[Edaily Starin Choi Hee-jae Reporter] “Tom-Spidey” (the Spider-Man series starring Tom Holland) has struck gold once again. It has topped the box office for five consecutive days since its release and continues to dominate the box office. Poster for the movie “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” (Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures) According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network on the 3rd, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” (Spider-Man 4) drew 2,252,935 viewers over the weekend from July 31 to August 2. With a cumulative total of 3,384,152 viewers, the film is on the verge of surpassing 4 million this week. Director Na Hong-jin’s “Hope” was seen by 335,808 people over the three-day weekend, bringing its cumulative total to 4,110,583 viewers. Following that, Universal Pictures’ “Minions & Monsters” took third place, drawing 65,245 viewers. Fourth place went to “Moana,” the live-action adaptation of Disney’s mega-IP animated film “Moana.” Fifth place was taken by Disney·Pixar’s “Toy Story 5.” “Spider-Man 4” is also leading in advance ticket sales. As of 8:24 a.m. on the 3rd, “Spider-Man 4” ranked first with 382,335 tickets sold in advance. “The Odyssey,” set to open soon, ranked second with 340,372 advance tickets sold, while the animated film “Love’s Hachuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel” took third place with 60,458 advance tickets sold. “Spider-Man 4” is an action blockbuster in which Peter Parker (played by Tom Holland)—forgotten by everyone following the events of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”—is plunged into even deeper turmoil by the appearance of a mysterious enemy who remembers his true identity and by gaining uncontrollable powers due to a DNA mutation, as he faces a new threat to protect those he cares about.
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