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| Anna and Olaf in the "enchanted forest." Korea Times file |
By Cho Hae-min
Walt Disney's animated blockbuster "Frozen 2" is expected attract 10 million moviegoers in Korea over the weekend.
According to Korean Film Council (KOFIC) data, the film has topped the Korean box office chart for 15 days since premiering on Nov. 21. The movie has attracted 9.3 million filmgoers through Thursday.
"Frozen 2" is the first animated film to hit 9 million tickets within two weeks, breaking the record of "Frozen," which took 33 days to do so in 2014.
Meanwhile, the film's popularity has also led to some controversy, with a local civic group called the Public Welfare Committee recently filing a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office that the film's dominance in Korean theaters violated anti-monopoly laws.
Korean law defines a commercial enterprise with more than 50 percent of market share as a "market-dominant enterprise." The group argued that 88 percent of the country's screens were showing the film which, the group claimed restricted the consumers' right to choose.
However, despite the controversy, "Frozen 2" has taken more than $65 million in South Korea since its release, making it the third-largest market for the film at the moment, trailing only the United States and China.
