Ma Dong-seok's 'Crime City 4' Adds 770,000 Viewers Over Weekend... Series Surpasses 40 Million

'Korean Film First' Triple 10 Million Viewers Nears
1,307,794 Weekend Theater Visits

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The movie "Crime City 4," starring actor Ma Dong-seok, added about 770,000 weekend viewers, bringing the series' total to 40 million.

According to the Korea Film Council's integrated box office system on the 13th, over the past weekend (10th to 12th), "Crime City 4" (directed by Heo Myeong-haeng) attracted 777,324 viewers, securing the number one spot at the box office. Its revenue share was 58.7%. The film, released on the 24th of last month, recorded a cumulative audience of 9,737,604, nearing the triple 10 million milestone for the series.

"Crime City 4" depicts detective Ma Seok-do (Ma Dong-seok) confronting villain Baek Chang-gi (Kim Mu-yeol), a former special forces mercenary running a large-scale illegal online gambling organization, alongside Jang Yi-soo (Park Ji-hwan), the Gwangsu Police Cyber Team, in a crime eradication operation.

Previously, "Crime City" (2017) attracted 6,880,546 viewers, "Crime City 2" (2022) drew 12,693,415, and "Crime City 3" (2023) gathered 10,682,813. On the 20th day since the release of the fourth installment, at 7:30 a.m. on the 13th, the cumulative audience surpassed 9,756,978, pushing the series' total beyond 40 million viewers.

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"War for the Planet of the Apes: New Era," released on the 8th, started at number two with 325,099 viewers over its first weekend. Its cumulative audience stands at 415,192.

In third place was "Kung Fu Panda 4," with 43,143 viewers. Fourth was "The Last 10 Years of Life," fifth was "Talk Show with the Devil," sixth was "Stuntman," and seventh was "Pok?mon: Stories of the Seongdo Region, Final Chapter."

The total number of moviegoers over the weekend was 1,307,794.

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