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| ▲ 'The First Slam Dunk' is popular for people in their 30s and 40s. (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) - Japanese animation "The First Slam Dunk" seems to have entered a long-term box office hit by climbing back the box office.
According to Korean Film Council's Korea Box-office Information System on Friday, "The First Slam Dunk" has maintained its No. 1 position with 35,000 audiences (22.2% of sales share) the previous day. The cumulative number of audiences until the previous day was about 2.07 million.
"The First Slam Dunk," which was released on the 4th, has been leading for a week in a row since reaching the top for the first time on the 27th of last month.
As of 7:45 a.m., "The First Slam Dunk" also topped the reservation rate with 23.9%.
"The Point Men," starring Hwang Jung-min and Hyun-bin, who lost the top of the box office to "The First Slam Dunk," came in second with 18,000 (11.1%) audiences the previous day. The cumulative number of viewers is 1.527 million, half of the break-even point of 3 million.
New films released this week include "BTS: The Old Two Com in Cinema," which contains the live performance of the group BTS (BTS) concert, and "Babylon," a new film directed by Damien Sherzel of "La La Land" (2016).
"BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas" has entered the second place in the box office upon its release on the 1st, but fell seven notches in a day to ninth place the previous day. “Babylon” has been in fourth place for two consecutive days.
In addition, "Simple Passion," a film adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s novel of the same name, "Irma Vep," the French master Olivier Assayas to be released in Korea in 27 years, and "Aftersun," which former U.S. President Barack Obama cited as "Movie of the Year" last year, are preparing for weekend audiences.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)
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