 |
| ▲ This photo provided by CJ ENM shows movie "Hard Hit." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean blockbuster "Hard
Hit,", topped the local box office during the first weekend of its
release.
"Hard Hit," starring actor Cho Woo-jin, topped the box office with
253,000 viewers between June 25-27. This figure is the largest record set this
year among other South Korean films including, "Mission: Possible (130,000
viewers)," "The Book of Fish (109,000)," "Seobok
(163,000)," "Recalled," and "Waiting for Rain (122,000)."
Based on the Spanish action film "Retribution" (2015), "Hard
Hit" portrays Sung Kyu (Cho Woo-jin), a bank manager struggling to keep
his daughter and himself safe after receiving a strange threatening phone call
in his car.
"The Hitman's Bodyguard 2," a comic action film which was released on
the same day as "Hard Hit," ranked second with 135,000. Disney's
live-action film "Cruella" followed up with 132,000 viewers, while
"Quiet Place II" recorded 130,000.
(END)
(C) Yonhap News Agency. All Rights Reserved
