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| A scene from the film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" / Courtesy of Sony Pictures |
By Lee Gyu-lee
The superhero film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has surpassed 4 million ticket sales in Korea, Saturday, setting a record as the fastest film to reach the mark since the pandemic began.
Marvel's latest film saw about 600,000 ticket sales on the day, adding its total to over 4.38 million tickets for a total 44.2 billion won ($37.2 million). The number exceeds the 3.61 million ticket sales of the domestic blockbuster, "Escape from Mogadishu," making the Marvel movie the new most-watched film of this year.
The action blockbuster film debuted on Dec. 15 with about 635,100 ticket sales, the highest opening score seen during the pandemic. It has been dominating the local box offices since, for 11-consecutive days. The previous opening-day record during the pandemic era was the latest Fast & Furious sequel "F9," which opened with about 400,300 tickets this May.
Directed by Jon Watts, who directed the previous installments, "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017) and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019), the film is the third and last of the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
The film picks up the story after Peter Parker (Tom Holland) had his identity as Spider-Man revealed. As he no longer has a chance to have a normal life, he seeks help from Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to make the world forget his identity.
However, it leads Parker to encounter a whole new set of enemies as the multiverse opens up and allows supervillains from other universes into the world. Confronting a multiverse crisis, he is forced to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
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