| ▲ Japanese anime film ‘Suzume’s Lockdown’ took the top spot in its second week of release. In the OTT (online video service) drama, JTBC’s “Sacred, Divorce” is attracting attention. Posters for ‘Suzume’s Lockdown’ (left) and ‘Sacred Divorce’. |
[비즈니스포스트] Japanese anime film ‘Suzume’s Door Lock’ opened the door to the top spot in weekly ratings.
In the online video service (OTT), the drama “One Other Scandal” took the top spot and reaped the beauty of the ending.
According to the 17th Movie Promotion Committee, in the past week (March 10-16), the movie “Suzume’s Door Crackdown” attracted 960,000 viewers and ranked first in weekly viewership. The cumulative number of viewers is 1.24 million.
Suzume’s Door Lock, which ranked 3rd in the weekly viewership chart last week despite being counted for two days, proved its popularity by rising to 1st in the 2nd week of release.
Suzume’s Door Lock, released on the 8th, depicts the journey of the main character, Suzume, to lock the door to avert disaster when the door that causes disaster begins to open in ruins all over Japan.
This film was written and directed by director Makoto Shinkai, famous for ‘Your Name.’, and was invited to the competition section of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival this year.
Director Makoto Shinkai visited Korea from July 7 to 9 and met with domestic fans. Director Makoto Shinkai made a promise, “If the audience exceeds 3 million, I want to come back to Korea and hold various events together.”
The Japanese anime film “The First Slam Dunk”, released on January 4, rose to second place and continued its popularity for more than two months.
The First Slam Dunk drew 140,000 viewers last week. With a cumulative audience of 4.05 million, it is the first Japanese film released in Korea to exceed 4 million.
The First Slam Dunk, which ranked first in the cumulative ratings of Japanese anime films released in Korea, remains unchanged even though it is a live-action film.
The number one live-action movie released in Korea is the movie “Love Letter” released in 1999. However, the Korean Film Council is unable to officially confirm the cumulative ratings for Love Letter. As this was before the integrated computer network went live and the film was shot in the 1990s, the exact number of viewers was not recorded.
According to the Review and Analysis of Japan’s Popular Culture Openness Policy published by the Korea Cultural Policy Development Institute (now the Korea Institute of Culture and Tourism) in June 2000 , Love Letter’s cumulative nationwide viewership is 1.2 million. Based on the cumulative viewership of 1.2 million, there are 6 Japanese anime films ahead of Love Letter in the ranking of Japanese films released in Korea.
The film ‘Confidential’ ranked third in weekly ratings.
The film, released on the 1st, recorded 130,000 weekly audiences and 720,000 cumulative audiences. External Budget, which ranked first in weekly hearings last week, was down two notches from last week, with weekly hearings dropping by a third.
Confidential is a crime drama set in Busan in 1992 in which Hae-woong, a longtime member of the National Assembly, Sun-tae, a hidden power in politics, and Pil-do, an activist gangster, engage in a fierce battle. overturn the game with secret documents in their hands.
The Japanese anime film “Demon’s Blade: Gathering Sanghyeon, and in the Potter’s Village” (Demon’s Blade), which was released on the 2nd, came in at 4th place.
Blade of Demons drew 100,000 viewers over the past week, and the cumulative viewership reached 460,000.
Blade of the Ghost tells the story of Tanjiro and his team fighting a fierce battle to defeat the demon.
The live performance film “I’m Hero the Final”, which was released 1st, took 5th place after last week.
I’m Hero the Final drew 30,000 viewers last week, bringing the cumulative viewership to 200,000.
I’m Hero the Final captures vocalist Lim Young-woong’s encore concert, which warmed up the Gocheok Sky Dome last winter.
In the OTT (online video service) drama ranking, tvN’s “One Other Scandal” took the No. 1 spot.
According to Kinolights’ weekly embedded content ranking (March 4 to March 10), a content viewing and analysis service, “One Other Scandal”, which ended on the 5th, regained the top spot among dramas.
Ilta Scandal, which ranked 4th in the OTT drama rankings last week, jumped three spots after the show ended.
Ilta Scandal had a low rating of 4% when it first aired, but in the last 16 episodes, it recorded a rating of 17% and ranked first in the ratings of weekday dramas airing in 2023.
Second, a new drama appeared. This is JTBC’s “Shinseong, Divorce”, which first aired on 4.
“Shinseong, Divorce” is based on a webtoon of the same name by Kang Tae-kyung. It is a work that portrays the turbulent story of a divorce lawyer and portrays the story of those who stand in the middle of life’s difficult road called divorce.
Actor Cho Seung-woo, who is rated for his role in every drama he appears in, takes on the role of Shin Seong, a divorce lawyer.
A new drama was also nominated for third place. This is the KBS2 drama “Oasis” which first aired on 6.
Oasis tells the story of three young people who fought hard to protect their dreams, friendships and first love against the backdrop of a turbulent Korea from the 1980s to the 1990s. Journalist Yoon In-sun
