"Salmokji", overwhelmingly number one..Horror's best opening since "Rang Jong" [★Movie Chart]

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"Salmokji" topped the box office overwhelmingly on the first day of its release, signaling a "horror syndrome" in theaters.

According to the Korea Film Council's integrated computer network on the 9th, "Salmokji" (director Lee Sang-min) topped the box office by attracting 89,912 viewers on the first day of its release.

A horror film that takes place when an unidentified figure is taken in the road view of "Salmokji" and the filming team headed to the reservoir for a re-shot faces something in the dark and deep water. In the horror genre, it maintains a high rating of 9.5 points, which is unusual, and a CGV egg index of 91%, proving the favorable reviews of actual visitors.

On the same day, "Project Hale Mary" ranked second at the box office with 32,099 audiences, and "The Man Who Lives with the King," which surpassed 16 million viewers, fell to third place with 27,524 viewers. Salmokji more than doubled the number of daily audiences for both works.

In particular, the opening score is the highest in the horror genre since "Rangjong" (129,937 people), which was released in 2021, and expectations are high for the future success of "Salmokji."

Meanwhile, the number of audiences who visited the theater on this day was 183,550.

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