▲This photo shows photo of showtime of 'Avatar The Way of Water.' (Yonhap)

 

▲This photo shows showtime of 'Avatar The Way of Water.' (Yonhap) 

 

▲This photo provided by NEW show scene of 'The Night Owl.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) 

 

SEOUL December 16 (Yonhap) -- Global block buster movie “Avatar: The Way of Water” will be attracting the audience for the first time after it premiered on December 14.

According to the integrated network of movie tickets by the Korean Film Council on Friday, “Avatar: The Way of Water” attracted over 359 thousand audiences on the initial day of its premiere and on the second day it attracted over 291 thousand audiences, topping the South Korean box office with over 650 thousand audiences accounted for.

Reservation rate of the movie exceeded 86 percent which is equal to 1.12 million audiences.

The fact that “Avatar: The Way of Water” uses gigantic 3D screens and it is more of a movie which engages audience to feel the movie, the number of the audience throughout the weekend will highly likely to increase.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” which currently has “Golden Egg meter” of 95 percent which is provided by South Korean theater CGV, started off at 90 percent when the movie first premiered, 5 percent increase in the meter showcases that the audiences of the movie sent out positive reviews after they were done watching the movie.

Original film “Avatar” which premiered in 2009 attracted over 1 million audiences within two days of its initial release.

Moreover, the movie wrote the history of attracting over 10 million audiences within 38 days of its release. In South Korea alone showcased over 13 million audiences placing on 8th in the South Korean box office of fame.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” is about the journey and the battle family of Jake Sully, acted by actor Sam Worthington, and Neytiri acted by Zoe Saldana embarks on in order to survive. Updated technology provides more realistic experiences throughout the movies.

South Korean block buster movie “The Night Owl” is withholding its place as second on the South Korean box office after its initial release on November 23, attracted over 2.7 million overall audiences.

Moreover, Japanese movie “Even If This Love Disappears From The World Tonight” which draws star crossed lovers, South Korean movie “Birth” and more closely followed “The Night Owl” on South Korean box office.

 

 

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

 

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