'Drunk driving' Kwak Do-won took on the risk 'Firefighter' first day of the box office
Dec 05, 2024
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According to the Korea Film Council's integrated computer network for movie theater tickets on the 5th, 'Firefighters' attracted 81,674 people on the 4th, the first day of its release, to rank No. 1 in the overall box office. The cumulative audience of 'Firefighters' is 92,551 including the premiere. Following the 'Firefighters', 'Moana2' came in second with 55,981 (cumulative 1,545,611) on the same day, and '1 Seungi' came in third with 46,363 (accumulated 63,360 including the preview).
'Firefighters' released a special group poster. The released poster draws attention to the scene of the firefighters' only family, Do-soon (Jang Young-nam), who desperately wants the safety of those outside the scene as well as the firefighters at the scene at the time of the Hongje-dong fire disaster. The phrase 'FIRST IN, LAST OUT (first to last)' is added to this, arousing curiosity about what firefighters are desperate for a single goal of power rescue.
'Firefighter' is causing explosive word of mouth as it warms the hearts of the audience who watched the actual movie. From the actors' sincere enthusiasm to the enthusiasm of the real events, the enthusiasm for the firefighters, and the interest in improving the treatment of firefighters, the movie's sincerity continues to receive favorable reviews.
'Firefighters' will launch the '119 Donation Challenge', in which 119 won per paid audience ticket is donated in cash to improve equipment and treatment for firefighters in Korea. '119 Donation Challenge' is a form of donation for firefighters just by looking at 'Firefighters', and the donation amount will be sponsored for the National Fire Hospital, which is scheduled to open in 2025. The audience's 'Firefighter's '119 Donation Challenge' is expected to lead to a good influence and a meaningful step to change the world warmly.
'Firefighters' is a work depicting the situation of firefighters who were put in with a single goal of extinguishing fire and saving power even in poor conditions during the Hongje-dong fire disaster in 2001. Joo Won, Kwak Do-won, Yoo Jae-myung, Lee Yoo-young, Kim Min-jae, Oh Dae-hwan, Lee Joon-hyuk, and Jang Young-nam appeared, and director Kwak Kyung-taek of the `Friends' series grabbed the megaphone.
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