Today, let's take stock of the recent box office situation of Korean movies. On the whole, it can be summarized by sixteen words of "the failure of the big guide, the fearsome life of the future, the stability of the market, and the lack of stamina".
Let's talk about the "failure of the big director", from the "Alien + Man" directed by Choi Dong-hoon to the "Extraordinary Declaration" directed by Han Jae-lin, both of which are tens of millions of directors and super luxurious casts, which have been released for more than three consecutive weeks, and the number of moviegoers has hovered around two million. I have to say that the box office performance of these two Korean blockbusters is regrettable, at least 5 or 6 million times to return to the film, this time the producer should be a blood loss home, especially "Alien + People", the upper and lower parts are filmed together, the first production plus publicity has been a big injury, I don't know if the next part can meet the audience as scheduled.
Speaking of "later life can be described", in terms of performance, Lee Jeong-jae is already pure fire, and last year with "Squid Game", he went out of Asia and successfully became famous on the international stage. But in terms of directing experience, Lee Jeong-jae is still a small white, but his debut as a first-time director of the film was amazing, the film "Hunting" was not only invited to participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival, but also recently received an invitation from the Toronto Film Festival. It is worth mentioning that the film "Hunting" box office performance is also good, released for 2 weeks, for 13 consecutive days of single-day box office first, as of now the number of moviegoers has exceeded 3 million, the film's guarantee point is 4.2 million moviegoers, I believe this goal can be achieved within this week.
After the Korean film overcomes the haze of the new crown, with the success of "Crime City 2" to launch the first shot of 2022, the backlog of Korean local blockbusters for many years has been fixed, from the box office performance, although the number of weekly moviegoers is stable, but basically decent, choi Dong Hoon and Han Jae-lin's new works have bent their waists one after another, and the highly expected "Idle Mountain: The Emergence of the Dragon" has not been able to refresh the box office record and create a miracle in Korean film history, regrettably stopping at 6 words.
The next Korean films to be scheduled are "Help Together 2" (September 7), "Beautiful Life" (September 28), "Honest Candidate 2" (September 28), the volume is not large, "Help 2" should be able to look forward to it.
In addition, "Seoul Battle" starring Liu Yaren and "Suriname" starring Ha Jeong-woo and Hwang Sung-hyun will be launched on Netflix on August 26 and September 9, respectively, and will be shared with everyone at that time.
Alien + Man
Director: Choi Dong-hoon
Starring: Yoo Joon-yeol / Kim Woo-bin / Kim Tae-ri / Lee Ho-ni / Cho Woo-jin
Genre: Sci-fi / Costume
Release: 2022-07-20 (South Korea)
Runtime: 142 minutes
Naver rating: 6.88
Viewers: 1,532,319 (as of 08.23)
"The Determination to Break Up"
Director: Park Chan-wook
Starring: Tang Wei / Park Hae-il / Lee Jung-hyun / Park Yong-woo / Ko Gung-woo / Kim Shin-young
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Crime
Release: 2022-06-29 (South Korea)
Runtime: 138 minutes
Naver rating: 8.94
Viewers: 1,850,613 (as of 08.23)
Idle Mountain: The Emergence of the Dragon
Director: Kim Han-min
Starring: Park Hae-il / Bian Yoo-han / Ahn Sung-ki / Sun Hyun-joo / Kim Sung-gyu
Genre: Drama / Action / History / War
Release: 2022-07-27 (South Korea)
Duration: 129 minutes
Naver score: 8.58
Viewers: 6,790,759 (as of 08.23)
Extraordinary Declaration
Director: Han Jae-lin
Starring: Song Kang-ho / Lee Byung-hyun / Jeon Do-yeon / Kim Nam-woo / Ren Shi-wan
Genre: Action / Thriller / Disaster
Release: 2022-08-03 (South Korea)
Runtime: 147 minutes
Naver score: 6.54
Viewers: 2,033,574 (as of 08.23)
Hunt
Director: Lee Jung-jae
Starring: Lee Jeong-jae / Jung Woo-sung / Jeon Hye-jin / Heo Sung-tae / Ko Yoon-jeong
Genre: Drama / Action
Release: 2022-08-10 (South Korea)
Runtime: 125 minutes
Naver rating: 8.5
Viewers: 3,213,262 (as of 08.23)
Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise / Jennifer Connery / Miles Teller / Jon Hamm / Fang Kimmer
Release: 2022-06-22 (South Korea)
Runtime: 131 minutes
Naver score: 9.6
Viewers: 7,894,379 (as of 08.23)