'Tazza 4' ranks first at the box office just 6 days after release... surpasses 900,000 cumulative viewers

The movie ’Tazza: Belzebub’s Song’ rose to number one at the box office just six days after its release. According to the integrated ticket sales network for movie theaters on the 29th, the film attracted 68,913 viewers on the 28th alone, reaching a cumulative audience of 901,929. ’Tazza: Belzebub’s Song’ (directed by Choi Guk-hee, provided/distributed by CJ ENM, provided/produced by Sidus) is a crime film about Jang Tae-young (Byun Yo-han), who thought he had the world with his online casino business, and his close friend with the same name, Park Tae-young (No Jae-won), who took everything from him. They meet again on a global gambling stage and engage in a revenge battle. This film is known as the final installment of the ’Tazza’ series, which has spanned 20 years. Although it did not stand out in pre-release reservation rankings, it showed high seat sales and a low audience decline rate after the Chuseok holiday. Despite its R rating, the satisfaction of actual viewers, promotional activities by the actors, and stage greetings sparked online buzz, attracting interest among adult audiences. It also received positive responses, including a 93% CGV Golden Egg Index. Meanwhile, ’Assassins’ drew 67,406 viewers on the same day, ranking second. The film recorded a cumulative audience of 1,633,621. ’Odyssey’ ranked third with 31,359 viewers, ’Possible Love’ fourth with 14,418 viewers, and ’Intern’ fifth with 12,537 viewers. As of 7 a.m. on the 29th, in real-time reservation rates, the animation ’Chiikawa the Movie: Secret of the Mermaid Island,’ scheduled to open on the 30th, took first place with 201,592 reservations and a 40.1% reservation rate. It was followed by ’Assassins’ with 58,353 tickets, ’Odyssey’ with 56,190, ’Tazza 4’ with 47,849, and ’Resurrection Man: The Red’ with 45,958. ’Tazza: Belzebub’s Song’ is expected to continue its successful run into its second week of release on the 30th, which is ’Culture Day.’