'Heartsping: Teenieping of Love' becomes first Korean animation to sell 1 million tickets
Published: 18 Sep. 2024, 16:33
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- LEE JIAN
- lee.jian@joongang.co.kr
![Poster of "Heartsping: Teenieping of Love" at a movie theater in Yongsan District, central Seoul [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/09/18/bbb90133-714f-4cbd-bf47-f77a14ced38a.jpg)
Poster of "Heartsping: Teenieping of Love" at a movie theater in Yongsan District, central Seoul [YONHAP]
“Heartsping: Teenieping of Love” became the first homemade animated film in 12 years to sell more than 1 million tickets on Monday.
The film reached the milestone 41 days after its theatrical premiere. Only one other domestically produced animated film, “Speckles: The Tarbosaurus” (2012), has achieved the same feat, according to Showbox, the movie's distributor.
“Heartsping: Teenieping of Love” currently sits as the third most watched Korean animated film after “Speckles: The Tarbosaurus” with 1.05 million viewers and “Leafie: A Hen Into the Wild” (2011) with 2.2 million viewers. “Frozen 2" (2019) currently holds the title of most watched animation in domestic theaters with 13.7 million viewers.
“Heartsping: Teenieping of Love” is part of the TV animation franchise “Catch! Teenieping: Fairies of Emotion,” (2020-) which follows a magical girl named Romi catching mythical creatures called Teeniepings. The film focuses on a particular Teenieping named Heartsping, which is based on the emotion of love.
BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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