2024, the ratings are humiliating. The rating was 7.60 as of the 7th, the lowest score in the entire series.

In fact, many of the reviews are disappointing, such as "disappointing," "I don't think I'll ever be able to beat the first episode," "the chemistry of the police team is disappointing," and "it seems impossible to wait until next season." Of course, the work cannot receive only favorable reviews, but as it is a work that is about to be released in 10 million movies, low ratings are bound to hold Ma Dong-seok back.

Looking at the ratings of 10 million Korean movies of all time, 'Roaring Currents' 8.88, 'Extreme Job' 9.20, 'Along with the Gods - Crime and Punishment' 8.73, 'Ode to My Father' 9.16, 'Veteran' 9.24, 'Seoul Spring' 9.50, 'The Thieves' ' 7.66, 'Gift in Room 7' 8.83, 'Assassination' 9.10, 'Crime City 2' 8.98, 'Gwanghae, The Man Who Became King' 9.26, 'Along with the Gods - Cause and Effect' 8.63, 'Taxi Driver' 9.28, 'Taegeukgi' 'Swinging' 9.23, 'Breaking the Grave' 8.20, 'Train to Busan' 8.60, 'The Attorney' 9.30, 'Haeundae' 7.44, 'Silmido' 8.39, 'Monster' 9.05, 'Crime City 3' 7.67, 'The King and the Clown' 9.04, 'Parasite' ' It's 9.07.

As of now, the only work with a lower rating than 'Crime City 4' is 'Haeundae'. With only about 1.5 million viewers remaining, if it succeeds in surpassing 10 million viewers, 'Crime City 4' will have the stigma of having the lowest rating among the 'Crime City' series of all time and second only to the highest rating among all movies with 10 million viewers.

Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr