Korean historic motion drama 12.12: The Day has grossed $90.5M and sailed previous the 12 million admissions mark on the Korean field workplace over the Christmas vacation interval to grow to be the best grossing movie of 2023.
Launched on November 22, the movie overtook The Roundup: No Method Out in each admissions and income phrases on Christmas Day. It marks the primary time in 4 years for the reason that launch of Oscar-winning drama Parasite {that a} non franchise native title has crossed 12 million admissions.
Disney’s Elemental is the third highest grossing movie of 2023 in Korea, grossing $54M from 7.2 million admissions following its June 2023 launch.
Directed by Kim Sung-soo, whose credit embrace Asura: The Metropolis Of Insanity and The Flu, 12.12: The Day is ready in opposition to the backdrop of the real-life navy coup of 1979, which resulted in an eight-year navy junta in South Korea. The solid contains Hwang Jung-min (The Wailing), Jung Woo-sung (Asura: The Metropolis Of Insanity) and Lee Sung-min (The Spy Gone North).
Produced by Hive Media Corp, the movie is distributed by Plus M Leisure, which additionally dealt with native distribution of The Roundup: No Method Out. The third movie in a well-liked franchise starring Don Lee, The Roundup: No Method Out grossed $80M and crossed the ten million admissions mark following its launch in Might 2023.
Regardless of the success of those two titles nevertheless, final 12 months was a lacklustre one for Korean movies, which have struggled to get well field workplace share following the pandemic.
Midway by the 12 months, Korean productions accounted for simply 34.9% of complete field workplace and 36% of admissions for the January-June 2023 interval, a major drop from pre-pandemic days when native films normally had a greater than 50% market share.
12.12: The Day remains to be on launch however slipped to the quantity two place on the Korean field workplace on December 20 following the opening of motion drama Noryang: Lethal Sea, the final installment in a trilogy following The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) and Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), which bought greater than 900,000 tickets over the vacations.
