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Occult thriller 'Exhuma' reaches 1 mil. ticket sales in record time

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From left, the stars of the new movie 'Exhuma,' Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun and Yoo Hae-jin, along with director Jang Jae-hyun, right, raise their fists  during a publicity event in Seoul, Feb. 20. Yonhap

From left, the stars of the new movie "Exhuma," Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun and Yoo Hae-jin, along with director Jang Jae-hyun, right, raise their fists during a publicity event in Seoul, Feb. 20. Yonhap

"Exhuma," a supernatural mystery thriller, surpassed 1 million in attendance Saturday, becoming the fastest movie released this year to reach the milestone, the film's local distributor said.

The thriller, also known as "Pamyo" in Korean, set the record on the third day of its release, Showbox said.

Starring Choi Min-sik, the film revolves around mysterious events affecting a geomancer, an undertaker and a young shaman duo after they exhume the grave of an ancestor from a wealthy family for a large sum of money. (Yonhap)