阿凡達打破南韓觀影人次紀錄 - 電影院

南韓福斯昨天(2/27)宣布，繼一個月前刷新南韓影史票房紀錄後，
"阿凡達"至本週六為止，在南韓總售出票數達到1301萬張，
打破了2006年奉俊昊導演的"漢江怪物"所保持的觀影人次紀錄。
(目前阿凡達的南韓票房也破了1000億韓元，相當於8730萬美元)

SEOUL, Feb 27 (Yonhap) -- James Cameron's science fiction film 'Avatar' on
Saturday rewrote South Korea's box office history again as it toppled a
monster blockbuster film to become No. 1 in terms of number of tickets sold,
the film's distributor said.

The film's local distributor, 20th Century Fox Korea, said that the number of
moviegoers for 'Avatar' surpassed 13.01 million on Saturday afternoon -- the
previous record figure for the 2006 homegrown release 'The Host" directed by
Bong Joon-ho. 'Avatar' was released here in December.

The epic sci-fi fantasy, which tells the story of a disabled U.S. marine who
infiltrates a tribe of giant blue aliens inhabiting a faraway planet, has
already become the first film ever in the Korean movie market to gross over
100 billion won (US$87.3 million) in ticket sales.

The film's skyrocketing sales are due in large measure to the movie's
admission prices for its 3D screenings, which are some 40-percent higher than
ordinary movies.

'Avatar' will likely continue its record-breaking streak for sometime, as its
distributor plans to maintain current screenings at some 200 theatre s
nationwide.

"We'll have to see how it fares against scheduled release of 'Alice In
Wonderland' next month but we're expecting to win some 300,000 more viewers
in the near future," said Kim Kyung-woo, an assistant manager at 20th Century
Fox Korea. (Yonhap)

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