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Until the day of 22 November 2014, Japanese Sci/Fi addicts could only read about Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar epic on the internet or watch trailers as they were heartily waiting for the release of the movie.
That Saturday marked the last major debut of the 169 minute movie and was celebrated accordingly with a number one position in the Japan Box Office of the weekend.
The sci-fi epic hit the milestone on Monday, becoming the fifth most-viewed film in South Korean theaters this year, according to the data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).
The top four films are Korean historical flick “Roaring Currents” (17.61 million), the animated Disney film “Frozen” (10.29 million), and “The Pirates” (8.66 million) and “Miss Granny” (8.65 million), both homegrown movies. Among non-Korean films, “Interstellar” is at No. 2 following “Frozen.”
Industry experts predict “Interstellar” will easily surpass 8 million around this weekend as it accounts for 64.7 percent of box-office tickets reserved for Tuesday.
The film features a team of space travelers who travel through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet.
Starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway as astronauts, it attracted 220,000 moviegoers on its Nov. 6 opening day and surpassed the 1 million mark on its third day and 3 million on its eighth day.
The space saga has also maintained its No. 1 spot on South Korea’s official weekly box-office ranking for the third week in a row.
Agencies/Canadajournal
