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SEOUL, December 15 (Yonhap) -- "Avatar: The Way of Water" (Avatar 2), which returned in 13 years after the first film "Avatar," attracted about 360,000 viewers on the December 14, the first day of its release.
Avatar 2, which was released at major theaters in Korea on December 14, attracted 359,000 viewers and topped the box office according to the data by Korea Film Council's integrated computer network on Thursday,
The number of visitors to the release date is higher than that of "Avatar" (205,000), which resulted in big success in 2009, but less than "The Outlaws 2" (467,000), starring Ma Dong-seok, which topped the domestic box office this year. The cumulative number of audiences for "The Outlaws 2," which was released in May, is 12.69 million.
The theater industry expected "Avatar 2" to attract about 450,000 viewers on the first day of its release.
Considering that the number of visitors to the first weekend of its release has usually rebounded, attention is being paid to how many viewers "Avatar 2" will attract this weekend.
"Top Gun: Maverick" (Top Gun 2) starring Tom Cruise, which attracted the largest audience internationally this year, attracted more than 188,000 people on the first day of its release. Top Gun 2, which was released in June, has a cumulative audience of 8,177,000 people, ranking second in the box office after "The Outlaws 2."
As of 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, the reservation rate of "Avatar 2" was 87.3%, and 967,000 people made reservations for this movie.
Following the previous film, "Avatar 2," directed by James Cameron, depicts the relentless threats and battles faced by the families of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), who became butterflies from humans.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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