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Naman Ramachandran
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Hive Media Director Hur Jin-ho‘s political crime thriller “The Assassin(s)” powered to the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of Sep. 25–27, leading a major holiday box office surge across the peak Chuseok festival frame.
According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the newly opened local title generated $8 million from 1,119,156 admissions over the three-day frame across 1,532 screens, claiming 40.9% of the weekend market. the period investigation drama reconstructs the August 15, 1974 assassination attempt on President Park Chung-hee during a National Liberation Day ceremony that resulted in the death of First Lady Yuk Young-soo. The plot follows a detective, played by Yu Hae-jin, alongside a veteran newspaper society desk chief, portrayed by Park Hae-il, and a rookie reporter, played by Lee Min-ho, as they investigate missing ballistic evidence that contradicts the state’s lone-gunman verdict. Since launching on Sep. 23, the release has accumulated $11.2 million from 1,566,222 admissions.
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