The movie 'The Assassins' has attracted the fourth-largest audience among Korean films released this year.
According to the Korean Film Council's integrated ticketing computer network tally on October 19, 'The Assassins' gathered 140,021 moviegoers nationwide from October 16 to 18, taking second place at the weekend box office. The cumulative number of viewers stands at 3,249,178.
Although it handed over the top spot at the box office, which it had defended for a long period, to the Japanese animation 'The Movie Chiikawa: Secret of the Mermaid Island', it has maintained a top-tier position at the box office for four consecutive weeks, establishing a foothold to surpass the break-even point (3.7 million viewers).
Having surpassed 3.2 million cumulative viewers, 'The Assassins' ranked in the top 4 box office hits for Korean films in 2026, following 'The Man Who Lives with the King' (16.91 million viewers), 'Colony' (5.95 million viewers), and 'Salmokji' (3.24 million viewers). It is expected to surpass 'Salmokji' and climb to third place sometime this week.
Although it was embroiled in historical distortion controversies in the early stages of its release, turning on a red light for box office success, 'The Assassins' is steadily drawing audiences through the power of the work itself. While not showing its initial explosive momentum, high ratings from actual viewers—such as a CGV Golden Egg Index of 92%, a Lotte Cinema audience rating of 9.2, and a Naver actual viewer rating of 8.9—are serving as the driving force behind its long-run screening.
(SBS Entertainment News, Reporter Kim Ji-hye)
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