[Box Office] 'Doctor Strange 2' Tops Weekend with Over 830,000 Viewers, Approaching 5 Million Milestone

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] The Marvel hero movie 'Doctor Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness' topped the weekend box office, approaching the 5 million viewer mark.

According to the Korea Film Council's integrated ticketing system on the 16th, 'Doctor Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness' (directed by Sam Raimi) was screened 33,196 times across 2,495 theaters over the weekend (13th-15th), attracting 838,976 viewers and securing the number one spot at the box office. Since its release on the 4th, it has recorded a cumulative audience of 4,906,601.

The film is the first blockbuster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to depict endlessly unfolding dimensional rifts and entangled space-time, serving as the second solo movie of Doctor Strange that opens Phase 4. The previous installment, released in 2016, attracted 5.44 million viewers domestically, and the sequel is currently cruising toward surpassing 5 million viewers within two weeks.

In fact, Korean films did not perform strongly. Ma Dong-seok's starring film 'Crime City 2' held a paid preview screening before its release, drawing 171,734 viewers and ranking second. The movie is scheduled to open on the 18th and currently holds a reservation rate exceeding 60%.

Ranking third was the animation 'Bad Guys' with about 50,000 viewers, and fourth was 'I Want to See Your Parents' with about 20,000 viewers. Films released simultaneously on the 11th, 'Operation Mincemeat' ranked seventh, 'Mom' eighth, and 'Eobuba' tenth.

The number of moviegoers over the weekend was 1,189,969, nearly half of the previous week's 2,004,520. The previous week’s Children's Day holiday, the release of the new Marvel film, the lifting of social distancing by the three major theater chains, and permission for eating inside theaters attracted audiences through various events. However, newly released films failed to make a significant impact, leaving the Marvel movie to fight alone. Attention is now focused on whether 'Crime City 2,' opening next week, will succeed at the box office.

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