‘Assassins’ Surpasses 2.5 Million Viewers Amid Controversy

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The film ‘Assassins’ has maintained its top position at the box office despite various controversies surrounding the work, surpassing a cumulative audience of 2.5 million viewers.

According to the Korea Film Council’s integrated ticketing system on the 8th, ‘Assassins’ attracted 53,891 viewers on the 7th. The cumulative audience count stands at 2,520,869.

Despite multiple controversies, ‘Assassins’ has drawn a surge of audiences eager to see the film in person, gathering nearly one million viewers even after the end of the Chuseok holiday period.

‘Assassins’ is a story that tracks the suspicions and masterminds behind the First Lady assassination incident that shocked South Korea on August 15, 1974. The film ‘Assassins’ has drawn intense reactions from political circles as attention focuses on the shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo, which served as the subject matter for the movie. Amid this, the production team issued a statement saying, “As a work based on historical events and real people, various interpretations and criticisms are possible. The production team respects such opinions. However, we wish to clarify that the film was not produced with any specific political intent beyond its inherent creative intention and nature.”

As the controversy has grown beyond the film itself, audiences’ curiosity about what the work is like has continued, leading to a steady stream of viewers.

In second place at the box office is ‘Chiikawa: The Movie – The Secret of Mermaid Island,’ which was viewed by 49,277 people. Its cumulative audience count is 818,352.

‘Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub’ and ‘Odyssey’ followed behind.

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