'D-War' Setting Daily Box Office Records

Many movie theaters around the nation are setting new daily box office records thanks to the domestic sci-fi blockbuster "D-War".

The Megabox chain, which operates ten multiplexes nationwide, set a new record at its Seoul COEX theater on Saturday, drawing 32,500 moviegoers in a single day.

A Megabox official says that thanks to "D-War", most Korean theaters set new daily records that day. He says that other releases such as the Korean historical drama "May 18" and the horror flick "Epitaph", Hollywood animated film "Ratatouille" and blockbuster "Die Hard Four-point-Oh" are all doing well.

The country's largest multiplex chain CGV also saw 29 out of its 47 theaters record new daily records for ticket sales on Saturday.

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio

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