[Edaily Reporter Ryu junha ] The film *Assassins*, starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho, topped the box office on its opening day with 130,000 viewers, surpassing films such as *Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub* (hereinafter “Tazza 4”).

According to the Integrated Movie Ticket Network on the 24th, “The Assassin(s)” drew approximately 134,000 viewers (accounting for 31.8% of box office revenue) on its opening day, the previous day, to claim the top spot on the daily box office chart.

“The Assassin(s)” tells the story of people investigating the truth behind an assassination attempt on the First Lady during a Liberation Day celebration. Yoo Hae-jin plays Detective Cheol-gu, Park Hae-il plays Jae-hwan, the head of a newspaper’s social affairs department, and Lee Min-ho plays Yeong-il, a rookie reporter, as they work to uncover the truth. Directed by Hur Jin-ho, the film is based on the 1974 shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo.

Director Christopher Nolan’s film *The Martian* dropped to third place, drawing approximately 41,000 viewers (13.9%). Its cumulative audience stands at approximately 11,327,000.

“Tazza 4,” which opened on the same day as “The Assassin(s),” debuted in second place with approximately 103,000 viewers (25.1%). “Tazza 4” depicts the love-hate relationship and quest for revenge between two friends with the same name, Jang Tae-young (played by Byun Yo-han) and Park Tae-young (played by Noh Jae-won). As the fourth and final installment in the series—20 years after “Tazza” (2006), starring Jo Seung-woo—it is based on the comic of the same name by artist Heo Young-man. Director Choi Guk-hee, who directed “The Day the Country Went Bankrupt” (2018), helmed the film.

In fourth place was “The Intern,” starring Choi Min-sik and Han So-hee, which drew approximately 23,000 viewers (5.5%). A remake of the 2015 Hollywood film of the same name starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, it was directed by Kim Do-young of “If We” (2025).

Meanwhile, Director Lee Chang-dong’s *Possible Love*, which opened on the same day, ranked sixth with approximately 19,000 viewers (4.9%) on its first day. This Netflix film tells the story of two couples from different backgrounds: Ho-seok (Seol Kyung-gu), a laid-off worker, and his wife Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon); and documentary director Ye-ji (Jo Yeo-jeong), who wants to capture their lives on camera, along with her husband Sang-woo (Jo In-sung). It was invited to the competition section of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival held this month and won the Grand Jury Prize, the festival’s Silver Lion.