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Avatar sequel surpasses audience of 1 mil. within 3 days of Korea release

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Movie posters for "Avatar: The Way of Water" at a cinema in Seoul on the film's opening day, Dec. 14. Yonhap

Walt Disney's "Avatar: The Way of Water" has surpassed 1 million cumulative viewers in Korea within three days of its release, data showed Saturday.

James Cameron's sequel to his 2009 sci-fi epic had its world premiere in the country Wednesday.

The movie recorded 1.06 million admissions as of Friday, according to data from the Korean Film Council. It drew 359,000 moviegoers on its first day, 291,000 Thursday and 414,000 Friday.

The original "Avatar" is the highest-grossing film of all time with $2.9 billion in global ticket sales. It attracted 13.6 million moviegoers in South Korea to become the most-viewed foreign movie released here. (Yonhap)