The first part of director Choi Dong-hoon's new movie 'Alienoid' ranked first in the reservation rate three days before the release.
'Alienoid' ranked first in the real-time reservation rate on the 17th, three days before its release, and continues to maintain the first place in the reservation rate. This shows an explosive pre-order fever that goes beyond Choi Dong-hoon's previous work, 'Assassination',a 10 million movie.
The first part of 'Alienoid' is a movie about the story of the opening of the door of time between sages who want to take possession of the divine sword rumored to be in the late Goryeo period and those who pursue alien prisoners imprisoned in a human body in 2022.
This is director Choi Dong-hoon's first new film in 7 years, and many of Korea's leading actors, including Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri, So Ji-sub, Yeom Jung-ah, Jo Woo-jin, and Kim Ui-seong appear in the movie. 
'Alienoid' topped Hollywood films such as 'Top Gun: Maverick', 'Thor: Love and Thunder', and 'Minions 2' to take first place, predicting a boom in Korean movies in summer theaters following 'Crime City 2'. 
The pre-order rate for the first part of 'Alienoid' is an overwhelming record, surpassing the 36,937 pre-orders two days before the release of the movie 'Taxi Driver', which was the highest-grossing film in 2017 and gained national popularity. 
In addition, the release of 'Along with the Gods-Crime and Punishment', which was released in 2017 and mobilized 14.41 million viewers, was the third highest-grossing film of all time, with 52,766 copies sold two days before the release of 'Myeongryang', which ranked first at the box office of all time.
The pre-order of 64,541 copies two days ago, and the 33,107 copies sold two days before the release of director Choi Dong-hoon's previous film 'Assassination', which was released in 2015 and set a box office record of 12.7 million, also exceeded the box office syndrome this summer. .
'Alienoid' is scheduled to be released on July 20.
Written by Kim Mi HwaTranslated by Lee So Yun