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▲This photo, provided by CJ ENM, shows movie "Decision to Leave" (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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| ▲This photo, provided by CJ ENM, shows director Park Chan-wook. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- Director Park Chan-wook's new film in six years "Decided to Break Up" is showing little progress, contrary to expectations. However, it seems like the movie is aiming for a long-term screening, as the Nth viewing continues among movie enthusiasts.
"Decided to Break Up" recorded a cumulative number of 680,000 viewers since its release on June 29 to the previous day, according to the Korea Film Council's integrated network of movie tickets on Friday. The number of viewers per day fell from 114,000 on the opening day to 33,000 on the previous day.
Compared to Park's previous works such as "Old Boy" (3.26 million), "Lady" (4.28 million), "Lady Vengeance" (3.65 million), and "Bat" (2.23 million), new movie’s performance does not meet the expectations.
Director Park chose new writing technique of leading the story to the psychology of the characters in "Decision to Break Up", refraining from using provocative descriptions, which was his trademark. Thanks to this, it received ‘15’ rating. Combined with this, Movie receiving favorable review and the director winning director's award at Cannes Film Festival led many to predict the movie to be a hit.
When Park returned home with the Cannes Film Festival trophy in late May, he said, "I'm a little worried that I'll be seen as a limited person who only make art films. The movie I make is always a commercial movie for the public."
Director Park's concerns seem to be becoming a reality after the release. The movie failed to attract audiences as a speculative review that the movie ‘glorifies an affair’ emerged and unlike the previous works, which were full of violence and sex, this movie is rather calm.
Some predict, however, that the Nth viewing craze will steadily improve the progress until masterpieces release at the end of this month.
An official from CJ ENM, which distributes "Decided to Break Up" said, "The number of Nth viewing audiences are expected to increase as it has been less than 2 weeks since its release. Word of mouth among enthusiasts will pave the way for a long-term success of the movie.“
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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