[Culture &] ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ Becomes the #3 All-Time Box Office Hit…New Record for All-Time Sales #1

The movie ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’, which shines a spotlight on King Danjong’s exile life, has created a brand-new chapter in Korea’s box office history. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) tally, from the 20th to the 22nd it drew around 803,000 viewers and firmly held onto the #1 spot at the box office. In particular, surpassing a cumulative audience count of ‘about 14.757 million viewers’ allowed it to consecutively knock out ‘Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds’ and ‘The International Market’, placing it at ‘#3’ on the all-time box office rankings for domestic releases. Above all, what’s truly astonishing is the sales figure. Recording cumulative sales of ‘142.5 billion won’, it went beyond ‘The Admiral: Roaring Currents’ and ‘Extreme Job’ to achieve an unprecedented milestone: ‘#1’ in all-time box office sales.

This marks the first-ever 10-million-attendance film in director Jang Hang-joon’s filmography. Analysts say the explosive driving force behind its long-term box office run lies in the overwhelming performances of top-tier actors including Park Ji-hoon, Yoo Hae-jin, Yoo Ji-tae, and Jeon Mi-do, along with a weighty narrative that resonates across generations. Meanwhile, during the same period, weekend box office #2 was ‘Project Hail Mary’, #3 was ‘Hoppers’, and #4 was ‘Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters (Part 1)’.