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"Secret Reunion" maintains hold on Korean box office

Official movie poster of Korean movie "Secret Reunion" [Showbox]

Korean movie "Secret Reunion" continued to take control of the Korean box office during the final week of February, according to estimates on Tuesday.

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The Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) revealed the action picture sold over 458,038 tickets during the weekend of February 26 to 28 to attract a over a total 4.2 million admissions since its release earlier in the month.

"Secret Reunion" circles around the chance reencounter of former South Korean intelligence official and North Korean spy played by Korean actors Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won.

Hollywood film "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" stood at No. 2 with a total of 210,669 viewers and Korean thriller "Parallel Life" starring Ji Jin-hee came in third place bringing in a total of 178,310 spectators.

Meanwhile, Korean drama "Harmony" and Hollywood epic film "Avatar" remained fourth and fifth in ranking, respectively, with the James Cameron sci-fi epic becoming the most-watched film in South Korea's box office history with over 13.08 million admits since its release in mid-December.

Other movies in the top ten were "The Lovely Bones", "The Fourth Kind", "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs", "Chloe", and "Happily N'ever After 2: Snow White".

Reporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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