[Box Office] 'Yeonae Bbaljin Romance' Tops Weekend, 'Don Look Up' Surpasses 50,000
Weekend (10-12) Box Office
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] The movie "Romance Without Love" topped the weekend box office.
According to the Korea Film Council's integrated ticket sales network on the 13th, over the past three days (10th to 12th), "Romance Without Love" (directed by Jung Ga-young) attracted 75,636 viewers, securing the number one spot at the box office. Since its release on the 24th of last month, the cumulative audience has reached 529,469.
"Romance Without Love" is a film depicting a special romance between Ja-young (played by Jeon Jong-seo), who dislikes dating but hates loneliness even more, and Woo-ri (played by Son Seok-gu), whose work and love life are both not going well. They start their unique romance hiding their names, reasons, and feelings. Actors Jeon Jong-seo and Son Seok-gu star in the lead roles.
Since its release, the two lead actors have attracted attention due to dating rumors. Jeon Jong-seo confirmed she is dating director Lee Chung-hyun, who directed "Call," while Son Seok-gu stated he is just close senior and junior with newcomer Lee Seol.
In second place was the action thriller "Bodyguard," which drew 74,399 viewers. It was released on the same day as "Romance Without Love" and has a cumulative audience of 765,621.
Disney's animation "Encanto: The Magical World" attracted 64,453 viewers, ranking third, with a cumulative audience of 537,781.
Netflix's movie "Don't Look Up," released in theaters on the 8th, drew 34,170 viewers and entered the fourth place, with a total of 54,374 viewers.
Additionally, the sci-fi film "Dune" ranked fifth, "Ghostbusters: Rise" took sixth place, "Monsta X: The Dreaming," released on the 8th, ranked seventh, and "Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night" came in eighth.
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The total number of moviegoers last weekend was 388,962. This is about 180,000 fewer than the 569,952 who visited theaters the previous week. The decrease is likely due to the lack of many newly released films.
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