The South Korean film "The Assassin(s)", which had topped the box office since opening last Wednesday, fell to second place on Monday with 67,406 admissions, behind "Tazza: Song of Beelzebub" with 68,913, according to the Korean Film Council. The thriller, inspired by the 1974 attempt on President Park Chung-hee's life (in which the first lady was killed), has been criticised by opposition People Power Party lawmakers and a foundation honouring Park for hinting that the government may have been involved in the plot; the producers say it is a work of creative fiction, not a distortion of history. Whether the row will dent its ticket sales remains unclear, though the film still held second place in advance bookings.