Lee Byung Hun's movie, 'Masquerade', is cruising towards 10 million tickets.
On the 7th, CJ Entertainment, the distributing investor, announced, "Earlier this morning, about 100,000 more people watched 'Masquerade' and the movie topped 8 million tickets. According to the Korean Film Council's Movie Theater Tickets Integrated Network, 'Masquerade' had sold about 7,909,778 tickets by October 6. It was 25 days after the movie premiered on September 13th. In one week, 2.8 million tickets were sold in the past week.
The good reviews spread by word of mouth so it seems like the movie will easily surpass the 10 million mark. Of all the movies this year, besides 'Thieves', which became the most watched Korean movie of all time, 'Masquerade' is the second movie to hit the 8 million mark.
'Masquerade' is a fictional movie about Gwanghaegun putting Gwanghae-Hasun on the throne to protect his own life and how Gwanghae-Hasun's survives in the palace. Besides Lee Byung Hun, Ryu Seung Ryong, Han Hyu Joo, Kim In Kwon, Jang Kwang, and Shim Eun Kyung are also in the film.
