The film "The Man Who Lives with the King," receiving praise as a powerful historical drama for its weighty resonance and the lingering impressions left by the actors' passionate performances, achieved five consecutive days at No. 1 on the overall box office and No. 1 for its opening weekend box office, drawing 1 million viewers in just five days after release.
The film "The Man Who Lives with the King" rose to No. 1 on the overall box office for its opening weekend. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) integrated computer network, as of 7 a.m. on Feb. 9, the film "The Man Who Lives with the King" recorded 761,831 viewers from Feb. 6 (Fri) through Feb. 8 (Sun), placing it at the top of the overall box office for its opening weekend.
With this, "The Man Who Lives with the King" surpassed Avatar: Fire and Ash (630,616), Once We Were Us (340,270) and set a new highest weekend box office score for 2026. It also drew attention by surpassing the opening weekend score of 610,183 for YADANG: The Snitch, Yoo Hai Jin's previous film that ranked No. 2 in the overall Korean box office for 2025. Continuing five consecutive days at No. 1 on the overall box office, "The Man Who Lives with the King" passed 1 million viewers in five days after release, proving the power of an overwhelming box office leader. In particular, this pattern is similar to the past phenomenon caused by
Also, the torrent of enthusiastic praise pouring in from actual audience members of "The Man Who Lives with the King" is drawing attention.
In particular, "You really must see it!!! Yoo Hai Jin, who you can trust to watch, and Park Jihoon are the embodiment of the dethroned king… It's cheating how it makes you laugh and then cry" (Naver, hamt****), "The actors' acting feat was insane, I cried and blew my nose while watching" (Naver, c0c0****), "The actors' performances ripped through history and they are truly the best! Don't forget to bring tissues" (Naver, redf****), "2026's movie of the year… it's happening~!" (Naver, ys99****), "From the story to the acting and directing, it was the best movie" (CGV, 102****), "Entering my 50s, this is the first time I've cried like this… I was deeply moved" (CGV, Brave****), "I think people of any age will find it fun and moving! 100% will rewatch" (Megabox, sk****), "The cast lineup is insane, everyone really performs on a whole other level" (Megabox, hw****), "Park Jihoon is perfect in his eyes, voice and acting. I look forward to his future" (Megabox, ec****), "This is the family movie for this Lunar New Year! I need to take my elders to see it again" (Lotte Cinema, Choi**), "I renewed the movie of my life" (Lotte Cinema, Songgu****), "The ticket price wasn't a penny wasted! Direction, acting, emotion — everything was perfect. I highly recommend seeing it in theaters" (Lotte Cinema, Woo**) — such rave reviews praising the actors' immersive performances and the rich entertainment mixing joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure are pouring in.
In this way, "The Man Who Lives with the King," which has completely captured weekend audiences with high satisfaction across age and gender, is expected to continue its unstoppable box office run into its second week after release, fueled by audience word of mouth.
Fueled by audiences' intense word of mouth and rising to No. 1 on the overall box office for its opening weekend, the film "The Man Who Lives with the King" depicts the story of 1457 Cheongnyeongpo, the village chief who volunteered for exile to revive the village and the young former king who was ousted from the throne and exiled.
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