[Box Office] 'Avatar 2' Earned 567.9 Billion Won in First Week... Surpasses 2.68 Million Viewers

Opening Weekend Box Office Revenue Share 83.7%

Movie still from 'Avatar: The Way of Water'. Photo by Walt Disney Company Korea

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] The movie "Avatar: The Way of Water" (hereafter "Avatar 2") started off as the number one at the box office during its opening weekend.

According to the Korea Film Council's integrated ticket sales network on the 19th, "Avatar 2" (directed by James Cameron) attracted 2,030,045 viewers over the three-day weekend (16th?18th), securing the top spot at the box office. It was screened 31,147 times across 2,809 screens, with a revenue share of 83.7%. The cumulative audience reached 2,681,409.

Released on the 14th, "Avatar 2" is the sequel to "Avatar," which premiered in 2009 and drew 13.33 million viewers, becoming the highest-grossing foreign film. The story depicts the threats faced by Jake Sully and Neytiri's family on the planet Pandora and their long journey to survive by leaving.

According to Box Office Mojo, "Avatar 2" opened in North America on the 16th and earned $134 million (1.752 trillion KRW) during its first weekend. The global weekend gross, including South Korea, reached $434.5 million (5.679 trillion KRW).

In second place was the faction historical drama "Owl" (directed by Ahn Taejin), released on the 23rd of last month, which attracted 175,258 viewers. Its cumulative audience reached 2,893,161.

The animated film "Shinbi Apartment: The Dimensional Goblin and the Seven Worlds," which drew 127,427 viewers, ranked third, while the Japanese melodrama "Tonight, Even If This Love Disappears from the World" attracted 93,317 viewers and took fourth place.

Following these, "Birth" ranked fifth, "Pororo the Movie: Save the Virus!" sixth, and "Apgujeong" seventh.

The total number of moviegoers over the weekend was 2,515,711.

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