Gong Yoo, a Box Office Guarantee, is the Best ‘Ticket Power’
Actor is one of the most important elements for viewers when they choose a film. They’re often called as ‘ticket power. When a film company does casting for its main actor, how big the character image and the actor’s acting talent in attracting public’s interest are also important.
Most of the time, the success of a film also depends on the influence of film enthusiast. Production team often paid actors highly in hope of achieving box office. However, the amount of money paid to actors cannot fully guarantee that the film will be a box office.
Recently, a survey on actors’ performance parameters stated that Hwang Jung Min is the actor who got most supports. He is followed by Song Kang Ho, Gong Yoo, Ha Jung Woo, and Yoo Hae Jin.
During the last two years, which has been dubbed as ‘Gong Yoo’s era’, Gong Yoo is often avowed as an actor with the best performance. He does not even need to try to be popular. Last year, Gong Yoo’s films, ‘The Age of Shadow’, ‘Train to Busan’, and ‘A Man and Woman’ collected up to 19.270.000 viewers worldwide. Gong Yoo’s movie guarantee is said to worth 400 million won. The films that sold the most tickets were ‘Train to Busan’ and ‘The Age of Shadow’ for an upcoming film.
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