[Edaily Starin, Reporter Choi Hee-jae ] The movie "The Odyssey" continues its box office success, topping the charts for 22 consecutive days since its release. Poster for the movie "The Odyssey" (Photo: Universal Pictures) According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network on the 27th, “The Odyssey” took the No. 1 spot at the box office on the 26th, drawing 195,895 daily moviegoers. Its cumulative audience count stands at 7,656,205. In second place was “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which drew 47,542 viewers, bringing its cumulative total to 8,263,210. Third place went to “Gyeongju Journey,” the first commercial film by director Kim Mi-jo, which opened on the 26th. It drew 36,786 viewers on its opening day and ranked first at the box office among Korean films. “Gyeongju Trip” is a family revenge drama about four women—a mother and her three daughters—who embark on a “killer” trip after an eight-year wait for their youngest daughter, “Gyeongju,” who never returned from a school field trip. Actresses Lee Jung-eun, Gong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, and Lee Yeon star as the four women. “The Last Day on Oak Street,” starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, which opened on the 26th, took fourth place with 27,025 viewers. Fifth place went to the animated film “Detective Conan: The Falling Angel on the Highway.” As of 8:10 a.m. on the 27th, “The Odyssey” also maintained the top spot in real-time ticket sales. With 476,478 tickets sold, “The Odyssey” is on the verge of surpassing 8 million total admissions. “Spider-Man: A Brand New Day” took second place, with 59,615 tickets sold. “Gyeongju Journey” took third place in advance ticket sales, recording 33,173 tickets sold. Fourth place went to “The Last Day on Oak Street,” while fifth place was taken by the horror film “Insidious: They’ve Come Over.”
Korea Ratings Corporation has assigned a new credit rating of “A2+” to KUMHOTIRECO.,INC’s commercial paper (CP). The agency determined that the company has secured a stable business foundation based o…
As the thick door to the frozen food storage chamber swung open, a blast of cold air rushed out. While the temperature outside had soared to 32°C due to a late-summer heatwave, inside it was -18°C. Ev…
Boehringer Ingelheim Korea announced on the 10th that Han Jeong-hyun, Executive Vice President in charge of Business Development and Licensing (BD&L), received a Commendation from the Minister of Heal…