Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAction thriller “Steel Rain 2: Summit” dominated the South Korean box office in its opening weekend.
In doing so, it knocked “Peninsula” from the perch where it had been for the past two weeks.Released on Wednesday by Lotte Entertainment, “Steel Rain 2” earned $4.92 million from 663,000 admissions over the weekend.
Over its five days to date, it has accumulated $7.03 million from 1.02 million ticket sales.Directed by Yang Woo-suk, the film imagines a three-way summit meeting between North Korea, South Korea and the U.S.
to finally bring to an end the Korean War that played out between 1950-53.The film sees Jung Woo-sung play the South Korean leader, Yoo Yeon-seok portray the North Korean leader and Angus.
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