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'The kind Ms. Geumja' Lee Young-Ae aspiring for box office dominance

From Leeyoungae.net

Lee Young-Ae's intense attraction of the moviegoers has begun.

With the pre-release hype approaching its climax ahead of its release on July 29th, 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' challenges this year's box office record.

Leveraging off its pre-release recognition and audience preference rate of over 90%, it's topping every major ticket sales website, recording the highest occupation rate among all Korean movies of the year at MaxMovie, a movie-only ticket reservation website.

As it forewarns a storming box office hit with its ever-so-high preference, recognition and reservation rate, the entire movie industry is curious to find out whether it will blow away the overall depression of Korean movies in the first half of the year.

With all the anticipation of movie fans behind it, however, there also exist obstacles to its box office success, the first being its rating of 18. 'Friend' had broken the box office record despite its 18 rating before 'Shilmido' and 'Taegeukgi' set the record for 10 million audiences, but it still isn't a beneficial rating for the movie.

Also, the movie's employment of experimental and unusual filmmaking techniques may make it less appealing for the ordinary audiences, lacking the general attraction to sustain the good responses for long.

Lastly, 'Welcome to Dongmakgol', which has been very well-received at its pre-screening, opens in theaters one week later, bisecting Korean movie audiences between the two movies. Overall, 'Ms. Geumja' semes to have a difficult path ahead of her.

'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' has attracted unprecedented interest and anticipation from moviegoers. High expectation rests on the frail shoulder of Lee Young-Ae, on her way to surpassing the 5 million audience record of 'Malathon'.