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SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Brand new movies “Alienoid” by the South Korean film director Choi Dong-hoon, and animation “Minions 2” by the Universal Pictures was ranked first and second on the Korean box office.
According to the integrated network of movie tickets by the Korean Film Council, “Alienoid” attracted over 158 thousand audiences which led the movie to easily top the South Korean box office. Whereas the animation movie “Minions 2” which also premiered on the same day as “Alienoid” successfully attracted over 146 thousand audiences closely following the lead.
According to the reservation rate of Thursday morning, “Minions 2”, 27.8 percent is leading compare to “Alienoid”, which had 25.8 percent of the reservation rate.
Hollywood block buster “Top Gun: Maverick” starring Tom Cruise which returned back to the top of the South Korean box office went down to third in the chart after eight days of its fame. Box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick” which premiered 30 days ago successfully attracted over 6 million audiences as of Thursday morning.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo.)
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