Megabox apologizes for controversy over 'Assassins' original tickets and discards all tickets

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Rae-won = Megabox apologized for the controversy surrounding the original ticket design for the movie 'Assassin(s)' and decided to discard all remaining quantities.

Megabox said in a statement on the 4th, "We failed to deeply understand the severity and weight of the historical tragedy and terrible incident," and added, "We sincerely apologize to those who felt uncomfortable and those who experienced pain during the incident."

The controversial original ticket was a gift provided free of charge by Megabox to moviegoers on a first-come, first-served basis. It was produced by overlapping a transparent plate with bullet marks on a ticket with a picture reminiscent of the commemorative ceremony hall during the attack on Ms. Yuk Young-soo in 1974.

When the transparent board was placed on top of the ticket, the bullet marks were designed to be visible over the podium, seats, and national flag, raising criticism that the historical tragedy of Mrs. Yook's shooting death was used as a material for entertainment goods.

Megabox explained that due to the tight schedule, the people in charge were unable to preview the movie and produced the goods using limited images provided through consultation with the distributor and production company.

Most of the tickets were sold out on the day of release, and Megabox decided to discard all remaining tickets rather than provide them to audiences.

Megabox said, "In the future, we will prepare internal procedures to verify social and ethical impact when producing original tickets using historical events or people."