▲ This photo, provided by CJ ENM, shows director Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Director Park Chan-wook's new film "Decision to Leave" started with the second place at the box office.

According to the integrated network of movie tickets by the Korean Film Council, "Decision to Leave' mobilized about 114,000 spectators the day before its release date and ranked second after "Top Gun: Maverick (often referred to 'Top Gun 2')."

“Decision to leave” by director Park Chan-wook is about a detective Hae-jun played by Park Hae-il who works on the investigation of a dead husband who starts to feel suspicion but at the same time feels attracted to the recently widowed wife Seo-rae played by Tang Wei. Director Park won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival last month for this film.

"Top Gun 2," starring Tom Cruise, mobilized about 208,000 people, almost double the numbers of 'Decision to leave" the day before.

Although "Top Gun 2" is in its second week of release, it maintained the number of audiences despite the release of new films, and took the top spot at the box office for eight days in a row. As of this morning, the reservation rate was 44.1%, significantly ahead of the "Decision to Leave."

In fact, "Top Gun 2" surpassed 2 million cumulative audience on the afternoon of the June 29.

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