'Mickey 17' dominates Korea's holiday box office, topping 1 mln admissions

▲ A poster for "Mickey 17" is shown in this image provided by Warner Bros. Korea. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

   SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- Director Bong Joon-ho's "Mickey 17" dominated the South Korean box office over the extended March 1 Independence Movement Day holiday, drawing over 1 million viewers nationwide, according to data released Tuesday.

   The computerized box-office tally from the Korean Film Council showed that the Hollywood sci-fi black comedy attracted 1.04 million moviegoers from Friday to Monday.

   South Koreans enjoyed a three-day break, as Monday was designated an alternative holiday for the March 1 Independence Movement Day, which fell on Saturday this year.

▲ A poster for "Mickey 17" is shown in this image provided by Warner Bros. Korea. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

   "Mickey 17" is Bong's adaptation of Edward Ashton's novel "Mickey7," starring Robert Pattinson as a young, heavily indebted man who joins an intergalactic expedition as an "expendable" -- a worker doomed to labor until death, only to be revived through "reprinting" technology.

   "Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World" trailed far behind in second place with just 119,000 admissions.

   It was followed by the Korean animated film "Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning" with 98,000 admissions and the indie drama "It's Okay," directed by Kim Hye-young, with 33,000.

▲ This still image of Marvel Studio's "Captain America: Brave New World" is provided by Walt Disney Company Korea. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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