'Blackpink the Movie' reaches some half million people and makes $5M

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'Blackpink the Movie' reaches some half million people and makes $5M

Published: 20 Aug. 2021, 18:44

Members of girl group Blackpink in ″Blackpink the Movie″ [YG ENTERTAINMENT]

“Blackpink the Movie,” a film celebrating the fifth anniversary of girl group Blackpink’s debut, has garnered some 500,000 moviegoers around the world according to distribution companies CJ 4DPlex and Trafalgar Releasing on Friday.

The film hit approximately 3,400 theaters in about 100 countries on Aug. 4 and has made a profit of around $5 million so far.

Poster for ″Blackpink the Movie″ [YG ENTERTAINMENT]

Ticket sales for “Blackpink the Movie” were the highest in Mexico, followed by the United States, Turkey, Brazil and Japan.

The movie consists of footage from Blackpink's offline and online concerts, never-before-seen interviews of members and more.

The girl group's agency YG Entertainment said that the film is a "concert-like experience, an aspect that has been receiving positive reviews."

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]