'Odyssey' tops weekend box office... over 1.33 million in 3 days, surpasses 1.87 million

According to the Korea Film Council’s integrated computer network for movie ticket sales, director Christopher Nolan’s ″Odyssey″ attracted 1,333,568 viewers over the three days from the 7th to the 9th, securing the number one spot at the weekend box office. The cumulative audience reached 1,874,862. ″Odyssey″ has held the top position at the box office for five consecutive days since its release on the 5th, surpassing 1 million viewers on the fourth day and exceeding 2 million cumulative viewers by the morning of the 10th. It reached 2 million viewers six days faster than ″King and the Man Who Lives,″ which attracted 16.9 million viewers this year, and Nolan’s previous work ″Oppenheimer.″ It also surpassed the 2 million mark one day earlier than ″Avatar: Fire and Ash.″ As of the 9th, it recorded a seat occupancy rate of 72.1% and maintained a CGV Golden Egg Index of 97%. During the same period, director Destin Daniel Cretton’s ″Spider-Man: Brand New Day″ attracted 1,264,783 viewers, ranking second. The difference in audience numbers between ″Odyssey″ and ″Spider-Man: Brand New Day″ was 68,785. In its second week after release, it added over 1 million viewers, bringing its cumulative audience to 5,912,185. It needs 87,815 more viewers to surpass 6 million. In third place was director Kim Soo-hoon’s animation ″Love’s Hatchuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel,″ which attracted 289,465 viewers over the weekend, reaching a cumulative audience of 433,808. ″Hope,″ starring Hwang Jung-min and Jo In-sung and directed by Na Hong-jin, ranked fourth with 100,904 viewers, bringing its cumulative audience to 4,393,885. Fifth place ″David″ added 16,861 viewers, reaching a cumulative audience of 289,351. The couple Tom Holland and Zendaya Coleman starred together in ″Odyssey″ and ″Spider-Man: Brand New Day,″ which took the first and second spots at the box office, respectively.