Lee Su-min, 28, left, and Lee Sang-hun, 26, set the new local record for watching movies -- 34 consecutive screenings! Photo courtesy of CGVA new domestic record of 68 hours and 7 minutes has been set for longest movie watching, Friday (Feb. 27) at a Seoul theater, announced CGV Theater.
Two winners, Lee Su-min, a 28-year-old woman, and Lee Sang-hun, a 26-year-old man, topped the nation’s first official movie-watching marathon by enduring 34 consecutive screenings. Hitherto, the South Korean record was 66 hours 41 minutes 56 seconds while a similar competition in Norway holds the Guinness World Record of over 70 hours. CGV Theater hosted the competition following regulations set by the Korea Record Institute.
A total of 239 participants were chosen by a draw among some 40,000 that applied. The competition began at noon, Feb. 24 and ended around 8 a.m. Feb. 27 when paramedics checked the two prizewinners after the 34th consecutive film and recommended them to stop. Each won a prize of 2.5 million won and a new record certificate from the Korean Record Institute. The third winner, Oh Ju-hyeon, a 22-year-old woman, won 1 million won after lasting about an hour less at 67 hours 7 minutes 41 seconds.
The competition took place under the surveillance of some 200 staff members and 26 paramedics. Participants included a 26-year-old woman, identified as Yu, who was the first to drop out of the competition after 54 minutes 52 seconds; Kwon Bok-sun, a 47-year-old film buff and the eldest contender who braved 57 hours 28 minutes; and Nathan Donald Pence, a 27-year-old American student who lasted 47 hours 21 minutes 10 seconds. The largest number of participants _ about 30 percent _ dropped out between 20 and 24 hours into the marathon.
CGV Theater plans to host the Movie Watching Marathon annually.
Wow... I once saw several movies on an insomnia-ridden international flight and my brain felt like mush.
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