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Enter Chart: “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”, “Hunt”, NewJeans, “It’s Beautiful Now” rank first

Enter Chart (third week of August) at a glance

◇ Movie = No.1 “Hunt” (August 19th~21st, Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network for movie theater admissions)

In the third week of August, Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut film “Hunt“, which was released on August 10th, topped the weekend box office for 2 weeks in a row. It attracted 714,750 audiences for three days from August 19th to 21st. Its cumulative number of audiences surpassed 3 million (3,042,162). “Hansan: Rising Dragon” ranked second with 343,516 audiences during the same period. Its cumulative number of audiences is 6,711,676. Director Jordan Peele’s new film “Nope” was newly named in third place. This movie attracted 157,970 people over the weekend. Its cumulative number of audiences is 253,839. No.4 belonged to “Top Gun: Maverick” with 96,695 people. Its cumulative number of audiences is 7,865,814. 5th place was “Emergency Declaration” with 50,054 people. Its cumulative number of audiences is 2,020,679.

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◇ Song = No.1 NewJeans’ “Attention” (counted from August 15th to 21st on Melon Weekly Chart)

On the weekly chart for the third week of August, rookie girl group NewJeans topped the chart for the first time with their debut song “Attention”. Their “Hype Boy” also ranked third. These results show that NewJeans, which had been expected even before their debut as the girl group formed by HYBE’s label ADOR, is already enjoying high popularity. WSG Wannabe, the project group of MBC’s entertainment program “Hangout with Yoo” has 2 songs on the chart: unit Gaya-G’s “At That Moment” (No.2) and unit 4FIRE’s “I Missed You” (No.4). IVE’s “Love Dive” took fifth place.

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◇ Terrestrial channels = KBS 2TV’s weekend drama “It’s Beautiful Now” #1 (Nielsen Korea’s nationwide data from Aug 15~21)

In the third week of August, KBS 2TV’s weekend drama “It’s Beautiful Now” topped the viewer rating chart with 27.6%. KBS 1TV’s daily drama “Bravo, My Life” ranked 2nd with 18.3%, while KBS 2TV’s daily drama “Gold Mask” ranked 3rd with 16.2%. SBS’s entertainment program “My Little Old Boy” was named in 4th place with 15.2%. MBC’s Friday-Saturday drama “Big Mouth” recorded 10.7% and entered the TOP 5 for the first time at 5th place.

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 ◇ Cable channels = ENA’s drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” #1 (Nielsen Korea’s paid households nationwide data from Aug 15~21)

In the weekly viewer rating charts of TV programs on cable channels, ENA’s drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”, which ended on August 18th, dominated the No.1 spot with 15.9%. “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” performed well until the last episode and wrapped up successfully after earning extraordinary popularity and ratings. tvN’s Saturday-Sunday drama “Alchemy of Souls” ranked 2nd place with 8.4%. TV Chosun’s entertainment program “Tuesday Night Like!” ranked 3rd place (6.7%) and JTBC’s Saturday-Sunday drama “The Good Detective 2” came in 4th place (6.0%). Lastly, TV Chosun’s entertainment program “A Call from the Nation” was found in 5th place with 5.8%. 

 ◇ OTT = “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” #1 (Netflix’s chart release as of Aug 21st)

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“Extraordinary Attorney Woo”, which gained syndrome-level popularity, also topped the chart on the streaming service platform Netflix. The drama won first place on Netflix for 7 consecutive weeks and is still maintaining explosive heat even after the last episode aired on August 18th. The second place was taken by Netflix’s original series “A Model Family”, which was released for the first time on August 12th. This work tells a crime thriller that happens when the ordinary man Dong-ha (Jung Woo), who is on the verge of going bankrupt and divorcing, accidentally discovers the money of a dead man and gets intertwined with criminal organizations. “Alchemy of Souls” came in 3rd place. Meanwhile, JTBC’s Wednesday-Thursday drama “Insider”, which ended on the 28th of last month, was still found ranking 4th place. “The Good Detective Season 1” ranked 5th on the list. 

Source: Daum

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