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SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- While the Korean movie theaters have plunged to their lowest due to the aftermath of COVID-19 and the traditional off-season, director Cheon Myeong-kwan’s debut work “Hot Blooded,” started as No. 1 on the latest box office.
“Hot Blooded” attracted 35,000 people (56.5% of sales) on March 23, the first day of its release, and maintained to sit atop the box office with 24,000 (37.4%) viewers on the second day, according to the data provided by the Korea Film Council on Friday.
Based on the novel of a fellow writer Kim Un-su, “Hot Blooded” depicts the gangster war in the 1990s in Kuam, a small port town outside Busan.
An Oscar nominee “Belfast” and “King Richard,” entered the top 10 after its release, but only attracted about 1,000 viewers.
The anti-hero blockbuster “Morbius,” which will be released next week, topped the real-time reservation rate on Friday at 27.8% (32,000 reserved viewers).
Among the movies that are playing, “Hot Blooded.” recorded a reservation rate of 19.5%, and “Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie” accounted for 12.6%, only 10,000 to 20,000 reserved viewers.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by An Hayeon.)
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