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NETFLIX's and TVING's Top 10 Most Popular Movies During Christmas Day in South Korea, 2021: #1 MIRACLE, #2 Mogadishu, #3 Don't Look Up /#3 New Year Blues...and more

Posted by k-newstimes588 pts Monday, December 27, 2021

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This year during christmas day, ‘Miracle’ movie ranked #1 as the Most popular movie on Netflix in South Korea and also took first place as the Most popular movie on TVING, ‘Mogadishu’ movie ranked #2. Both movies is also among Top 10 Highest Grossing Korean Movies Release in 2021.

NETFLIX's TOP 10 MOST POPULAR MOVIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN SK, 2021.

1. Miracle: Letters to the president

Cast: Park Jung-min, Girls Generation's YoonA, Lee Sung-min, Lee Soo-kyung

A korean movie based on a true story. In 1988, dreaming of making a way station for the villagers and his sister who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung (Park Jung-min) sends many letters to the President, but with no reply. Ra-hee (Girls Generation's YoonA) does everything she can to help him meet the President and to achieve his dream.

2. Escape from Mogadishu

Cast: Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Heo Joon-ho

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

3. Don’t Look Up

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi

Astronomy professor Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his PhD student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) attempting to warn humanity, via a media tour, about an approaching comet that will destroy Earth. The film is a satire of government and media indifference to the climate crisis. Singer Ariana and Mescudi also collaborated on the song "Just Look Up" as part of the film's soundtrack.

4. SpiderMan: Far from Home

Cast: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya

Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.

5. Spiderman: Homecoming

Cast: Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker (Tom Holland), with the help of his mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego SpiderMan as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

6. The Amazing Spiderman

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Rhys Ifans, Emma Stone, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is an outcast high schooler was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

7. Spiderman

Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, J.K. Simmons, Joe Manganiello

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, high school student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is endowed with amazing powers.

8. The Amazing Spiderman 2

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Colm Feore, Felicity Jones, Paul Giamatti

For Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as SpiderMan and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.

9. Sinkhole

Cast: Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Hye-jun, Kim Hong-pa

Dong-won (Kim Sung-kyun) and his family move into a house bought. He invites his colleagues for a housewarming party, but the heavy rain during the night before creates a gigantic sinkhole, and in a mere minute, it swallows up the whole house and the people inside. Hundreds of meters down the hole, Dong-won, his neighbor Man-su (Cha Seung-won), and the unfortunate guests must find their way out.

10. Love Actually

Cast: Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in, and out, of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.

TVING's TOP 10 MOST POPULAR MOVIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 2021.

1. Miracle: Letters to The President

Cast: Park Jung-min, Girls Generation's YoonA, Lee Sung-min, Lee Soo-kyung