'Namsan's Department Heads' Box Office Hit Streak... 9 Consecutive Days at No.1

On the 15th, attendees posed at the press screening of the movie 'The Man Standing Next' held at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. From left to right: Woo Min-ho, Kwak Do-won, Lee Sung-min, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Hee-joon.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] The film 'The Man Standing Next' has maintained its position as the number one box office hit for 9 consecutive days in its second week of release.

According to the Korea Film Council's integrated box office data on the 31st, 'The Man Standing Next' attracted 118,084 viewers across 1,383 screens on the 30th, reaching a cumulative audience of 3,743,586.

Since its release on the 22nd, 'The Man Standing Next' has never lost its top reservation rate, and it is expected to surpass 4 million cumulative viewers within this week.

Meanwhile, 'The Man Standing Next' is a film depicting the 40 days before the assassination of the President of the Republic of Korea by the Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (Lee Byung-hun), who was known as the second most powerful figure in 1979.

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