The opposition party's solo play started as No. 1 in the box office on the first day of the holy night → 4th place in the department
May 01, 2025
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According to the Korea Film Council's integrated computer network for movie theater tickets on the 1st, 'Holy Night' attracted 117,044 people on the first day of its release on the 30th of last month, topping the overall box office. The cumulative audience for 'Holy Night' is 121,323, including the audience for the premiere. On the same day, 'Thundervolts*' came in second with 100,177 (cumulative 101,425), and 'Department' came in fourth with 33,390 (cumulative 42,780).
'Holy Night: Demon Hunters' is a story about a city confused by a group of evil worshippers, a dark fixer with a special ability, a holy night team that punishes a group of evil. Ma Dong-seok, Seo-hyun, Lee Da-wit, Kyung Soo-jin, and Jung Ji-so appeared, and it is director Lee Yong-hee's first feature directorial debut.
On the first day of its release, 'Holy Night' ranked first in the overall movie box office, debuted with a figure that far exceeded the opening score of 'Hit Man 2'(106,21)', which led to a big box office this year with more than 2.5 million viewers, as well as 'Victory'(91,471) and 'Opposition'(85,659).
Then 'Thunderbolts*' is a piece about Marvel's unpredictable team play by former spies, assassins, and murder contractors to save the world facing the world's biggest threat after the Avengers disappeared. Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurilenko and Lewis Pullman appeared, and Jake Shreyer, director of 'Paper Town'Robot & Frank', took the megaphone.
From the setting of the unusual team-up of anti-heroes not seen in the existing MCU, to the emotional resonance of solid narratives, and various attractions, 'Thunderbolts*' opened its box office with explosive word-of-mouth, recording 93% of the CGV Golden Egg index (as of April 30).
Finally, based on the novel of the same name by Koo Byung-mo, 'Fagua' is a breathtaking blood-colored confrontation between a legendary killer who has been working for 40 years in the Sacred Quarantine, which deals with cockroach-like humans, and a mysterious killer who pursues him. Lee Hye-young, Kim Sung-chul, Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Moo-yeol, and Cynthia appeared, and director Mingyu-dong, who directed the series `Scary Story'`Ganshin`Herstory, took the megaphone.
'Fagua' is also an unprecedented character in his 60s killer, and he found the audience with a meaningful score, giving them freshness. 'Fagwa' achieved 92% of the CGV Golden Egg Index (as of April 30), proving the high satisfaction of actual visitors. This is more than 70% of the contemporaneous competition 'Holy Night: Demon Hunters' and 91% of 'Thunderbolts*'. On top of that, CGV has a high proportion of visitors in their 20s (25%) and 30s (28%) and is rapidly emerging as a trendy movie that has been selected the most by the 20s and 30s among the simultaneous releases. In addition, Lotte Cinema scored 9.0 points and Naver viewer rating 8.86 points, which are superior to competitors, drawing enthusiastic reviews from actual visitors.
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