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| ▲This photo, provided by SIDUS shows, a scene from '6/45.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Megabox Plus M shows, a poster of 'Hunt.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL August 26 (Yonhap) -- While the South Korean spy action movie “Hunt” is leading at the Korean box office, for three consecutive weeks, recently premiered comedy movie 6/45 is emerging as a dark horse.
According to the integrated network of movie tickets by the Korean Film Council on Friday, “6/45” took second place after attracting nearly five thousand people on Thursday, while “Hunt” attracted over six thousand people, successfully guarding its leading position in the box office.
The reservation rate of “6/45” according to the data collected in the morning of August 26, it was at 18 percent where the reservation rate of “Hunt” was at 23.4 percent.
“6/45” starring actor Go Kyung-pyo, and actress Lee Yi-kyung is about a South Korean lottery ticket worth 5.7 billion won which ended up in the North Korean military area by accident and the encounter of South and North Korean soldiers encounter to retrieve the missing lottery ticket. The word “6/45” is a North Korean word for lottery ticket.
The reservation rate of “Top Gun: Maverick” scored 12.4 percent, “Hansan: Rising Dragon” scored 9.1% and “Bullet Train” scored 8.8 percent chasing closely after one another.
“Hunt” starring Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung is dominated the chart since the day of its premier on August 10 for 16 days continuously. So far the movie has attracted over 3.3 million people.
Along with “6/45” and “Bullet Train” thriller movie “Awake”, remake version of the horror film “Cube” and “The worst person in the world” by director Joachim Trier and more premiered at the movie theater.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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