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| ▲ Posters of "Avatar: The Way of Water" are hung up on the wall of a theater in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2022. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by CJ ENM, shows a scene from 'Hero' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) —People are focusing on how many audiences the movie "Avatar: The Way of Water" (Avatar 2), the sequel to the movie "Avatar," will attract for Christmas (December 25).
According to the integrated network of movie tickets maintained by the Korean Film Council on Friday, the movie "Avatar 2," which is in its second week of release, has recorded 3.67 million cumulative audiences through the previous day, maintaining the top spot in the box office. The movie recorded a 76% reservation rate, with 1.19 million people making their reservations.
Avatar 2, which was released on December 14, attracted about 2 million people on the first weekend, from December 16 to 18. The average daily audience during the weekdays was around 250,000.
The "CGV Golden Egg" index, which quantifies the evaluation of the audience, rose steadily from 90% at the beginning of its release to 96%. This means that more and more audiences are giving it favorable reviews after watching "Avatar 2."
"Avatar 2" is expected to reach a cumulative audience of 5 million by December 25 and will continue to reach its peak of 6 million.
The musical movie "Hero," which was released on December 21, recorded 200 thousand audience members in two days, taking second place in the box office. The movie depicts the story of freedom fighter An Jung-geun’s journey to assassinate Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi and the aftermath.
The audience continued to watch the historical thriller movie "The Owl" since its release on November 23, and it recorded 2.98 million audience members until December 22. It is expected that the movie will reach 3 million people during the weekend.
Additionally, the Japanese youth romance movie "Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight," the animation "Snow Queen 5" and "Snow Princess and the Secret of Mirror Land," and the movie "A Birth," a Korean historical film about St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821–1846), the first native Korean Catholic priest, placed fourth with 70,830 admissions, are on top of the box office.
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(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kjm.)
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