Changed the rankings after a week... 'Top Gun' 5 million 'Thor 4' 2 million 'in front of you'.
Source: Film promotion board integrated with a computer network capture
[The Fact ㅣ Reporter Lee Han-lim ] The action movie 'Top Gun: Maverick' starring Tom Cruise beat Marvel's 'Thor 4' for a week and regained the top spot at the box office.
According to the cinema ticket aggregator network of the Korean Film Council on the 13th, the movie 'Top Gun: Maverick' attracted 89,821 moviegoers the day before and regained the top spot at the daily box office. The cumulative number of spectators is 4.84 million even surpassing the 5 million mark is still within sight.
Until the previous day, the Marvel movie 'Thor: Love and Thunder' (Thor 4) topped the daily box office. Thor 4, which opens in 500 theaters over Top Gun: Maverick (July 6,) beats Top Gun: Maverick (June 22), which has held the crown in domestic theaters for two weeks after release. It climbed to number one instantly.
However, as the likes and dislikes for 'Thor 4' were mixed, the difference in viewership between the two films narrowed. On its first day of release, 'Thor 4', which was expected to be a box office hit, reached a gap of 280,000 viewers compared to 'Top Gun: Maverick,' which gave up first place for a week.
The audience score of 'Thor 4' on the 12th was 85,550, not much different from 'Top Gun: Maverick.' However, considering the two films' release dates are two weeks apart, in reality, the mainstream view is that 'Top Gun: Maverick' is the overwhelming winner over 'Thor 4'. The cumulative viewership of 'Thor 4' is 1.95 million people.
'Top Gun: Maverick' is the 35-year sequel to 'Top Gun' (1986), the film that catapulted Tom Cruise, a young actor in his twenties who quickly became a top Hollywood star. It is judged that it has added light to the dazzling performance of Tom Cruise, who has turned sixty, as an homage to his previous work, a chronicle connecting generations, Beauty director including Hans Zimmer's epic OST and new actor's dazzling performances continue.
Meanwhile, in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th place of the daily box office revenue, three Korean films placed side by side after the previous day. 'Decided to Break Up,' 'City of Crime 2', and 'The Wizards 2' had 960,000, 12.61 million, and 2.78 million respectively.