Broker Ignites Cannes with Over 140,000 on Opening Day, Crime 2 Reaches 9.57 Million

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Iseul] This year's Cannes Film Festival sensation 'Broker' started off as the number one at the box office on its opening day.

According to the Korea Film Council's integrated ticketing system on the 9th, 'Broker' (director Koreeda Hirokazu) attracted 146,221 viewers on the 8th, ranking first at the box office. The cumulative audience including preview screenings is 152,364.

The film depicts an unexpected special journey of people connected around a baby box, starring actors Song Kang-ho, Kang Dong-won, Bae Doona, IU, and Lee Joo-young. 'Broker' won the Best Actor award (Song Kang-ho) at the 75th Cannes Film Festival held last month.

In second place was 'The Outlaws 2' (director Lee Sang-yong), starring Ma Dong-seok, which opened on the 18th of last month and has achieved the highest box office since the pandemic, attracting 114,549 viewers. The cumulative audience is 9,575,022.

The foreign film 'Jurassic World: Dominion' attracted 39,350 viewers, ranking third. It opened on the 1st and has a cumulative audience of 2,266,203.

The documentary film 'You Are the Nation' ranked fourth, and the animation 'Pok?mon the Movie: DP - Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet Shaymin' ranked fifth.

The total number of moviegoers who visited theaters that day was counted at 314,255.

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