The King's Warden has surpassed 13.6 million admissions and continues to set new box office records.
According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) box office integrated computer network on the 17th, The King's Warden (director Jang Hang-jun, distributed/financed by SHOWBOX, produced by Onda Works·BA Entertainment, abbreviated "wangsanam") drew 133,941 viewers nationwide on the 16th, ranking first in advance ticketing. This was a wide lead over the animation powerhouse Pixar's new release Hoppers, which placed second with 8,186 viewers.
With this, The King's Warden has recorded a cumulative audience of 13,601,732. Previously, James Cameron's Hollywood blockbuster Avatar drew 13,624,328 viewers at its initial release. Given that The King's Warden is drawing over 100,000 viewers even on weekdays, it is expected to easily surpass that figure during the day on the 17th.
However, Avatar was also re-released in a remastered version, and its final audience reached 14,003,138. Nevertheless, The King's Warden's box office momentum continues, raising expectations that the ranking will be rewritten.
Additionally, the all-time domestic release box office record that surpasses Avatar's initial release is Disney animation Frozen II, which recorded 13,768,797 admissions. Therefore, The King's Warden is expected to continue drawing attention as it overtakes Hollywood blockbusters and rewrites the box office rankings for Korean films.
The King's Warden is a film set in 1457 Cheongnyeongpo that tells the story of a village chief who volunteered for exile to revive the village and a young deposed former king who was exiled.
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