”Black Nuns” attracts 160,000 viewers on opening day... Beats ”Hitman 2” to No. 1 at the box office

The movie "Black Nuns" (director KWON HYUK) ranked first at the box office on its opening day. According to the Korea Film Council's integrated cinema ticketing computer network, "Black Nuns"
On the 24th, it topped the box office with 163,730 viewers in one day, more than double the number of viewers of the second-placed "Hitman 2," which had 69,250 viewers.
As of 8:40 a.m. on the 25th, the number of pre-sale tickets exceeded 199,047, and the advance ticket sales rate is also overwhelmingly the highest, so it is expected to attract theater fans during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Coming in third place was singer IU's concert "IU Concert: The Winning," which attracted 12,501 people during the same period.
"Black Nuns" is about two women who are not allowed to exorcise demons, but who try to exorcise the demons of a boy named Hee-jun (Moon Woo-jin Nun) who begins to show abnormal behavior for unknown reasons.
The story is about two nuns, Yun-ah (Song Hye Kyo) and Michaela (Jeon Yeo Bin), who break taboos to fight off evil spirits.
The film tells the story of people who perform a sacred ritual. It is a spin-off work that has been highly anticipated since the occult film "Black Priests" was released in 2015 and attracted 5.44 million viewers.
Song Hye Kyo plays the lead role of Sister Yunia, who embarks on a forbidden ritual with the sole determination to save the boy's life.
In particular, "Black Nuns" is one of Song Hye Kyo's two picks after Netflix's "The Glory."
This is her first film in 11 years since "My Heart is Beating" (2014), and there are high expectations for it.