Assassination 'jackpot' on theater opening
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Jun Ji-hyun, above, and Ha Jeong-woo in scenes from "Assassination" / Screen capture from YouTube
Highly anticipated Korean historical action movie “Assassination” hit the jackpot on its opening day, drawing almost half a million people.
The movie took the No.1 box office spot after selling more than 470,000 tickets on Wednesday. Including the movie’s premiere on Monday, it has sold more than 485,000 tickets, according to reports Thursday.
The film made headlines on Tuesday by recording a rarely achieved ticket booking rate of almost 60 percent.
The movie is set in the 1930s, during Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910-1945). It spotlights the heroic attempts of Korean independence fighters who battled fearlessly for freedom and justice in defiance of their colonial rulers.