Avengers: Endgame has opened with a Thanos-sized bang, with cinemas sessions sold out around the country as fans rush to see the final installment of Marvel's 22-film chapter, which began with Iron Man in 2008.
The movie sold $3.8 million worth of tickets in the first 24 hours of the presale, passing the $2.8 million first-day presale record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.
As of Wednesday morning, presale figures for Endgame were already at $18 million – more than double the amount 2018's Avengers: Infinity War raked in.
Meanwhile, Gwangju World Cup Stadium will be graced by phenomenal artists around South Korea as the SBS Inkigayo Super Concert unveils its full lineup of stellar performers on 28 April.
SBS is truly going all out as it celebrates the upcoming FINA World Aquatics Championships by bringing in some of the best and the brightest talents in the industry.
To attract foreign tourists, the Korea Tourism Organisation mobilised a network of 32 overseas branches from 22 countries around the world to prepare a tour package jointly with local travel agencies and airlines.
Besides, a total of 8,000 tourists from 65 countries, including 800 from all over China, 500 from Hong Kong and 150 from Singapore will visit Korea for the concert. Especially 1,300 foreigners living in Korea, including foreign SNS journalists and international students, 400 from multicultural families in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, and 300 foreign workers will join the event to realize the social value of the community.
