© Archyde.com. 2 million won in 5 days of release… Who is the beneficiary of ‘Avatar 2’?
‘Avatar: Road of Water’ (Avatar 2), which was selected as the most anticipated film in the second half of this year, surpassed 2 million viewers in just 5 days of its release, blowing a warm wind into related stocks.
According to the Korea Exchange on the 20th, the previous day, Barunson closed at 3,125 won, up 175 won (5.93%) from the previous trading day. At one point during the intraday, it soared 16.44%. Barunson was classified as a stock related to Avatar 2 last year when Barunson acquired Disney’s partner, Two Sun Digital Ideas.
The same group, Barunson E&A, also surged 8.16% at the beginning of the market, but ended the market with a 1.63% drop as arbitrage sales poured in.
In addition, movie-related stocks such as Showbox (3.75%), Content Tree JoongAng (2.68%), and CJ ENM (KQ:) (2.17%) were also strong.
According to the Korea Film Promotion Commission, ‘Avatar: Water Road’ was screened 31,147 times in 2,809 theaters across the country from the 16th to the 18th, and 2,030,046 people watched it, rising to the top of the box office. The cumulative number of spectators is 2,681,411. ‘Avatar 2’ is the sequel to ‘Avatar’ that came out in 2009 and was released for the first time worldwide in Korea on the 14th.
At the current box office trend, ‘Avatar: Road to Water’ is expected to surpass 3 million viewers during the first week and 4 million viewers during the second weekend.
The industry believes that it is necessary to pay attention to AI chatbot service-related items in the future through the success of Avatar 2. This is because investors’ interest in AI themes will increase as interest in AI rises with the public open of ChatGPT 3.5 and Avatar 2.
Seonghwan Choi, a researcher at Research Aleum, said, “As the opening of ChatGPT 3.5 and the release of Avatar 2 overlapped, the artificial intelligence era was in full bloom.” “If Avatar 1 brought the ‘3D’ theme, Avatar 2 will bring the ‘AI’ theme. explained.
MINDsLab, Saltlux, and Conan Technology were recommended as beneficiaries. In addition, Conan Technology, of which SK Telecom and Korea Aerospace Industries are major shareholders, was also cited as a beneficiary.
Researcher Choi said, “If the release of ChatGPT 3.5 was an opportunity to change the perception of chatbots, the release of ChatGPT 4.0, expected in 2023, is expected to be a significant event for popularization of chatbots.” Most of them have a market cap of 100 billion won, and although profitability has not yet been shown, it is worth paying attention to as a company with long-term momentum.”
