Peninsula Touches One Million Viewers In Less Than A Week

Peninsula Players Celebrate 1 Million Viewers (Twitter @movie_n_NEW)

JAKARTA - The latest film by Yeon Sang Ho, Peninsula, scored well in less than a week. This film reached 1 million viewers during the Saturday-Sunday period.

This number beat the #ALIVE film which reached 18,000 viewers. Both #ALIVE and Peninsula are zombie stories featuring well-known South Korean actors and actresses.

🎉 경 / # 반도 _100 만 돌파 / 축 🎉 개봉 4 일 만 에 벌써 100 만 돌파! 🙌 # 반도 를 사랑 해주신 관객 분들 의 성원 에 감사 드립니다 ♥ 아직 안 보셨다면! 꿀잼 # 반도 보러 지금 바로 영화관 ㄱㄱ! # 반도 _ 절찬 흥행 중! # 칸 영화제 # 공식 초청 #Cannes # 부산행 그후 4 년 # 반도 _ 절찬 상영 중 pic.twitter.com/0G0zr6I6Db

- It's NEW (@movie_n_NEW) July 17, 2020

The high number of viewers is projecting the film from the Train to Busan universe to reach 2 million viewers. Combined since its debut on July 15, Peninsula reached 1,804,053 viewers. The Korean film industry also hopes that Peninsula films can become a turning point for the film industry that was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reporting from Antara, Monday, July 20, cinema box office receipts decreased by 70.3 percent from the previous year. Income was also reduced to 273.8 billion won.

Peninsula is a continuation of Train to Busan, a 2016 film by the same director. This film tells of survivors in an area in South Korea that is infested with zombies.

Peninsula stars Gang Dong Won and Lee Jung Hyun. This film was officially selected to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival, but the show had to be canceled due to the pandemic.

On the other hand, Peninsula has been sold to 185 countries by NEW film distributors so that the international community can watch this film. Currently, both the cast and the director are promoting Peninsula in the country of ginseng.