영화 '오케이 마담2' 개봉…한국영화 예매율 1위
'OK Madam 2' Opens and Tops Advance Bookings Among Korean Films
Part of the August 12, 2026 daily edition
코믹 액션 영화 ’오케이 마담2’가 8월 12일 전국 극장에서 개봉했습니다. 개봉 첫날 이 영화는 한국영화 중 예매율 1위를 기록했습니다. 배우 엄정화가 6년 만에 액션 히어로로 스크린에 돌아왔습니다. 2020년에 개봉한 전작 ’오케이 마담’은 코로나19로 극장가가 얼어붙었음에도 불구하고 관객 122만 명을 모았습니다. 실제 촬영이 이뤄진 배는 길이 183m, 높이 12층, 무게 2만 6000톤에 이르는 국제 크루즈선이었습니다. 이 영화는 이철하 감독이 만들었고, 박성웅과 이상윤, 배정남, 박진주, 려운, 최수영도 함께 나옵니다.
Translation
The comic action film 'OK Madam 2' opened in cinemas nationwide on August 12. On its opening day it was number one in advance bookings among Korean films. The actor Uhm Jung-hwa has returned to the screen as an action hero for the first time in six years. The earlier film, 'OK Madam', opened in 2020 and drew 1.22 million viewers even while cinemas were frozen by COVID-19. The ship used for the actual filming was an international cruise liner 183 metres long, twelve storeys high and weighing 26,000 tonnes. The film was directed by Lee Chul-ha, and Park Sung-woong, Lee Sang-yoon, Bae Jung-nam, Park Jin-joo, Ryeoun and Choi Soo-young also appear.
Vocabulary
- 개봉명사 (noun)the release of a film
- 예매율명사 (noun)share of advance ticket bookings
- 극장명사 (noun)cinema, theatre
- 관객명사 (noun)audience, viewers
- 배우명사 (noun)actor
- 촬영명사 (noun)filming, shooting
- 돌아오다동사 (verb)to come back, return
Grammar points
N 만에after N (a gap of time)
After a length of time, 만에 says how long the gap was before something happened again: 6년 만에 돌아왔다 = 'came back after six years'. It always implies the thing had happened before, so it cannot introduce a first time — for that Korean says 처음으로 instead.
Example: 10년 만에 고향에 갔습니다.
I went back to my hometown after ten years.
N 중among N, of all the N
Marks the group a ranking is measured inside: 한국영화 중 1위 = 'number one among Korean films'. That limit matters — being first among Korean films is not the same as being first overall, and Korean film reporting is careful to keep the group in the sentence.
Example: 참가한 팀 중 우리가 가장 빨랐습니다.
Among the teams that took part, we were the fastest.
-(으)ㅁ에도 불구하고even though ~, in spite of ~
A written-style way of saying the result came anyway. Here it frames the earlier film's 1.22 million viewers as a figure achieved against the odds, since cinemas were closed off by the pandemic. In speech you would more often hear -는데도.
Example: 값이 비쌌음에도 불구하고 표가 다 팔렸습니다.
Even though the tickets were expensive, they all sold out.
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