Avatar Brings in $88.5Mln in S.Korea

The Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" has raked in 88-point-five million U.S. dollars in South Korea, the eighth largest figure in any nation.

The Korean Film Council said Friday that the science-fiction epic earned about 88-point-five million dollars since it was released on December 17th of last year.

James Cameron's adventure film recorded the largest ticket sales in North America and France.

About 16-point-four million movie tickets were purchased in South Korea in January. Over 39 percent of those tickets were for Korean films, up about ten percentage points from December.

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio

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