The movie “The Outlaws 2,” which surpassed 10 million viewers for the first time in Korea since the pandemic, ranked fifth in the world box office. Currently, Korea is becoming the Asian center of the global movie market.
According to comScore, a global box office aggregation site on the 12th, “The Roundup 2” ranked fifth with $10.72 million (about 13.7 billion won) in five countries following DreamWorks’ “Bad Guys.” The movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” starring Tom Cruise, is on the verge of surpassing $600 million in world wide revenue, earning $167.7 million in 65 countries around the world.
“Jurassic World: Dominion,” which was released for the first time in the world in Korea, ranked third with $55.45 million in revenue in 15 countries, and the Marvel movie “Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Chaos” with $20.65 million in sales in 50 countries.
As of that day, “The Crime City 2” was released in a total of eight countries, including the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Cambodia, and in North America, it was released in a total of 28 theaters, surpassing the box office records of “Baekdusan” (2019). It will be released in Thailand on the 16th and the Philippines on the 22nd, and Malaysia is set to release on July 21.
“The Outlaws 2” has surpassed the number of Korean movie openings since the pandemic on the first day, 1 million on the 2nd, 2 million on the 4th, 3 million on the 5th, 4 million on the 7th, 5 million on the 10th, 6 million on the 12th, 7 million on the 14th, 8 million on the 18th, 9 million on the 25th. Today (12th) is expected to surpass the record for May’s best-selling movie “Parasite” (2019).
“Criminal City 2” is a movie about a cheerful crime eradication operation conducted by monster detective “Ma Seok-do” (Ma Dong-seok) and a gang of Geumcheon-seo to catch the strongest villain “Kang Hae-sang” (Son Seok-gu), who dominated Vietnam, and is being screened at theaters nationwide. The first part is about wiping out crimes by Chinese mafias living in Korea, and the second part is about kidnapping and murder of Korean tourists in Vietnam.It’s more exciting and bigger than the first episode
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ASIA JOURNAL
