[Edaily Starin, Reporter Choi Hee-jae ] The movie "The Odyssey" continues its box office dominance, claiming the No. 1 spot for the 19th consecutive day since its release. Poster for the movie “The Odyssey” (Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures) According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network on the 24th, “The Odyssey” took the top spot at the box office over the three-day weekend from the 21st to the 23rd, drawing 1,321,209 viewers. This brings its cumulative audience total to 7,109,373. “Spider-Man: A Brand New Day” (Spider-Man 4) drew 386,756 viewers over the weekend, bringing its cumulative total to 8,127,617. Third place went to the horror film “Insidious: They Came Over.” Released on the 20th, “Insidious” drew 71,594 viewers over the weekend, bringing its cumulative total to 93,924. Following that, the animated films “Love’s Hachuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel” and “Detective Conan: The Fallen Angel on the Highway” took fourth and fifth place, respectively. “The Odyssey” has matched the record set by “Spider-Man 4” (released 19 days ago) for the fastest film released this year to surpass 7 million viewers. This pace is faster than that of the 10-million-viewer hit “The Man Who Lives with the King” (released 24 days ago). As of 8:12 a.m. on the 24th, “The Odyssey” had sold 404,937 tickets, recording a real-time ticket sales rate of 71%. With the Hollywood blockbusters *The Martian* and *Spider-Man 4* both surpassing 7 million and 8 million viewers respectively and driving the box office together, all eyes are on how long the strong performance of these two films will continue.
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