‘The Marvels’ Reigns Korean Box Office Despite Park Seo Joon’s Short Screen Time

"The Marvels," starring Park Seo Joon, scored a successful premiere at the Korean box office!

Amid the controversy surrounding the "Itaewon Class" star, the local audience has shown great interest in the MCU film.

MCU's 'The Marvels' Tops Korean Box Office Despite Park Seo Joon's Lack of Screen Time

In a report cited by News1, the Korea Film Council's integrated ticket network has garnered 142,424 for its second day, with 50,140 viewers per day.

With this, "The Marvels" succeeded in maintaining the top spot at the box office for the second day.

Other than this, the film council also shared that the Hollywood movie topped the real-time reservation rate at 31.1 percent, suggesting that the movie would garner more moviegoers during the weekend.

Directed by Nia DaCosta, the new MCU movie officially premiered in theaters on November 10.

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Interestingly, it is the first Marvel movie to feature a female villain through Zawe Ashton, who plays as Dar-Benn.

"The Marvels" stars Brie Larson, who reprises her role as Carol Danvers, along with Ivan Vellani as Ms. Marvel.

In addition, Teyonah Parris plays as Monica Rambeau or Photon, while Park Seo Joon takes on the role of Prince Yan.

Fans Disappointed Over Park Seo Joon's Lack of Screen Time

Speaking of the South Korean actor, "The Marvels" gained mixed reactions from the public ahead of its global release. 

Viewers, especially PSJ fans, were thrilled to see the actor's first Hollywood movie after landing the role of Prince Yanof Aladna. However, the public was left unhappy after a Marvel YouTuber commented on the duration of the actor's screen time in the MCU movie.

As obtained by a news outlet, the user pointed out Park Seo Joon's lack of screen time in "The Marvels" since he only appeared in less than 3 minutes, or 2 minutes and 47 seconds in total.

With this, fans couldn't help but feel disheartened since they thought the actor would play a more significant role because of all the publicity featuring him. Some thought that they were duped by MCU because they even had Park Seo Joon on the trailer.

As for some, they have second thoughts about watching the new movie.

• "I thought he was one of the lead characters. I can't believe his screen time is less than the time it takes to cook a cup of noodles. Not going to watch."
• "I guess I don't need to watch, LOL."
• "They put him in a lot of promos for 3 minutes."
• "Are his scenes in the trailer it?"
• "They put him on the main poster, but he is given screen time to fit for an extra."

What's Next for Park Seo Joon?

Following "The Marvels" debut, viewers will get to see Park Seo Joon star in an interesting K-drama.

The top star is teaming up with Han So Hee for the much-awaited "Gyeongseong Creature," which will air on December 22 exclusively on Netflix.

On top of that, the action thriller series will return for season 2 in 2024.

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Written by Geca Wills