Naval war film 'Noryang' surpasses 1 mil. admissions

A moviegoer looks at the poster of "Noryang: Deadly Sea" at a cinema in Seoul, Dec. 22. Yonhap

"Noryang: Deadly Sea," a movie about South Korea's legendary naval admiral, Yi Sun-sin, surpassed 1 million cumulative viewers on the fourth day of opening, Lotte Entertainment said Saturday.

Director Kim Han-min's final installment of his trilogy about the admiral recounts the last naval battle between a retreating Japan and the allied forces of Joseon and the Ming dynasties that pursued them.

As of 6 p.m. Saturday, the 2.5-hour epic film had taken up 42.3 percent of ticket sales at the local box office, followed by "12.12: The Day," a historical saga about Korea's military coup in 1979, which is soon to top 10 million admissions. (Yonhap)