'Descendants' sets viewership record of 40.4%

/Courtesy of KBS2

By Kim Da-hee

KBS TV's mega-hit drama "Descendants of the Sun" set a record-high viewership of 40.4 percent for its 14th episode Thursday.

The result came during a romantic scene in which Yoo Si-jin (Song Joong-ki) asked Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye-kyo) to watch a movie with him while in hospital. Yoo was taken to hospital after an unidentified gunman shot him.

The episode’s average rating was 33 percent, according to Nielsen Korea.

Meanwhile, rumors spread Friday morning that a film version of the drama will be released at the Cannes Film Market. But the drama’s production company, NEW, said no decision had been made.