Yoo Hae-jin's 'Assassins', Tops Box Office on Opening Day... Draws 130,000 Viewers

2nd place 'Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub' · 3rd place 'Odyssey'Actors Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho (from left) have teamed up for the film 'The Assassins', which has made a pleasant start. The photo shows them attending the press preview and press conference for the movie 'The Assassins' held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 8th. /Reporter Seo Ye-won[THE FACT|Reporter Choi Soo-bin] The movie 'The Assassins' topped the box office charts upon its release.According to the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network for movie theaters on the 24th, 'The Assassins' (directed by Huh Jin-ho) mobilized 134,464 viewers on its opening day, the 23rd, ranking first in the box office. The cumulative number of viewers is 158,590.'The Assassins' is a story that tracks the suspicions and behind-the-scenes of the assassination of the First Lady that shocked South Korea on August 15, 1974. Actors Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho teamed up.In 2nd place was 'Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub' (directed by Choi Gook-hee), which mobilized 103,368 viewers. The cumulative number of viewers is 122,551.The work is a crime film about Jang Tae-young (played by Byun Yo-han), who thought he had the world in his hands with his online casino business, and his friend of the same name, Park Tae-young (played by Noh Jae-won), who took everything from him, meeting again in the global gambling scene for a revenge match. It is based on the last installment of Huh Young-man's comic series 'Tazza' and is the fourth and final film in the 'Tazza' movie series.'Odyssey' (directed by Christopher Nolan) ranked 3rd with 41,208 viewers, 'The Intern' (directed by Kim Do-young) ranked 4th with 23,373 viewers, and 'Avengers: Endgame Encore' (directed by Anthony Russo) ranked 5th with 21,502 viewers.subin7134@tf.co.kr[Entertainment Department | ssent@tf.co.kr]