▲This photo provided by CJ ENM show a scene from 'Hero.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲This photo provided by CJ ENM show poster of 'Hero.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

SEOUL December 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean movie “Hero” which depicts a story of freedom fighter An Jung-geun’s journey to assassinate Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi and the aftermath of the event attracted over 100 thousand audiences on the first day of its premiere.

According to the integrated network of movie tickets by the Korean Film Council on Thursday, director Yoon Jae-kyun’s movie “Hero” successfully attracted over 100 thousand audiences safely landing as the second on the South Korean box office next to “Avatar : The Way of Water,” which is leading the list. “Avatar : The Way of Water” has successfully accumulated over 3.44 million audiences in total so far.

CJ ENM which is in charge of distributing the film addressed “The record created by the movie ‘Hero’ surpasses the admission rate of musical movie ‘Aladdin,” which attracted 72 thousand admissions on the first day of its premiere and in total of over 10 million audiences.”

“Hero” received 93 percent on Golden Egg reviews, and from Naver it received 9.06 rating, moreover from Lotte Cinema, it received 9.5 ratings by actual audiences.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

 

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