Drunken Kwak Do-won → Even in the coordinates of national strength..Viral By4M Firefighters Break even 2.5 Million

Dec 22, 2024

 Drunken Kwak Do-won → Even in the coordinates of national strength..Viral By4M Firefighters Break even 2.5 Million
The press preview of the movie 'Firefighter' held at CGV Yongsan on the 25th, from left, director Oh Dae-hwan, Kim Min-jae, Lee Yoo-young, Joo-won, Yoo Jae-myung, Jang Young-nam, and Kwak Kyung-taek have photo time. Yongsan = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.25/



Disaster movie 'Firefighter' (directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, produced by Ascendio) surpassed 2.5 million viewers on the 19th day of its release, breaking even and achieving a donation challenge of about 300 million won.

As of 1:06 p.m. on the 22nd, the cumulative audience exceeded 2.5 million, surpassing the break-even point. As a result, the accumulated donation amount of 297.5 million won was raised through the "119 won donation challenge".

In addition, 'Firefighters' will become the top five Korean films in 2024, surpassing the final audience of 'Firefighters' today of 2,561,854. "Firefighter", which was listed on the box office list alongside "Farmers", "Criminal City 4", "Veteran2", and "pilot", came to an end in 2024 even with the trend of professional movies in theaters. If this trend continues, the movie 'Firefighter' can be seen until the first film to surpass 3 million in the stagnant Korean film market since 'Veteran2'.




'Firefighters' is conducting the '119 Donation Challenge', in which 119 won is donated in cash to improve equipment and treatment for firefighters in Korea for each paid audience ticket. '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. Thanks to the audience's support, the long-term box office hit 'Firefighters'119 Donation Challenge' is also expected to continue for a long time.

'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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