'Masquerade' Sets Box Office Alight with 1 Million Tickets Sold in 4 Days

Published on 2012/09/18 | Source

"Masquerade" has attracted over 1 million viewers in just four days since it was released Thursday.

According to box office data supplied by the Korean Film Council, the film starring Lee Byung-hun drew 1,281,304 moviegoers as of Sunday. The film revolves around Gwanghaegun, the 15th king of the Chosun Dynasty who was dethroned in a coup.

It sold 417,624 tickets on Sunday to rank top of the daily box office charts. "Resident Evil 5: Retribution" ranked second with 84,225 tickets sold, followed by "Pieta", "The Bourne Legacy", "Wolf Children" and "The Traffickers", in that order.