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SEOUL, December 28 (Yonhap) -- The movie "Hero" recorded a cumulative audience of 1,013,210 people on Wednesday, 9:30 p.m., according to CJ ENM. The movie, which was released on December 21, is currently in second place at the box office, after the movie "Avatar: The Way of Water."
 
"Hero" depicts the story of freedom fighter An Jung-geun’s journey to assassinate Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi and the aftermath of the event.
 
It is director Yoon Je-kyun's new movie after eight years. He has become a director of two movies with ten million audience members with "Tidal Wave" (2009), and "Ode to My Father" (2014). 
 
The movie "Hero" attracted an audience at a similar or faster rate compared to other musical and music movies released in Korea. 
 
The 2008 movie "Mamma Mia!" (cumulative audience of 4.55 million) has also surpassed 1 million viewers after eight days since its release. 
 
CJ ENM said that "Hero" is attracting audiences at a faster rate than "Bohemian Rhapsody" (9.94 million), which tells the life story of Freddie Mercury of the group Queen, and "La La Land" (3.76 million), which won many awards at leading overseas film festivals.
 
 
 
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
 
 
 
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