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| A scene from the action blockbuster film, "Top Gun: Maverick" / Courtesy of Lotte Entertainment |
By Lee Gyu-lee
Hollywood blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick" is soaring at local box offices, topping the chart for nine consecutive days through Thursday, despite the opening of other anticipated films, including director Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave," which won him the Cannes' Best Director award.
The sequel to the 1986 action film, starring Tom Cruise, saw over 146,000 ticket sales on Thursday, raising its total to about 2.18 million tickets.
Since opening at the top of the chart on June 22 with over 188,000 ticket sales on opening day alone, the film has since surpassed 1 million in sales in only four days and 2 million in eight days.
The aviation action flick follows the legendary naval aviator, "Maverick" (Cruise), 30 years after the original film. He returns to his elite training academy to train a group of aspiring pilots for a difficult mission.
The romance film, "Decision to Leave," debuted in second spot on the chart on its opening day, despite the buzz it created after having won big at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May. It garnered about 63,100 ticket sales.
Director Park's latest flick revolves around an insomniac, a gentle detective named Hae-joon (Park Hae-il), and a Chinese immigrant woman Seo-rae (Tang Wei), who is the suspect in her husband's murder case.
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