'Avatar 2' successfully exceeds over 1 million audiences in three days

▲This photo shows, posters of 'Avatar: the way of water' hung up on the wall of theater. (Yonhap)

SEOUL December 17 (Yonhap) -- “Avatar: The Way of Water” which is a prequel of the global block buster movie “Avatar“ successfully attracted over 1 million audiences within three days of its initial release.

According to the integrated network of movie tickets by the Korean Film Council on Saturday, “Avatar: The Way of Water” attracted over 414 thousand audiences on Friday increasing the total number of viewers up to 1.06 million audiences.

On the first day of its premiere “Avatar: The Way of Water” successfully attracted over 359 thousand admissions, and on the second day of its premiere it attracted over 291thousand audiences.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” which is directed by director James Cameron, deals with the story line of the journey and the battle family of Jake Sully, acted by actor Sam Worthington, and Neytiri acted by Zoe Saldana embarks on in order to survive.

The original movie “Avatar” which was released in 2009 recorded over 1 million admissions within three days of its initial premiere and 10 million recorded audiences within 35 days of its release.

In South Korea, the original movie “Avatar” is placed 8th on the S.Korean box office of fame after successfully attracting over 13 million audiences.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

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